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Great Bird Island is a tiny islet lying almost three kilometres north-east of Antigua. Measuring just 20 acres, smaller than most city parks, it is the only place on Earth where you can see an Antiguan racer in the wild. The entire world population of this snake lives on the island. Named by sailors who were amazed at the number of birds that they found living and nesting there, Great Bird Island is a miniature paradise. As well as being the last refuge of the Antiguan racer, it is also home to a variety of other endangered creatures including a rare lizard, brown pelicans, West Indian Whistling Duck and red-billed tropicbirds. Luckily for the snake, there are no mongooses on the island, but, until recently, hundreds of black rats lived there. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Binomial name Alsophis antiguae Alsophis antiguae is a non-poisonous grey-brown snake, found only in Antigua, a small Caribbean island, thus nicknamed Antigua Racer Snake. It is thought to be the rarest snake in the world, with only about 200 existing on a small island off the coast of... Binomial name Alsophis antiguae Alsophis antiguae is a non-poisonous grey-brown snake, found only in Antigua, a small Caribbean island, thus nicknamed Antigua Racer Snake. It is thought to be the rarest snake in the world, with only about 200 existing on a small island off the coast of... Binomial name Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) The West Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna arborea, is a whistling duck which breeds in the West Indies. ...

See also

• Alsophis antiguae
• Ameiva griswoldi
• Antigua and Barbuda
• West Indian Whistling Duck