Family: Coerebidae - Bananaquits
With over 30 races, this family is found in a variety of habitats over a wide area.  Its short legs and strong toes enable it to cling to vegetation at any angle, often hanging upside down to feed, probing into flowers for nectar or piercing both flowers and fruit with its sharp, slightly decurved bill.  It is classified as an energetic and extremely active species.

Family: Fringillidae - Finches, Seedeaters and Grosbeaks
These are mostly nondescript birds with the males being generally more brightly coloured than females.  The bill is short and conical, adapted to the main diet of seeds.  The song of  many species is attractive and musical, leading to a great demand locally for the best songsters as cage-birds.  They occur in open areas and light woodland.  They are fairly conspicuous and several species habitually flock together.

Family: Icteridae - American Orioles
These birds form a heterogenous family, of which the most notable common characteristic is the long, conical bill.  Medium to large size, most are mainly black, often with varying amounts of yellow or red.  For many of the species, the sexes are similar in plumage, but the female is noticeably smaller.

Family: Mimidae - Mockingbirds
This family consists of thrush-like birds with long tails and rounded wings.  The bill is fairly long and usually decurved.  The song is conspicuous and usually musical.  Mockingbirds feed on or near the ground, taking insects and small fruits.

Family: Parulidae - Wood Warblers
These are small, thin-billed birds.  Most flit restlessly about outer branches of trees feeding on small insects and berries.  Their breeding plumage is brilliantly patterned, mostly yellow, black or white.