Boatswain's Beach
825 Northwest Point Road
West Bay
Grand Cayman
(345) 949-3894

Aviary

Enter a world of Caymanian and Caribbean birds in an enclosed setting! Paths meander through the exhibit with guests having opportunities to feed and touch selected birds under staff supervision.

Our aviary is home to the following animals:

Cayman Parrot*
Rose-Throated Amazon Parrot (Cayman Race)

Amazona leucocephala caymanensis
Endemic to Cayman Islands.


White-Crowned Pigeon* (Bald-Pate Pigeon)

Columba leucocephala
Cayman Islands. Greater & northern Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, Florida Keys,


Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus
Originally S. America. Introduced species in: Grand Cayman Island, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, & spreading through USA


Common Ground Dove*

Columbina passerina
Cayman Islands, West Indies, south. US, Central & South America.


White Winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica
Cayman Islands, Greater Antilles, Southern USA & the Western part of South America


White Ibis*

Eudocimus albus
Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Southern Caribbean, Southern US, Mexico, Northern South America.


Red-Legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus
Cuba, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, northern South America.
Feathers change colour to "Eclipse plumage" after breeding season.


Blue-Gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus
Mexico, Central and South America, Trinidad.


Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber
South America, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada.


Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana
Trinidad, South America.


Saffron Finch

Sicalis flaveola
Jamaica, Puerto Rico


Green Rumped Parrotlet

Forpus passerinus
Native to Trinidad and tropical South America. Introduced in Jamaica, Curacao, Barbados and Tobago.


Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina
Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America.


Violaceous Euphonia

Euphonia violacea
Trinidad, eastern South America.


Iguana Exhibits

Visit Delilah our Cayman Blue Iguana* just outside the Aviary, between the aviary entrances. Visit Rambo the Green iguana on the path towards to the Nature Trail. The Green Iguana is an introduced species


Agouti Exhibits

Come and see our Agouti, also called the Cayman "Rabbit", next to the Blue Iguana. The agouti is an introduced species.