Dutch Caribbean Species Register

Overview of the biodiversity of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten

News

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Recently published research identified four blood sucking insects on bats new for the Dutch...

35 endemic species for Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and the Saba Bank

17 December 2018 - Hannco Bakker

35 endemic species for Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and the Saba Bank

17 December 2018 - Hannco Bakker

In a new report published by various authors from Wageningen University & Research and Naturalis...

Yellow-green Vireo and Aplomado Falcon new for Aruba

14 November 2018 - Hannco Bakker

Yellow-green Vireo and Aplomado Falcon new for Aruba

14 November 2018 - Hannco Bakker

Every now and then birds not previously recorded in the Dutch Caribbean are observed and photographed...

More news

State of affairs

8.204 Species occurring in Dutch Caribbean, of which

4.540	marine
3.784	terrestrial/freshwater/brackish water
502	introduced species

Species per island

2.100 Aruba

2.395 (Klein) Bonaire

4.101 (Klein) Curaçao

1.948 Saba

830 Saba Bank

2.611 St. Eustatius

2.285 St. Maarten
1.095 (Sub)species with photos
4.043 Photos
764 Dutch names
5.361 English names
2.460 Papiamento names
52 Identification specialists
41 Photographers
1.234 Literature references

Recently added picture

Egretta tricolor

Egretta tricolor

Author Hedy van Prattenburg
Picture date 30 May 2018
Validator Sander Pieterse
Location Curaçao

More recent pictures Picture search