Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & More… BIRD

Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & more…

BOLETAS Birdwatching centre 22192 Loporzano (Huesca) – Spain tel/fax 00 34 974 262027 or 01162 889318 e.mail: [email protected] // www.boletas.org Esther Diago Millán - NIF 38493051K

BIRD HIGHLIGHTS

TOUR DATES CUBA , Birds & Butterflies April 1st to 10th 2016

Party Cheryl Smith ,Peter Smith, Hal Smith ,Susan McLane ,Anthony Kaduck ,Fayette Krause, JoAnne Heron, Sandra Woodward, Alan Woodward ,Sandy Gardiner, Les Gardiner ,Graham Cooper, Joan Cooper.

Tour Leaders : Josele J Saiz , O. Martinez , Donal

Total Number of species : 147 birds ,4 reptiles 1 mammal, 74 buutterflies.

Weather & Sites: Day 1- Warm 29ºC 01.04.16 La Hvana – Niña Bonita Reservoir – Soroa - Viñales Day 2 – Sunny but hot with showres 32º C 02.04.16 Viñales . Valle Ancona – Rancho San Vicente Day 3 – Warm & Cloudy 29ºC 03.04.16 Viñales – La Guira – Niña Bpnota Res. – Playa Larga Day 4 – Nice but hot 32ºC 04.04.16 Las Bermejas – Palpite –El Soplillar – Playa Larga Day 5 – Nice but Hot 31ºC 05.04.16 Playa Larga – Santo Tomás Day 6 – Clouds and sun nice 26ºC 06.04.16 Playa Larga – Las Bermejas – Santa Clara - Cammaguey Day 7 – Nice but hot 31ºC 07.04.16 Camaguey – Finca La Belen – Cubitas lake Day 8 – Nice but hot 32ºC 08.04.16 Camaguey – Moron Lake – Cayo Paredon Grande – Cayo Coco Day 9 – Nice warm 29ºC 09.04.16 CayoGuillermo – Cueva Jabali -Sewage pond – Cayo Paredon Grande Day 10 – Nicxe but warm 29ºC 10.04.16 Cayo Coco – La Havana – Botanical Garden

# 0 # Species Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis x x x x x 2 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps x x 3 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus x x x x x 4 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus x 5 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga x 6 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens x x 7 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias x x x x x x 8 Great Egret Ardea alba x x x x x x 9 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens x x 10 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor x 11 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea x x x x x 12 Snowy Egret Egretta thula x x x x x x x x 13 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x x x x x x x x x 14 Green Heron Butorides virescens x x x x x x x 15 White Ibis Eudocimus albus x x x x x 16 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja x 17 Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber x x 18 West indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna Arborea x 19 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors x x 20 Northern Showeler Anas clypeata x 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis x 22 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis x x 23 Red Breasted Merganser Mergus serray x 24 Scooter x 25 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura x x x x x x x xx x x 26 Osprey Pandion haliaetus x x 27 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis x x 28 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus x 29 Gundlach's Hawk + Accipiter gundlachi 1 30 Cuban Black-Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii x x 31 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus x x x 32 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis x x 33 American Kestrel Falco sparverius x x x x x x x x x x 34 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus x x x 35 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus x 36 Limpkin Aramus guarauna x x 37 Clapper Rail Rallus longirosgtris x 38 Purple Gallinule Porphirio martinica x 39 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x x x x x x 40 American Coot Fulica americana x x x x 41 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa x x 42 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus x x x x 43 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus x x x x x x 44 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria x x 45 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca x x 46 Willet Tringa semipalmata x 47 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes x x 48 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x 49 Western Sandpiper x 50 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla x x x 51 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus x x 52 Gull billed Tern Sterna nilotica x 53 Common Tern x 54 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia x x x x 55 White Crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala x x xx x x 56 Scaly naped Pigeon - x 57 Plain Pigeon ++ Patagioenas inornata x 58 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto x x x x x 59 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura x x x x x x x x 60 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita x x x 61 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica x x x x x 62 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina x x x x x x x x 63 Gray-fronted Quail-Dove + Geotrygon caniceps 2 64 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana x x 65 Blue-headed Quail-Dove + Starnoenas cyanocephala 2 66 Cuban Parakeet + Aratinga euops x x 67 Cuban Parrot + Amazona leucocephala x x x 68 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor x 69 Great Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini H x x x x x 70 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani x x x x x x 71 Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii 2 72 Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju 1 1 1 73 Stygian Owl + Asio stygius x 74 Antillean Nighthawk Chordeilis Gundlachii x 75 Greater Antillean Nightjar Caprimulgus cubanensis 1 76 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia x x x x x 77 Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii x x x x x x x x x 78 Bee Hummingbird + Mellisuga helenae 5 79 Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus x x x x x 80 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon x x x 81 Cuban Tody Todus multicolor x x x x x 82 West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris x x x x x x x x 83 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius x 84 Cuban Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus x x x x x x x 85 Northern Flicker Colaptes auaratus x 86 Fernandina's Flicker + Colaptes fernandinae x x 87 Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus x x x x x x x 88 Grey KIngbird x x x x x x 89 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus x x x x x x x x 90 Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis 3 91 La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae x x x x x x x x 92 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor x x 93 Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca x x x x x 94 Bank Swallow x x 95 Cave Swollow Petrochelidon fulva x x 96 Zapata Wren ++ Herminia cerverai 1 97 Bahama Mockingbird + Mimus gundlachii x 98 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos x x x x x x x x x x 99 Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth 3 x 100 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis x x x x x 101 Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus x x x x x x x x x x 102 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 103 Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei 1 2 104 Cuban Palm Crow Corvus minutus 2 105 Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus x x x x x x 106 Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii x x x x 107 Thick Billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris x 108 Red Eye Vireo x x x 109 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons x 110 Black Wiskered Vireo x x x x x x 111 Northern Parula Parula americana x x x x 112 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia h 113 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina x x x x x 114 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens x x x x x 115 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens x x x x 116 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica x x x 117 Olive capped Warbler Dendroica Pityophila x x 118 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor x x x 119 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum x x x x x x 120 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia x x x x 121 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla x x x x x x x x 122 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla x x x x 123 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis x x 124 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla x 125 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas x x x x 126 Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae x x x 127 Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi x 128 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea x 129 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena x x x x x x 130 Red –legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus x x x 131 Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra x x x x x 132 Cuban Grassquit Tiaris canorus 2 133 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus x x x x x x x x x 134 House Sparrow Paser domesticus x x x x x x x x x x 135 Zapata Sparrow + Torreornis inexpectata 2 2 136 Indigo Bunting Passerina cianea x 137 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis x x x x x x 138 Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis 2 139 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna x 140 Cuban Blackbird Dives atroviolaceus x x x x x x x x x x 141 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger x x x x x x x x x x 142 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonaerensis x x x x 143 Greater Antillean Oriole Icterus dominicensis x x x x x x 144 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus x 145 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea x 146 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax x 147 Nutmeg Manakin Lonchura punctulata x x

Endemics Status +++ critically endangered ++ endangered + vulnerable # Other Sightings Scientific Name

Reptiles Antillophis andreai peninsulae Leiocephalus raviceps Anolis porcatus Anolis argenteolus

Mammals Butterfly Bat Natalus lepidus

CUBAN BUTTERFLIES OBSERVED DURING APRIL 1-9, 2016 by Douglas M. Fernández ([email protected]).

Cuban endemic species and subspecies are in bold / ***- Cuban endemic genus / **- West Indian endemic genus / *- West Indian endemic taxon / I- introduced species / S- strays from neighboring territories.

0. COMMON NAMES SCIENTIFIC NAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE 1. 2. Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane 1946) ● ● ● ● 2. Heraclides andraemon andraemon Hübner 4. Bahamian Swallowtail ? ● ● [1823]* 3. Heraclides androgeus epidaurus (Godman & 5. Androgeus Swallowtail ● Salvin 1890) 4. 10. Oviedo Swallowtail Heraclides oviedo (Gundlach 1866) ● ? 5. 11. Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus Linnaeus 1758 I ● SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE BRANDED OR GRASS Hesperiinae SKIPPERS 6. Atalopedes mesogramma mesogramma 17. Mesogramma Skipper ● (Latreille [1824])* 7. 20. Radians Skipper Choranthus radians (Lucas 1857)** ● 8. 21.Three -spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer 1865) ● ● 9. 23. Singularis Skipper Euphyes s. singularis (Herrich-Schäffer 1865) * ● 10. 25. Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury 1773) ● 11. Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides 33. Obscure Skipper ● (Skinner 1891) 12. 35. Caribbean Ruby-eye Perichares philetes philetes (Gmelin 1790) ● 13. 36. Baracoa Skipper Polites baracoa baracoa (Lucas 1857) ● ● ● 14. 37. Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua orientis Skinner 1920 ** ● ● 15. 41. Misera Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho misera (Lucas 1857) ● or Cuban Broken-Dash BROAD-WINGED SKIPPERS Eudaminae 16. 51. Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion batabano (Lucas 1857) ● 17. 53. Maysi Skipper Proteides maysi (Lucas 1857) ● ● 18. 55. Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes santiago (Lucas 1857) * ● ● ● ● 19. 56. Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder 1872) ● ● ● SPREAD-WING SKIPPERS Pyrginae 20. Ephyriades brunnea brunnea (Herrich-Schäffer 67. Florida Duskywing ● ● 1865) 21. 69. Zarucco Duskywing Erynnis zarucco (Lucas 1857) ● 22. 70. Impostor Duskywing Gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer 1863) ● 23. 73. Tropical Checkered Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus 1767) ● ● ● ● ● Skipper SULPHURS & WHITES PIERIDAE SULPHURS Coliadinae 24. 74. Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe (Cramer 1779) ● ● ● ● 25. 75. White Angled-Sulphur Anteos clorinde (Godart [1824]) ● ● 26. 79. Statira Sulphur Aphrissa statira cubana d´Almeida 1939 ? ● ● ● ● 27. 82. Boisduval's Yellow Eurema boisduvaliana (Felder & Felder 1865) ● ● ● ● ● 28. daira palmira (Poey 1852) * ● 29. 85. Smudged Yellow Eurema lucina (Poey 1853) ● 30. 87. Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside (Godart 1819) ● 31. 89. Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe antillia Brown 1929 * ● ● ● 32. 91. Cuban Sulphur/Orange-washed Phoebis avellaneda (Herrich-Schäffer 1864) ● Sulphur 33. 92. Orange Barred Phoebis philea philea (Johansson 1763) ● ● ● Sulphur 34. 93. Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae sennae (Linnaeus 1758) ● ● ● ● ● ● 35. 95. Dina Yellow Pyrisitia dina dina (Poey 1832) ● ● ● ● ● ● 36. 96. Confusing Yellow Pyrisitia larae (Herrich-Schäffer 1862) * 37. 97. Little Yellow Pyrisitia lisa euterpe (Ménétriés 1832) ● ● ● ● ● 38. 98. Whitish Yellow Pyrisitia messalina (Fabricius 1787) ● ● 39. 99. Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise nise (Cramer, 1775) ● ● ● ● ● WHITES Pierinae 40. monuste eubotea (Godart 1819) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 41. 106. Florida White Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler 1872) ● ● ● GOSSAMERWINGS LYCAENIDAE HAIRSTREAKS Theclinae 42. 113. Fulvous Hairstreak Electrostrymon angelia (Hewitson 1874) ● 43. 115. Gray Ministreak Ministrymon azia (Hewitson 1873) ● 44. 119. Mallow Scrub- Strymon istapa cybira (Reakirt [1867]) ● ● ● ● Hairstreak 45. 126. Nickerbean Blue Cyclargus ammon (Lucas 1857) * ● ● ● 46. 127. Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey 1832) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 47. 128. Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas 1857) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● BRUSH-FOOTED NYMPHALIDAE BUTTERFLIES EMPERORS Apaturinae 48. 132. Cuban Silver Doxocopa laure druryi (Hübner 1823) ● Emperor SAILORS, PURPLEWINGS & CRACKERS Biblidinae 49. 134. Mexican Sailor Dynamine postverta mexicana d’Almeida 1952 ● ● ? 50. Hamadryas amphichloe diasia (Fruhstorfer 138. Caribbean Cracker ● 1916) 51. 141. Caribbean Banner Lucinia sida sida Hübner [1823] ** ● 52. 142. Many-banded Marpesia chiron (Fabricius 1775) ● Daggerwing 53. 143. Caribbean Marpesia eleuchea eleuchea (Hübner 1818) * ● Daggerwing LEAFWING BUTTERFLIES Charaxinae 54. 144.Florida Leafwing Anaea cubana (Druce 1905) ● 55. Memphis echemus echemus (Doubleday 147. Cuban Leafwing ● [1849]) * MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES Danainae 56. 153. Queen Danaus gilippus berenice (Cramer 1779) ● ● ● 57. 154. Monarch Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus 1758) ● ● PASSIONFLOWER BUTTERFLIES Heliconiinae 58. 157. Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae insularis Maynard 1869 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 59. 158. Julia Dryas iulia nudeola (Bates 1934) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 60. Heliconius charithonia ramsdeni Comstock & 160. Zebra Heliconian ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Brown 1950 61. 162. Mexican Fritillary Euptoieta hegesia hegesia (Cramer 1779) ● ● ● SNOUT BUTTERFLIES Libytheinae 62. 164. Cuban Snout Libytheana motya (Hübner 1826) ● SISTERS & ADMIRALS Limenitinae 63. 166. Confusing sister Adelpha iphicleola iphimedia Fruhstorfer 1915 ? ● TRUE BRUSHFOOTS Nymphalinae 64. 168. Cuban Peacock Anartia chrysopelea Hübner 1825 ● 65. 169. White Peacock Anartia jatrophae guantanamo Munroe 1942 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 66. 170. Cuban Crescent Anthanassa frisia (Poey 1832) ● ● ● ● 67. 174. Tailed Cecropian Historis acheronta semele (Bates 1939) ● 68. 175. Orion Cecropian Historis odius odius (Fabricius 1775) ● 69. 178. Common Buckeye .Junonia coenia Hübner 1822 ● 70. 179.Tropical Buckeye Junonia evarete zonalis Felder y Felder 1867 ● ● 71. 180. Mangrove Buckeye Junonia genoveva (Stoll 1782) ● ● 72. 181. Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon (Edwards 1864) ● ● 73. 183. Malachite Siproeta stelenes biplagiata (Fruhstorfer 1907) ● ● ● ● WOOD NYMPH BUTTERFLIES Satyrinae 74. 190. Cuban Common Calisto herophile Hübner 1823 ** ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Calisto

Total butterflies observed: 74 species.

Bird of the tour Cheryl Smith , Cuckoo Lizard Peter Smith, Blue-headed Ground Quail Hal Smith , Cuban Green Woodpecker Susan McLane , Cuban Pygmy Owl Anthony Kaduck , Cuban Trogon Fayette Krause, Black & White Warbler JoAnne Heron, Claper Rail Sandra Woodward, Bee Hummingbird Alan Woodward , Cuban Tody Sandy Gardiner, Bee Hummingbird Les Gardiner , Zapata Wren Josele J Saiz, Prothonotary Warbler