Jamaica

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The flora of the island is rich in plants with flower; of fact, of 3.000 registered species, 827 only are here. There is 500 varieties of ferns and an enormous assortment of orchids, buganvilias, hibiscuses and other tropical flowers. With regard to the fauna, it is possible to emphasize that Jamaica is the favorite place of the butterflies, the colibris and the marine seals.

Unlike other islands of the Caribbean, in this one if one finds cattle. With regard to the birds, it is necessary to emphasize the stationary populations of the forest fields, as well as to the migratory ones that in his trip of north to south do his stop in this zone.


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