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Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a
Explore the Blue and John Crow Mountains in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
National parks of Jamaica Geography of Portland Parish Tourist attractions in Portland Parish Blue Mountains (Jamaica) {{Jamaica-stub
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a national park
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
in Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispa ...
. The park covers 495.2 km2 and accounts for 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface. It gets its name from the Blue Mountains, the mountain range that runs through it, as well as a common bird found in the park, the "John crow" or turkey vulture
The turkey vulture (''Cathartes aura'') is the most widespread of the New World vultures. One of three species in the genus '' Cathartes'' of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of So ...
(''Cathartes aura''). The park is globally known for its biodiversity
Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic ('' genetic variability''), species ('' species diversity''), and ecosystem ('' ecosystem diversity'') ...
. This park is the last of two known habitats of the giant swallowtail butterfly ('' Papilio homerus''), the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and also the habitat for the endangered Jamaican blackbird
The Jamaican blackbird (''Nesopsar nigerrimus'') is a species of bird in the New World blackbird and oriole family Icteridae. It is the only species (monotypic) in the genus ''Nesopsar''. The species has sometimes been included in the genus '' A ...
(''Nesopsar nigerrimus''), a refuge for the Jamaican boa
The Jamaican boa or yellow snake
a
(''Chilabothrus subflavus'') and the Jamaican hutia (''a
Geocapromys brownii
The Jamaican coney (''Geocapromys brownii''), also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests and is active at nig ...
'').
The park was inscribed to be a UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international coope ...
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...
for mixed criteria (cultural and natural) on 3 July 2015.
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External links
*Explore the Blue and John Crow Mountains in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
National parks of Jamaica Geography of Portland Parish Tourist attractions in Portland Parish Blue Mountains (Jamaica) {{Jamaica-stub