Celebrating Endemic Bird Festival of the Caribbean (CEBF) With us! Our theme for 2025 is “Shared Space: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities” –Bird-friendly cities and communities can highlight the key role in dealing with the decline in bird populations caused by threats such as habitat loss, predation, and climate change. Learn and enjoy the new endemic birds every day. There are coloring pages, puzzles, activities, and more. Download it for free and enjoy learning and celebrating about nature!
Endemic birds today: Karinago Wren
To honor the island’s indigenous people, Karinago, please say hello to Karinagoren, the Dominican latest officially recognized first-class bird, named in 2024. It was previously considered a subspecies of House Wren, Troglodytes Martinicensis rufescens It is now celebrated as a distinct species of its own. It acknowledges new research that emphasizes its own genetics, songs and behavior.
Locals are lovingly calling it syòl, sinyòl, wòsinyòl, èsiyòl, òsiyòland Madame Techchen. The surname “Madam Tétchyen” (or “Mrs. Boa Constrictor”) comes from local folklore. Wren is a native boa, or Tétchyenlike a natural husband-wife pair, often found. Find Kalina Gorne, and you may be near the Boa!
Previously discovered in Guadeloupe and Martinique, Kalinagoren is stained from both islands, possibly due to habitat loss and the effects of invasive predators. This will make Dominica a very important island for the last remaining base and its continued survival.
You can find Kalinagoren, but you tend to avoid the town, although Dominican moist and dry forests, country scenery, and even close to homes. The ability to adapt to the human environment (including nesting in grooves and concrete blocks) is impressive and could help recover after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Its diet even contains small lizards such as insects and young anoles, and often fly low across the forest floor during foraging. Its powerful voice makes it easier to hear than you see it!
Kalinago wren is still being studied, but it is believed that there will be two breeding seasons from May to August to December. However, some nesting activities have been reported from February to April, suggesting that there may be three breeding cycles per year. The nest is built in a tree cavity of twigs, and birds exhibit clever adaptability using human structures such as trenches and concrete blocks. The clutch usually contains 2-6 whitish eggs with reddish brown spots.
Although its precise population size and conservation status have not yet been formally assessed, Kalinagoren appears to be widespread and stable. Still, as a single island endemic, it is vulnerable to habitat loss and natural disasters, especially hurricanes. This will become a priority for surveillance, research and conservation efforts. Find out more about this kind of range, photos, phones and more. Great news! If you are in the Caribbean, thanks to Birds Caribbean, you have free access to the birds of the world and you can know moreover in Account of this bird’s complete species!
Thank you to Arnaldo Toledo for illustration Garry Augustoy For text!
Kalinagoren’s Color
Download the endemic bird coloring page of the West Indies. You can use the photos below as a guide, or look up bird photos online, or if you have a bird field guide, you can look up bird field guides. Post online and tag us with @birdscaribbean #cebffromthenent Share your color page
Listen to Karina Goren’s song
Karinagoren’s songs are chatty and trilled and loud.
The day’s puzzle
Click on the image below to do the puzzle. You can make your puzzles as easy or hard as you like. For example, you can make 6, 8, or 12 pieces for young children, and up to 1,024 pieces for those on the challenge!
The day’s activities
For kids: Can I find words in Kalinago Wren’s Word Search? Read this text about endemic birds and remind you of some of the interesting facts and information as you search for all 15 hidden words!
Don’t forget that words appear forward and backward, like horizontal, vertical, or diagonal! Need help? Or would you like to check your answer? You can see where all the words are here.
For kids and adults: Enjoy this video of Wild Karina Goreng!
