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2017 Puerto Rico Species List Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn Heard/ Common Name Scientific Name Seen ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae 1 West Indian Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arborea S 2 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors S 3 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis S 4 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris S 5 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus S 6 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis S GALLIFORMES: Numididae 7 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris S PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae 8 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps S PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae 9 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus S SULIFORMES: Fregatidae 10 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens S SULIFORMES: Sulidae 11 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster S PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae 12 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis S PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae 13 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis S 14 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias S 15 Great Egret Ardea alba S 16 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea S 17 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor S 18 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis S 19 Green Heron Butorides virescens S 1 www.eagle-eye.com Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn 20 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax S 21 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea S PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae 22 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus S ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae 23 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura S ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae 24 Osprey Pandion haliaetus S ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae 25 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis S GRUIFORMES: Rallidae 26 Clapper Rail (Caribbean) Rallus crepitans H 27 Sora Porzana carolina S 28 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus S 29 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata S 30 American Coot Fulica americana S CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae 31 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus S CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae 32 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus S CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae 33 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola S 34 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus S 35 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus S CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae 36 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres S 37 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus S 38 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla S 39 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla S 2 www.eagle-eye.com Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn 40 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri S 41 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius S 42 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca S 43 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes S CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae 44 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla S 45 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus S COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae 46 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 47 Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa S 48 White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala S 49 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto S 50 African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea S 51 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina S 52 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana S 53 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica S 54 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita S 55 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura S CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae 56 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani S 57 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor S 58 Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti S STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae 59 Puerto Rican Screech-Owl Megascops nudipes S CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae 60 Puerto Rican Nightjar Antrostomus noctitherus S CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae 61 Antillean Mango Anthracothorax dominicus S 62 Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis S 3 www.eagle-eye.com Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn 63 Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus S 64 Puerto Rican Emerald Chlorostilbon maugaeus S 65 Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus S CORACIIFORMES: Todidae 66 Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus S PICIFORMES: Picidae 67 Puerto Rican Woodpecker Melanerpes portoricensis S FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae 68 American Kestrel Falco sparverius S 69 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus S PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae 70 White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus S PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae 71 Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica S 72 Lesser Antillean (Puerto Rican) Pewee Contopus latirostris S 73 Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum S 74 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis S 75 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus S PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae 76 Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri S 77 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus S PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae 78 Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis S PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae 79 Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus S PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae 80 Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus S 81 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos S PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae 4 www.eagle-eye.com Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn 82 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla S 83 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis S 84 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia S 85 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas S 86 Elfin-woods Warbler Setophaga angelae S 87 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla S 88 Northern Parula Setophaga americana S 89 Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia S 90 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens S 91 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens S 92 Adelaide's Warbler Setophaga adelaidae S PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae 93 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola S 94 Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor S 95 Puerto Rican Bullfinch Loxigilla portoricensis S 96 Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus S 97 Puerto Rican Spindalis Spindalis portoricensis S PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae 98 Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius xanthomus S 99 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger S 100 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis S 101 Puerto Rican Oriole Icterus portoricensis S 102 Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus S PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae 103 Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica S PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae 104 House Sparrow Passer domesticus S PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae 105 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus S 5 www.eagle-eye.com Eagle-Eye Tours Puerto Rico March 2017 Leader: Adam Walleyn PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae 106 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda S 6 www.eagle-eye.com.
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