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2007 DR/PR Species List Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678 Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico March 2007 with Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard GREBES 1 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus S 2 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps S TROPICBIRDS 3 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus S PELICANS 4 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis S GANNETS AND BOOBIES 5 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster S FRIGATEBIRDS 6 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens S HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS 7 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias S 8 Great Egret Ardea alba S 9 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens S 10 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor S 11 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea S 12 Snowy Egret Egretta thula S 13 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis S 14 Green Heron Butorides virescens S 15 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax S 16 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea S 17 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis S IBIS AND SPOONBILLS 18 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus S FLAMINGOS 19 Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber S DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS 20 West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea S 21 American Wigeon Anas americana S 22 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis S 23 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors S 24 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis S NEW WORLD VULTURES 25 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura S OSPREY 26 Osprey (migratory race) Pandion haliaetus S Osprey (resident race) P. h. ridgwayi S HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES 27 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus striatus S Sharp-shinned Hawk A. s. venator S 28 Ridgway's Hawk Buteo ridgwayi S 29 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis S Page 1 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard FALCONS AND CARACARAS 30 American Kestrel Falco sparverius dominicensis S American Kestrel F. s. caribearum S 31 Merlin Falco columbarius S 32 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus S LIMPKIN 33 Limpkin Aramus guarauna S RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS 34 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris S 35 Sora Porzana carolina S 36 Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer S 37 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica S 38 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus S 39 American Coot Fulica americana S 40 Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea S AVOCETS AND STILTS 41 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 42 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola S 43 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus S 44 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus S SANDPIPERS 45 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca S 46 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes S 47 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria S 48 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia S 49 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus S 50 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres S 51 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla S 52 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla S 53 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus S TERNS 54 Royal Tern Sterna maxima S PIGEONS AND DOVES 55 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 56 White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala S 57 Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa S 58 Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata S 59 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto S 60 Ringed Turtle-dove Streptopelia risoria S 61 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura S 62 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita S 63 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica S 64 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina S 65 Hispaniolan Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopius S 66 Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia S 67 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana S PARROTS 68 Hispaniolan Parakeet Aratinga chloroptera S 69 Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana S 70 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus S Page 2 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 71 Hispaniolan Parrot Amazona ventralis S CUCKOOS 72 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor S 73 Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Saurothera vieilloti S 74 Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo Saurothera longirostris S 75 Bay-breasted Cuckoo Hyetornis rufigularis H 76 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani S OWLS 77 Puerto Rican Screech-Owl Megascops nudipes S 78 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia S NIGHTJARS 79 Hispaniolan Nightjar Caprimulgus ekmani S 80 Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus S SWIFTS 81 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris S 82 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia S HUMMINGBIRDS 83 Antillean Mango Anthracothorax dominicus S 84 Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis S 85 Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus S 86 Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus S 87 Hispaniolan Emerald Chlorostilbon swainsonii S 88 Puerto Rican Emerald Chlorostilbon maugaeus S 89 Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima S TROGONS AND QUETZALS 90 Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster S KINGFISHERS 91 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon S TODIES 92 Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus S 93 Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris S 94 Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus S WOODPECKERS 95 Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas S 96 Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis S 97 Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus S TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 98 Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica S 99 Greater Antillean Elaenia Elaenia fallax S 100 Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis S 101 Puerto Rican Pewee Contopus portoricensis S 102 Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus S 103 Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum S 104 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis S 105 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus S SWALLOWS 106 Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis S 107 Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea S 108 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva S PALMCHAT Page 3 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 109 Palmchat Dulus dominicus S MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS 110 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos S 111 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis S 112 Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus S THRUSHES 113 Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis S 114 Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus S 115 La Selle Thrush Turdus swalesi H CROWS AND JAYS 116 Hispaniolan Palm Crow Corvus palmarum S 117 White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus S OLD WORLD SPARROWS 118 House Sparrow Passer domesticus S WEAVERS AND ALLIES 119 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus S 120 Orange Bishop Euplectes franciscanus S WAXBILLS AND ALLIES 121 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda S 122 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus S 123 Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata S VIREOS AND ALLIES 124 Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri S 125 Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus S 126 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus S FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS 127 Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga H 128 Antillean Siskin Carduelis dominicensis S WOOD WARBLERS 129 Northern Parula Parula americana S 130 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia S 131 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia S 132 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina S 133 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens S 134 Adelaide Warbler Dendroica adelaidae S 135 Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus S 136 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor S 137 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum S 138 Elfin-woods Warbler Dendroica angelae S 139 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia S 140 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla S 141 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla S 142 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis S 143 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla H 144 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas S 145 Green-tailed Ground-tanager Microligea palustris S 146 Hispaniolan Highland-tanager Xenoligea montana S BANANAQUIT 147 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola S TANAGERS AND ALLIES 148 Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus S 149 Black-crowned Palm-Tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum S 150 Western Chat-tanager Calyptophilus tertius S Page 4 of 5 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 151 Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis S 152 Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis S 153 Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica musica S Antillean Euphonia E. m. S BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, ALLIES 154 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea S 155 Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor S 156 Puerto Rican Bullfinch Loxigilla portoricensis S 157 Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea S BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC. 158 Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius xanthomus S 159 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger S 160 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis S 161 Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis S 162 Puerto Rican Oriole Ictreus puertoricensis S 163 Troupial Icterus icterus S REPTILES Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta S Common Wall Lizard Ameiva chrysolaema S Southern Hispaniolan Green Anole Anolis coelestinus S Northern Hispaniolan Green Anole Anolis chlorocyanus cyanostictus S Large-headed Anole Anolis cybotes S Gracile Anole Anolis distichus S Dominican Giant Anole Anolis baleatus S Puerto Rican Crested Anole Anolis cristatellus S Upland Grass Anole Anolis krugi S Ricord's Iguana Cyclura ricordii S Rhinicerous Iguana Cyclura cornuta S Green Iguana Iguana iguana S Golliwasp Diploglossus sp. S Dwarf Gecko Sphaerodactylus sp. S Sharp-nosed Green Tree-snake Uromacer oxyrhynchus S Hispaniolan Black Racer Antillophis parvifrons S AMPHIBIANS Eleutheropactylus sp. S Common Coqui Eleutheropactylus coqui S Caribbean White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus albilabris H American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana H Pig Frog Rana grylio H MAMMALS Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes javanicus S INVERTEBRATES giant centipede Scolopenrda sp. S Page 5 of 5.
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