This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds. Patterns of endemism This region is notable not just for the high number of endemic species, but for endemism in higher-level taxonomic groupings too. This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds. Family-level endemism The following families are endemic to the region: Palmchat, a passerine family (Dulidae), containing a single species found only on Hispaniola. the todies, a family (Todidae) with five species, found only on the Greater Antilles. the Cuban warblers, a passerine family (Teretistridae), containing two species on Cuba the Hispaniolan tanagers, Phaenicophilidae, a passerine family, containing 4 species in 3 genera on Hispaniola the Puerto Rican tanager, a passerine family (Nesospingidae), containing a single species found only on Puerto Rico the chat-tanagers (Calyptophilidae) a passerine family, containing 2 species found only on Hispaniola the spindalises, a passerine family (Spindalidae), with 4 species found only on the Greater Antilles and nearby islands Genus-level endemism In addition to genera in the families above, the following genera are endemic to the region: Riccordia, with six species, the blue-headed hummingbird, Puerto Rican emerald, Cuban emerald, Hispaniolan emerald, and the extinct Brace's emerald & Gould's emerald Margarops, with one species, the pearly-eyed thrasher Priotelus, with two species, the Cuban trogon and Hispaniolan trogon Melopyrrha, with four species, the Puerto Rican bullfinch, Cuban bullfinch, Greater Antillean bullfinch, and the extinct St. Kitts bullfinch Six genera found only on Hispaniola: Nesoctites, with one species, the Antillean piculet (also monotypic within the subfamily) Dulus, with only one species, the palmchat (also monotypic within the family) Phaenicophilus, with two species, the black-crowned tanager and grey-crowned tanager Xenoligea, with one species, the white-winged warbler Microligea, with one species, the green-tailed warbler Calyptophilus, with two species, the western chat-tanager and eastern chat-tanager Five genera found only on Jamaica: Trochilus, with two species, red-billed and black-billed streamertails Loxipasser, with one species, the yellow-shouldered grassquit Euneornis, with one species, the orangequit Nesopsar, with one species, the Jamaican blackbird Six genera found only on Cuba: Ferminia, a genus with only one species, the Zapata wren Cyanolimnas, with one species, the Zapata rail Margarobyas, with one species, the bare-legged owl Starnoenas, with