Lluidas Vale, Jamaica
Lluidas Vale, also known as Worthy Park, is a settlement in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. It has a population of 3,413 as of 2009.
Etymology
The name of the settlement either refers to the Spanish term luzida, meaning 'happy' or 'fine', or lluvias, meaning 'rains'.Geography and geology
Lluidas Vale, whose elevations range from to, is bordered by Ewarton and Swansea Coffee Mountain. A church is located at the heart of Lluidas Vale. The Lluidas Vales Cave is located southwest of the parish and near the Lluidas Sinkhole. Lluidas Vales has an abundance of sugarcane fields and also has a wide range of limestone karst. In particular, the settlement is surrounded by kegelkarst.Flora and fauna
Most of the vegetation in Lluidas Vale has been cleared for agricultural purposes, although the wet limestone forest remains largely intact.Trees commonly found in Lluidas Vale include:Terminalia latifoliaCedrela odorataNectandra trees
Lluidas Vale is also home to a variety of birds including:
- Podiceps dominicusPodilymbus podicepsButorides virescensHydranassa tricolorFlorida caeruleaArdeola ibisEgretta thulaNyctanassa violaceaCathartes auraButeo jamaicensisFalco sparveriusPorzana carolinaPorphyrula martinicaGallinula chloropusFulica americanaJacana spinosaCharadrius vociferusColumba leucocephalaZenaida auritaZenaida asiaticaColumbigallina passerinaLeptotila jamaicensisGeotrygon montanaGeotrygon versicolorAmazona collariaAmazona agilisAratinga nanaForpus passerinusHyetornis pluvialisSaurothera vetulaCrotophaga aniTyto furcataPseudoscops grammicusNyctibius griseusChordeiles minorStreptoprocne zonarisCypseloides nigerTachornis phoenicobiaAnthracothorax mangoTrochilus polytmusMellisuga minimaTodus todusCenturus radiolatusSphyrapicus variusPlatypsaris nigerTyrannus dominicensisTyrannus caudifasciatusMyiarchus stolidusMyiarchus barbirostrisMyiarchus validusContopus caribaeusHirundo rusticaPetrochelidon fulvaCorvus jamaicensisMimus polyglottosDumetella carolinensisTurdus jamaicensisTurdus aurantiusMyadestes genibarbisSturnus vulgarisVireo modestusVireo altiloquusVireo osburniMniotilta variaHelmitheros vermivorusParula americanaDendroica magnoliaDendroica caerulescensDendroica tigrinaDendroica virensDendroica striataDendroica pharetraSeiurus aurocapillusSetophaga ruticillaCoereba flaveolaEuneornis campestrisPyrrhuphonia jamaicaSpindalis zenaPiranga olivaceaQuiscalus nigerIcterus leucopteryxIcterus galbulaSicalis flaveolaLoxigilla violaceaTiaris olivaceaTiaris bicolorLoxipasser anoxanthus
- ''Ammodramus savannarum''