Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Caribbean Conservation Trust CUBA BIRD SURVEY Cuba’s Western Mountains, Zapata Swamp, and Northern Archipelago February 2-14, 2014
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) Bermejas, Cuba Michael J. Good, MS
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Caribbean Conservation Trust CUBA BIRD SURVEY Cuba’s Western Mountains, Zapata Swamp, and Northern Archipelago February 2-14, 2014
Compiled, written and photo’s by Michael J. Good, MS east coast migrants included daily records for ([email protected]) Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart and Cape May Warbler. We easily located the endemics Oriente, Yellow- headed Warbler and Olive-capped Warbler (endemic sub-species), each in its respective habitat locations.
The Zapata Peninsula is probably Cuba's richest bird habitat. Eighteen of Cuba's twenty-six endemic bird species can be spotted here, as well as large flocks of resident waterfowl and seasonal migrants. The Zapata Wren, Zapata Sparrow, Zapata Rail and Red-shouldered Blackbirds are just some of the endemic species Cuban Trogon Bermejas 2014 found almost exclusively in this region. Trip Summary Our survey group tallied a total of 586 Warblers seen compared to 867 and 829 during previous A total of 167 species of birds were seen or fall trips. Our data shows clearly that Cuba is heard during this February trip. We tallied vital to myriad migratory species and supports a 15,891 individual birds including 24 endemic large population of wintering Neotropical and species, and 2 future endemic species ( Cuban eastern US breeding birds. Meadowlark, Giant Kingbird) at a total of 73 locations surveyed during the February 2-14, At Bermejas, the recently improved forest blind 2014 Cuban Bird Survey. After removing 2054 afforded an opportunity for close observations of Blue-headed, and Gray-fronted Quail Doves, Cattle Egret and 2970 Turkey Vultures, there Zenaida Dove and Ovenbirds. Ruddy Quail Dove were 10,867 individual birds recorded after was briefly seen while the water bath at Cueva travelling over 1367 miles of Cuban de Jabali' provided the best views of Key West countryside. A total of 22 species of Parulidae Quail Dove to round out the important were found including a Tennessee warbler Columbidae family birds. (Oreothlypis peregrina), Louisiana Waterthrush A good list of water birds, terns and shorebirds (Parkesia motacilla), Northern Waterthrush were found along the Las Salinas - Sendero (Parkesia noveboracensis) Worm-eating Salina de Brito including 118 American White Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus). Common Pelicans, a record number for this location. A Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
flock of Black Skimmers joined hundreds of About this report: American Flamingos, Roseate Spoonbill and The Cuba Bird Survey report covers each day of multiple Heron. Northern Shoveler and Blue- the program from February 2 – 14, 2014. Each winged Teal were the dominate ducks. We had section has a description of the location, some luck with us in La Turba where we caught the highlights or interesting facts followed by the last flight of the evening for Cuban Nighthawk Ebird list for the location surveyed and total followed by Zapata Wren which proved difficult birds seen. All birds found in Cuba have been to locate until it crossed the canal and circled entered into Ebird, a real-time, online checklist our group. A few good photos were taken and program launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of we heard extended territorial songs from two Ornithology and National Audubon Society males nearby and a third in the distance. which provides rich data sources for basic Excellent observations and photos of Zapata information on bird abundance and distribution Sparrow and a good list of warblers and Black- at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Each crowned Night Heron made this location Ebird list is followed by a specific location particularly exciting. It took a couple of trips to marker (ex. CU-01) www.ebird.org locate a plaintive Stygian Owl sleeping in the forest of Soplilliar and everyone finally saw At the end of this report are 3 appendixes. The Cuban Crow, whose garrulous, parrot like calls first map of Cuba indicating locations surveyed. reverberate through the countryside. Second is a total species summary for the entire trip. The third appendix contains recent Cayo Coco and the northern cays rounded out changes to the Parulidae Family and other our list with Cuban Black Hawk, Thick-billed species of interest. This report was compiled, Vireo, Oriente Warbler, Cuban Gnatcatcher written and includes photography by Michael J. and a host of excellent Neotropical migrants Good, MS ([email protected]) including a Worm-eating Warbler found by Thank you to Gary Markowski and the Arturo – a much appreciated life bird for this Caribbean Conservation Trust for editing and writer. Thank you, amigo! the opportunity to bird Cuba.
Everyone hopefully left Cuba with a deeper Western and Central Cuba understanding of the geographical movements Cuba is an archipelago consisting of the island of birds and the unique culture of Cuba. of Cuba, the Isla De La Juventud and 4195 other Cays and islets. The Island lies at the entrance Our Cuban Bird Survey program is coordinated to the Gulf of Mexico, 48 miles from Haiti, 87 under U.S. government authorization by the miles from the Bahamas, 90 miles from Jamaica, Caribbean Conservation Trust, which is based in 112 miles from Florida and 130 miles from Connecticut. Along with Michael J. Good, MS, Cancun. This strategic location places Cuba directly in the path of migratory Neotropical our team also included Senor Arturo species making their way to Central and South Kirkconnell, Curator of Ornithology at Cuba’s America and the West Indies. Cuba is 42,827 National Museum of Natural History, a bilingual square miles (110,922 square kilometers) and is Cuban tour guide, Yuri Napoles, and our driver, the largest island in the Caribbean. It is 744 Bernardo. We were joined by regionally located miles long with a population of 11 million Cuban naturalists and birding guides Caesar in people of Cuban, many of Spanish, African and San Diego de los Banos, Frank in Playa Larga and Asian descent. More than 2 million people live Paulino in Cayo Coco. The team helped guide in Havana, the Capital city. Our program allows you through a variety of natural areas in Cuba, participants to see the “real and wild Cuba” the Caribbean’s largest and most ecologically with walks in the countryside, forests and diverse island nation. shorelines of this pelagic island. There are no Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
poisonous plants or animals in Cuba and an Zapata Wren, Zapata Sparrow, Cuban Crow, amazing 4 percent of the world’s plant species Cuban Emerald, Cuban Bullfinch, Plain Pigeon. are represented here; 6,370 plants species with 52% endemics. There are 284 designated Other species of interest include: protected areas accounting for 11% of Cuba’s Great Lizard-Cuckoo, Bahama Mockingbird, total 11 million hectares. The climate is La Sagra’s Flycatcher, Loggerhead Kingbird, subtropical moderated by the trade winds, a Olive-capped Warbler, Key West Quail-Dove, wet season (May through October “estacion de Ruddy Quail Dove, Zenaida Dove, Stygian Owl, las lluvias”) and dry season (November through Greater Flamingo, Wood Stork, Roseate April “estacion de la seca”). We experienced a Spoonbill, a great variety of wading birds, and couple of tropical rain downpours but basically numerous other migratory and resident species. there was no rain during the 13 day trip Many taxonomic names have recently changed interfering with our work. so I will attempt to add any new taxonomic name changes in this report. (See appendix 3) Cuba’s Birds According to BirdLife International, which has designated 28 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Cuba, “Over 370 bird species have been recorded in Cuba, including 28* which are endemic to the island and 29 considered globally threatened”. Due to its large land area and geographical position within the Caribbean, Cuba represents one of the most important countries for Neotropical migratory birds – both birds passing through on their way south (75 species) and those spending the winter on the island (86 species). * Giant Kingbird & Palm Crow are 2 future endemics counted as endemic birds in this reference. Participants: All participants were American Our itinerary provides opportunities to see citizens with varying degrees of birding many of Cuba’s endemic species and experience, and each had the patience and subspecies, as listed below. This trip also enthusiasm needed to travel and bird in Cuba focuses on the many Neotropical migrant for twelve days. The February 2-14, 2014 survey species that migrate south to Cuba in the fall team was engaged and involved with the (endemic and endemic subspecies in italics) importance and focus of the survey. They were Bare-legged Owl, Cuban Oriole, Bee all gracious and understanding about the Hummingbird, Blue-headed Quail-Dove, Gray- schedule of events for each day, the need to be fronted Quail-Dove, Cuban Black-Hawk, Cuban prompt and the research goals of the Cuban Blackbird, Cuban Grassquit, Cuban Green Bird Survey. I enjoyed getting to know Woodpecker, Cuban Parakeet, Cuban Parrot, everyone and appreciated the opportunity to Cuban Pewee, Cuban Pygmy-Owl, Cuban bird with all of you in Cuba. Hasta Pronto! Solitaire, Cuban Tody, Cuban Trogon, Cuban Vireo, Fernandina’s Flicker, Giant Kingbird, Gundlach’s Hawk, Cuban Meadowlark, Cuban Nightjar, Red-shouldered Blackbird, Tawny- shouldered Blackbird, Yellow-headed Warbler, Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) Cabrero
Hutia in Havana
Vintage Al Bingley, the Malecon, Havana DAY 1 February 2, 2014, Day 1 in Cuba, arrival in Havana and transfer to Occidental Miramar Hotel. Senor Orlando Garrido, Dr. Johannes Gundlach and Accipiter gundlachi (Gavilan Colilargo) Our arrival this morning gave the Cuban Bird Survey team their first observations of the Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Island of Cuba from the air. Royal Palm trees Caribbean Conservation Trust, CU-03 dot the land around farms big and small Feb 2, 2014 5:16 AM - 6:01 AM growing organically grown food for Protocol: Traveling consumption locally or afar. 0.6 mile(s) Comments: The grounds of Occidental Miramar are near the Atlantic Ocean with green space, Royal Palm and a variety of trees Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
surrounding the hotel. This is an excellent place Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6 to begin adding Cuban endemic species to the Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 2 trip. Everyone will have an opportunity to study Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 10 the ubiquitous Cuban Blackbird and survey the Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 grounds for North American breeding warblers Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 5 and common Cuban species found in the city of Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 8 Havana. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 12 species Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 5 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 2 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 12 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 20 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6 6965337 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 5 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 4 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 2 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 5 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 4 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 24 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 15
DAY 2 Loggerhead Kingbird Pitirre Guatibere Havana Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los Banos, CU-02 Feb 3, 2014 9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: This morning we drive from the city to the autopista and begin our field work for our Cuba Bird Survey. Started in 1996, the Cuba Bird Survey managed by the Caribbean Endemic Cuban Green Woodpecker Cayo Coco Conservation Trust is the longest running survey Hotel Occidental Miramar DAY 2 in Cuba offering participants an opportunity to Caribbean Conservation Trust 263, CU-03 bird with Cuban and American field experts. Feb 3, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:20 AM Following our detailed itinerary we travel Protocol: Traveling through picturesque farmland dotted with 0.4 mile(s) tobacco farms and rural farming communities. Comments: We have a few minutes to work the grounds of the hotel after meeting our While traveling we search the roads and skies ornithologist Arturo Kirkconnell, our guide for anything on the wing, with the hope of Yuri, and our driver Bernardo. The morning is detecting Gundlach's or Red-tailed Hawk. pleasantly cool with sunny skies. 5 species 10 species Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 18 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 11 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 23 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 200 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 46 sparveroides) 1 white morph American Coot (Fulica americana) 15 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 25 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 1 6967079 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 2 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Havana Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego sparveroides) 2 1 white 1 red morph de los Banos, CU-02Feb 3, 2014 9:10 AM - 9:35 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 5 AM House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 1 Protocol: Traveling http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1696 5.0 mile(s) 7717 Comments: The travel period of this trip begins with a drive from the city to the autopista the beginning of our field work for the Cuban Bird Survey. 5 species
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 18 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 23 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 1 white morph House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 25
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Prairie Warbler Mariposa galana 6967079 La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga DAY 2 CU-01Feb 3, 2014 10:12 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Working our way west, to visit the mogotes and karst geology of Vinales and the San Diego de los Banos region. With this Fernandina's Flicker Hacienda Cortina stop we started a long list of species located by Arturo, myself and the entire Caribbean Artimisa province Day 2 Travel to San Diego Conservation Trust team. We needed to make de los Banos, CU-02 one crucial stop for some birds Arturo and I Feb 3, 2014 9:35 AM - 10:02 AM discovered last year including the Cuban Protocol: Traveling Grassquit, (Tomeguin Del Pinar). The Campismo 16.0 mile(s) is a good location for Cuban Trogon, many other Comments: Travel to San Diego de los Banos Cuban specialty birds as well as great bananas. includes passing by a few ponds and wetlands 24 species which we explore later in the trip. 10 species (+1 other taxa) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 12 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
platypterus) 2 both were noted as whiter Feb 3, 2014 11:53 AM - 12:35 PM than western US birds by our California Protocol: Traveling contingent. 20.0 mile(s) Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 5 Comments: Pinar del Rio (Pines by the River) Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 2 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 West Province is an amazingly beautiful example of Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 2 karst topography, exemplified by lush, towering Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus mogotes and multi-story caverns, many of varius) 2 one hatch year one female which are visible high above on the mountain Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 2 sides. The Sierra de la Rosario and Sierra de los La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 2 Organos mountain ranges converge here, as do Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 many of the Cuban endemics and neotropical Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 2 seen by the group migrants that make this their winter home. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2 Red-legged Thrush (Eastern) (Turdus plumbeus 9 species ardosiaceus/albiventris) 2 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 200 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 60 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 American Coot (Fulica americana) 2 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 seen by several in the group. Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 2 This is a notable bird for this region not Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 commonly found. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cuban Grassquit (Tiaris canorus) 3 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 6979449 Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 1 Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) 3 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16961303
Eastern Meadowlark
Hotel Mirador Day 2 (267), CU-01
The Charcoal making process. Feb 3, 2014 12:34 PM - 1:34 PM Pinar Del Rio Province Day 2 Travel to San Protocol: Traveling Diego de los Banos (266), CU-01 0.3 mile(s) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Comments: Hotel Mirador in San Diego de los splendid vistas of the valleys and mountains. Banos is our final destination for the evening. 32 species The appealing small town is the gateway to La Guira National Park. Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) 2 seen 12 species well in the large pond of the hacienda grounds. Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 30 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 1 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 4 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 5 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 30 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 92 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 1 sparveroides) 1 1 red morph Kestrel was Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5 hunting the grounds of the hotel Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 [merlini Group]) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 8 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 4 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 3 Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) 3 West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 5 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 3 humeralis) 11 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 6 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 4 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 4 6979709 Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis) 1 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus plumbeus/schistaceus) 4 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 5 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 4 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 2 Karst geology of Los Pinos La Güira National Park Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 2
Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) 2 Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 (268), CU-01 Feb 3, Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 1 2014 2:58 PM - 3:58 PM Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 7 Protocol: Traveling Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 2 1.4 mile(s) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Comments: The road to and the roads within 6976980 La Guira National Park represent the most interesting terrain on the itinerary,yielding Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
DAY 3
Cueva Portales in the western mountains
The road to Cueva los Portales and Los Pinos transects rolling hills, agricultural plains, Hotel Mirador Day 3, CU-01 ponds, reservoirs and streams emanating from Feb 4, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM the mountains. These are divided into the Protocol: Stationary Pizarras Heights, the Sierra del Rosario Comments: Shiny Cowbird was found this Mountains and the Sierra de los Organos morning and a few others before taking off to Mountains, with the highest point in the Pan de La Guira National park for a great day of birding. Guajaibon Mountains at 699 meters . The weather is cooperating nicely and our stay at Hotel Mirador a welcome relief after a long Western Cuba‘s Karst topography is a travel day yesterday. Birding locations include geological formation shaped by the dissolution Cueva Portales and Hacienda Cortina. of layers of soluble bedrock (limestone). Mature 5 species karst landscapes, such as those found in White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 1 western Cuba, where more bedrock has been Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 15 removed than remains, may result in karst American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius “haystack “ towers, known as mogotes in Cuba. sparveroides) 4 2 white and 2 red morph The tops of the mogotes are covered by 3 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 4 forests: the sub perennial forest found in the Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus humid dolines; semi-deciduous forest found in bonariensis) 1 good looks at the unique cowbird the rocky bases; and the Mogotes forests, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 found atop the haystack like mountains. These 6982154 habitats are thought to be the cradle of evolution for Cuban endemics species, particularly local flora, mollusks, non-flying insects, and other terrestrial invertebrates. This is due to the isolated nature of the upper vegetated areas of the mogotes.
For many generations the valleys of this region have supported pockets of small agricultural communities. The soils of the region arguably yield some of the world’s best tobacco. Olive-capped Warbler, (Setophaga palmarum)
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La Guira National Park Day 3 travel to Cueva Arturo and I were elated to bag the first of 4 Portales (269), CU-01 Gundlach's Hawks on this trip with an excellent view as it shot over the mogotes. The cave Feb 4, 2014 8:12 AM - 8:50 AM wall's reverberated the amazingly beautiful Protocol: Traveling ethereal chimes of Ruisenor (Myadestes 6.0 mile(s) elisabeth), the Cuban Solitaire. This slender, Comments: The focus today is Cuban Solitaire long tailed and plainly colored thrush perched and a host of great birds as we make our way to outside of Che’s cave singing it’s soothing Cuave Portales through Hacienda Cortina. This song. One can only imagine the legendary list is our travel list through the park. revolutionary sitting in awe listening as these duel syrinx wonders with magical qualities 8 species sooth the soul of a troubled listener. Our local Cuban guide, Caesar was quick to show us one Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2 of the smallest bats in the world, the Butterfly Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 200 Bat (Nyctelus lepidus) in the crevices of the White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 1 inner cave - what a treat to photograph these West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 1 creatures. American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius 22 species sparveroides) 2 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 30 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 2 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 200 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) 1 a http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 beautiful fly-by for everyone in the group to 6985016 see. Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) 3 Three beautiful birds showing the iridescent patch on hind neck definitive with a wine-red hood. White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 2 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 5 Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 3 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 2 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 3 2 red and 1 white morph Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 1 Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 1 Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) 40 These nesting birds were actively foraging and diving Cartacuba Cuban Tody into the cave over the river Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth) 3 2 Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP (270), seen and photographed on heard ...simply CU-01 Feb 4, 2014 8:40 AM - 10:40 AM amazing. Protocol: Traveling Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus 2.0 mile(s) plumbeus/schistaceus) 1 Comments: Cuban Solitaire was the champion Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 7 singer while Gundlach's Hawk stole the show. Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 6998539 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 6993822
Cuban Parakeet Bermejas Aratinga euops
Las Barrigonas parador Day 3 (271), CU-01 Feb 4, 2014 11:58 AM - 1:13 PM
Yellow-throated Warbler Playa Larga Protocol: Stationary Comments: Not much birding but a little Pinar del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Las eating lunch was on the itinerary for this stop. Barrigonas , CU-01Feb 4, 2014 10:47 AM - The vegetation that surrounds the pond is gone 11:56 AM now but a few good birds were seen on this Protocol: Traveling stop. Las Barrigonas is the name of the local 35.0 mile(s) Comments: Traveling the country side one pot-bellied palm. Here the amount of water, the should always be mindful of wetlands, ponds soil and climatic factor allowed for the and reservoirs. evolution of an endemic palm tree. 7 species 8 species
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 4 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 15 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 64 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 50 (Domestic type)) 2 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 28 Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 plumbeus/schistaceus) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Eastern Meadowlark (Cuban) (Sturnella magna hippocrepis) 2 FOT (first-of-trip) Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 6998949 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Bee Hummingbird Zunzuncito Bermejas, Cuba
Pinar Del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to
Vinales (273), CU-01 Cuban Oriole Bermejas Feb 2014 Feb 4, 2014 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Protocol: Traveling Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 (277), CU-01 17.0 mile(s) Feb 4, 2014 3:30 PM - 5:45 PM Comments: Travel to Vinales from the Protocol: Traveling highway includes many wonderful views of the 2.0 mile(s) distant Caribbean Sea to the south. Working our Comments: Cuban Grassquit and nine species way north towards Vinales we make a stop at of warblers were ‘pished’ and called out of the Hotel Los Jazmines for our first glimpse of the large reservoir’s surrounding forest, consisting inspiring valley below. of low shrubs and trees supporting a healthy population of Olive-capped Warbler. 13 species Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 75 32 species Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 Northern Bobwhite (Colinus Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 104 virginianus) 5 crossing the road Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 100 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 8 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 13 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 16 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2 sparveroides) 6 all white morph Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 50 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 45 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 carolinensis) 2 seen well eating a fish..good Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius for Osprey! humeralis) 2 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 7 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 2 6999449 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 8 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 1 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 3 Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 2 one seen one heard Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus plumbeus/schistaceus) 2 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 9 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 El Mochador Trimming the Royal Palm fruit Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 11 Olive-capped Warbler (Setophaga pityophila) 13 26 species Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1 coronata coronata) 4 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 47 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 50 Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) 1 fly-by fernandinae) 8 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1 Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) 1 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 Cuban Grassquit (Tiaris canorus) Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 2 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 4 Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 10 pretrei) 13 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 4 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 58 7013659 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius DAY 4 sparveroides) 2 white morph Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 1 La Ermita (the Hermitage) Day 4 (276), CU- Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus 01 Feb 5, 2014 6:20 AM - 7:05 AM plumbeus/schistaceus) 2 Protocol: Traveling Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 0.3 mile(s) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 7 Comments: The day starts early for Steve and Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3 Michael as we begin to collect information American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 about birds of La Ermita and Vinales. Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 Gundlach’s Hawk was seen here. Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 8 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 23 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 8 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7014192 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cuban Knight Anole Anolis equestris thomasi Pinar del Rio Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata, CU-01 Feb 5, 2014 8:45 AM - 9:50 AM Giant Lizard Cuckoo Protocol: Traveling 35.0 mile(s) Fish Ponds Day 4 Autopista 4 (279), CU-01 Comments: Efforts to survey along the roads Feb 5, 2014 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM en route to our next hotel do pay off, with Protocol: Stationary observations of Gundlach's Hawk, Swallow- Comments: Arturo and I saw a couple of Snail tailed Kits and numerous other soaring birds. Kites which prompted a stop at the extensive 11 species fish farm next to the Autopista . We discovered many warblers near the outflow channel and Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1 along the entire row of planted deciduous Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 17 trees. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 275 19 species American Coot (Fulica americana) 3 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 12 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 4 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 2 sparveroides) 5 2 white and 3 Red morph Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 10 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 2 carolinensis) 4 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 2 Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) 2 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 3 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 4 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 2 7025663 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 1 white morph Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 2 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 15 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 5 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 5 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Eastern Meadowlark (Cuban) (Sturnella magna American Coot (Fulica americana) 25 hippocrepis) 2 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 sparveroides) 3 white morph 7032374 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7033089
Yellow-headed Warbler Chillian
6 VIAS Reservoir Day 4 Travel to Zapata (282), CU-02 Feb 5, 2014 11:20 AM - 11:43 AM Protocol: Stationary
Cuban Pygmy Owl Comments: The reservoir is a place we have surveyed for many years, yielding a bounty Artemisa Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata, atvarious times of the year. Reservois in Cuba CU-02 Feb 5, 2014 10:01 AM - 11:20 AM provide excellent habitat for wintering ducks Protocol: Traveling and other aquatic species. 30.0 mile(s) 15 species Comments: Travel through this region includes extensive fields, sugar cane, Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 15 and many cattle farms. Excellent habitat for Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 7 Gundlach's Hawk which we saw from the bus Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 and photographed. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 58 7 species Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 7 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 135 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 5 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 215 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 10 gundlachi) 1 seen from the bus by Arturo American Coot (Fulica americana) 35 then photographed by Michael Good. This is our Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1 viewed in third Gundlach's for the trip. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
the scope sitting in the bright sun. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 5 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7037261
Fernandina’s Flickers Zapata Peninsula
Pio Cua Restorante - Australia Day 4 (285), CU-04 Feb 5, 2014 1:42 PM - 2:42 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Lunch stop at Pia Cua for some excellent Cuban food. 6 species
Cave Swallow Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 10 Mayabeque Province Day 4 Travel to Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Zapata, CU-02 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Feb 5, 2014 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (Domestic type)) 2 Protocol: Traveling Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3 30.0 mile(s) Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Comments: The bus keeps rolling along on Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 2 our way to Zapata. Few birds were counted http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17038791 along this section of road. 3 species
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 250 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 9 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 2 two red morph http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7037618 Northern Flicker
Zapata de Cieniga Day 4 Travel to Playa Larga, CU-04 Feb 5, 2014 2:53 PM - 3:13 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.0 mile(s) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Comments: The last leg of the travel day to Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Hotel Playa Larga. Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 7 species Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 2 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 5 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 40 7038379 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 45 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 2 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 1 seen in the front seats by Arturo and I Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7039155
Zapata Sparrow La Turba
Stygian Owl Soplliar
Matanzas Province, Day 4 Travel to Zapata Zapata Sparrow La Turba (284), CU-04 Hotel Playa Larga Day 4 (287), CU-04 Feb 5, 2014 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM Feb 5, 2014 3:55 PM - 4:20 PM Protocol: Traveling Protocol: Traveling 45.0 mile(s) 0.8 mile(s) 8 species Comments: These are the first birds we saw in Playa Larga located on the amazing Bay of Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 Pigs (Bahia de Cochinos). History suggests that Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 25 pigs foraged at the muddy edge of the sea thus Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 giving it its local name. This segment involved Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 100 some quick birding just prior to leaving for Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Soplilliar, for our first birding experience in the Bay of Pigs. 17 species (+1 other taxa)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 30 White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 11 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 20 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4 White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 1 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini [merlini Group]) 2 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 8 Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) 1 calling loudly from the woods north of Playa Larga entrance. Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) 1 calling from the tree next to Michael's cabin. Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 3 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga Zapata Wren La Turba caerulescens) 2 Soplillar Day 4 Zapata de Cienega National Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 9 Park (288), CU-04 Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum Feb 5, 2014 4:30 PM - 5:40 PM palmarum) 1 Protocol: Traveling Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 6 3.0 mile(s) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Comments: Our first search for Siguapa 7039675 (Stygian Owl). Many good birds were found for our first birding experience in the Zapata
region. 22 species
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 15 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 15 White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) 2 Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) 3 well seen on the ground walking through the woods Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
[merlini Group]) 7 underscore the importance of this section of Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 7 the Zapata Swamp National Park. Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 2 41 species Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 6
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 sparveroides) 3 white morph Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) 3 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 1 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 2 heard Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 4 Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) 1 fly-by Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) 2 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 3 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 2 [merlini Group]) 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 4 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) 9 lawrencii) 1 photos Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 7 Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) 2 photos Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 4 of both http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) 5 7040318 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 4 DAY 5 Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 6 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 4 photos of the female are excellent West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 1 Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 3 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3 one calling and seen by the group American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 8 Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) 18 Cuban Parrot (Cuban) (Amazona leucocephala Cuban Nightjar (Caprimulgus cubanensis) leucocephala) 4 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 3 Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 (290), Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus CU-04 Feb 6, 2014 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM caudifasciatus) 3 one heard 2 seen Protocol: Traveling Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 7 2.5 mile(s) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 3 Comments: The forest echoed with Great Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 6 Lizard Cuckoos, Cuban Vireo and close to a Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4 dozen Warblers. The presence of the world’s Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 10 smallest bird, two species of endemic quail Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2 dove, two species of endemic owls, as well as Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros Cuba’s only species of parrot and parakeet vermivorum) 1 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 sunshine, yielding promising photo American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 opportunities. We also had an opportunity to Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 6 learn about small scale charcoal production, Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1 once a primary means of subsitance for some in Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga this previously isolated region. (See photos caerulescens) 1 section.) Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 7 species Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 2 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 20 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 pretrei) 5 Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius fernandinae) 2 excellent photos to be posted humeralis) 4 later. Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 10 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 sparveroides) 3 two white and one red 7058343 morph Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7058885
Aparecido de San Diego Red-legged Honeycreeper
Fernandina's Flicker Hotspot Day 5 (292), CU-04 Feb 6, 2014 10:38 AM - 11:23 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Sometimes all the stars are aligned!! You pull into a location where you Curly-tailed Lizard Leiocephalus psammodromus expect to find Fernandina's Flicker and it comes right to you! Not only did the male come to us Culeta Buena/Playa Giron Day 5 (293), CU- but the female appreciated his courting 04 Feb 6, 2014 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM gestures so much that she came to the same Protocol: Traveling pole and started sky-pointing, displaying and 0.9 mile(s) calling for everyone in our group to witness this Comments: Culeta Buena provides a welcome spectacular bird. Lighting up the yellow and lunch break, and pleasant respite from the black barring was an abundant amount of increasingly intense sun. This rocky inlet Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
features a well protected natural pool open to the sea, as well as fresh water/salt water cenote teeming with marine life. We take a well deserved opportunity for everyone to enjoy this peaceful spot before resuming our busy schedule later in the afternoon.
14 species
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 1 Not many seen on this trip. Here we found one immature Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 4 flying as we left Culeta Buena Flamenco American Flamingo Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 75 Playa Giron Museo de la Intervencion Day Red-tailed Hawk (solitudinis) (Buteo jamaicensis 5 (294), CU-04 Feb 6, 2014 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM solitudinis) 1 Protocol: Traveling Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 0.8 mile(s) Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Comments: Some of the group used this time Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 4 to better understand the perspective of the La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 1 Battle of Giron/Bay of Pigs with this stop at the Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 2 museum. A few of us ventured out along the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1 coast for to continue with the bird survey. Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 12 9 species Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) 6 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 75 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 3 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 9 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 30 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 5 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius 7063574 sparveroides) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 5 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 25 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7063604 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
Reddish Egret hunting Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Soplillar Day 5 Zapata de Cienega National 7063626 Park (295), CU-04 Feb 6, 2014 4:00 PM - 5:25 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s) Comments: Stygian Owl was the target species for this walk with word that they were seen earlier in the day. Sure enough, after some searching around, we found the owl sitting quietly in a deciduous tree contemplating the people below looking with spotting scopes and American White Pelican taking pictures. These forests have been studied extensively by James Wiley, co-author of the DAY 6 recently revised "Birds of the West Indies". It is to him that I dedicate this particular list of birds. 21 species
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2 White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) 1 Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps) 2 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini [merlini Group]) 2 Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) 1 Cuban Parrot in flight Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) 1 well seen and La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de photographed Zapata Day 6 (297), CU-04 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Feb 7, 2014 6:05 AM - 10:05 AM Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 5 Protocol: Traveling Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 4 5.0 mile(s) Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 1 heard calling Comments: This early morning start is Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 3 required for an opportunity to see the Cuban Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 2 Nightjar (Caprimulgus cubanensis) a nocturnal Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 3 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
insectivore which can often best be seen at Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai) 4 photos to dawn when returning to roost. This is one of be added. We heard two birds calling from the the hotspots in Zapata as numerous species opposite side of the channel. One male came to take advantage of the wetland habitats and the road, skulking around us and coming out for abundance of available food. This is also our excellent observations of this elusive species, best location for both the Zapata Wren and named by Thomas Barbour after his friend Zapata Sparrow. Fermin Cervera (Ferminia cerverai) page 179 in "A 40 species Naturalist in Cuba" 1945 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 6 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia brasilianus) 10 noveboracensis) 5 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 2 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) 1 heard well Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 7 among the reeds American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 12 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3 nycticorax) 13 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 4 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 75 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 5 Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 King Rail (Rallus elegans) 1 calling and heard Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) 3 well by Arturo and Michael Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) 1 Sora (Porzana carolina) 6 these were calling Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 birds which everyone heard. Counted by Arturo Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis and Michael inexpectata) 1 a beautiful yellow Sparrow Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) 2 named by Thomas Barbour and James Peters in Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 5 honor of professor Carlos de la Torre Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 8 (Torreornis inexpectata) Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius [merlini Group]) 5 assimilis) 4 These birds were found from the Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) 3 highway in the same general area as La Turba. Greater Antillean Nightjar (Cuban) Closer to the highway. Photos of females males (Antrostomus cubanensis seen well by the group. cubanensis/insulaepinorum) 2 brief flights Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 18 but we heard one and saw another before the Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 6 sun appeared over the horizon. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 23 7064489 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 3 Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 2 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 3 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 2 Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 2 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 life bird for David Z. Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 13 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 6 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 6 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 3 Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1
Cuban Nightjar La Turba 7067607
La Boca Cocodrillo Farm Day 6 (299), CU-04 Feb 7, 2014 10:25 AM - 11:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.6 mile(s) Comments: La Boca is a favorite stop for many species that take advantage of the wetlands and water of the 50 square mile Laguna del Tesoro. Some of the crocs bred here are released into the wild. The preserve provides an excellent location to bird and take a Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) break. Hotel Playa Larga Day 6, CU-04 22 species Feb 7, 2014 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax 0.5 mile(s) brasilianus) 2 sitting on a log for great Comments: This siesta was well deserved observation. after a long day in the field. Several good birds Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 were seen with a fly by of West Indian Whistling Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 25 Ducks towards evening. Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) 1 16 species Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 7
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 5 West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 arborea) 5 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 1 sparveroides) 1 white morph Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 4 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 10 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 14 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 [merlini Group]) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) 1 One male was Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 4 seen and heard calling in a tree next to cabin American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 12 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
#30 (Miguelito's cabin) [merlini Group]) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) 5 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 6 sparveroides) 1 Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 1 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 1 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 1 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 sparveroides) 2 white morph American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 5 Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) 10 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 13 Cuban Parrot (Cuban) (Amazona leucocephala Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 leucocephala) 2 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 3 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 6 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 1 7067824 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 30 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 4 Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) 2 foraging in the same flowering trees as the Bee and Cuban Emerald. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7076989
DAY 7 Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas
Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 6 (301), CU-04 Feb 7, 2014 4:45 PM - 5:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) Comments: We returned to Bermejas for a male Bee Hummingbird and other species Brown Anole with dewlap extended missed earlier. 18 species Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas
(302), CU-04 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1 Feb 8, 2014 8:20 AM - 9:40 AM Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5 Protocol: Traveling Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 6.8 mile(s) Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas Comments: Entering Las Salinas Reserve, the cyanocephala) 2 scrub semi-deciduous forest interspersed with Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
mangrove slowly becomes open salt-flats with Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 Red, Black and White Mangrove as the Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 1 a dominate plants and a vast variety of avian singing male... one of the reasons why this bird species. Immediately we encounter another is threatened by the Cage Bird Trade actively endemic species we have anticipated, Cuban out of control in Cuba. Black Hawk (Bueteogallus gundlachii) a bird of Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 1 prey in the family Accipitridae which includes http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. In 7082369 2007 This bird was recognized as a unique and separate species from Common Black Hawk (B. anthracinus) 23 species
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 55 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 10 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 3 American Redstart White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 11 Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 25 stop3 (305), CU-04Feb 8, 2014 9:45- 10:20 AM Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 6 Protocol: Traveling Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus 1.0 mile(s) carolinensis) 1 Comments: Our third stop and each one Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 2 produces numerous new birds. Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 1 photos to 23 species be added. excellent images and views of the typically hidden and elusive species. This one Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 2 was right out in the open and seemingly American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 80 unafraid of our quiet and respectful group. Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax American Coot (Fulica americana) 25 brasilianus) 114 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 5 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 1 flying Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 1 seen by American White Pelican (Pelecanus Steve and flushed erythrorhynchos) 11 Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) 2 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 6 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 3 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 2 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 2 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 2 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 3 Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 1 photos Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 4 taken. Swallows were on the move and staging White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 15 across Cuba as we move along our established Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 30 survey transects around the country. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 7 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus become a challenge to correctly count but with carolinensis) 1 so many eyes the task is made easier. Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 2 20 species American Coot (Fulica americana) 140 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 10 American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 54 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 1 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 brasilianus) 69 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 10 American White Pelican (Pelecanus Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 erythrorhynchos) 19 Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 noveboracensis) 1 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 16 Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 30 pretrei) 2 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 5 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 10 7082893 Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 13 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 69 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 10 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 50 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 1 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 3 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1 Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) 1 good photos and excellent views in the air diving and swooping Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cuba Boa Chilabothrus angulifer 7082721 Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 (304), CU-04 Feb 8, 2014 9:45 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Our second stop of the morning along the trail where we came across the largest flock of American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) yet recorded in the section of the park (152). These are the first of several flocks seen today. Numerous species Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 3 Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 2 American Coot (Fulica americana) 107 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 110 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 1 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2 Willet (Eastern) (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) 9 Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 2 Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 2 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 2 stop 4 (306), CU-04 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 3 Feb 8, 2014 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Protocol: Traveling Yellow Warbler (Golden) (Setophaga petechia 1.0 mile(s) [petechia Group]) 2 Comments: This stop was another challenge Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 as we deciphered the species utilizing this open Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 water and salt-flats. Here mangrove is the dominate plant life. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 30 species 7083103
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 1 this is the first I personally have had in this location. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 6 American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 309 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 150 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 4 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 3 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 8 Cuban Trogon Cuban Vireo
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 3 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 2 Sendero Salina de Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 5 stop 5 (307), CU-04 Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 25 Feb 8, 2014 11:10 AM - 11:45 AM Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 3 Protocol: Traveling Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus 1.1 mile(s) carolinensis) 1 Comments: The last stop for the morning Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
proves to be one of the interesting places with Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 great diversity and large numbers of birds. Very Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 4 exciting and well worth the time spent. Black Skimmers were the bird of the morning as well http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 as the large number of American White Pelican 7083240 30 species
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) 300 Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 130 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 118 the largest group ever counted at this location. This was the discussion of the morning... The largest number ever recorded for the national park and noted as well by the director of the park, Frank Medina. Yellow-throated Warbler Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 15 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 85 Hotel Playa Larga Day 7, CU-04 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 10 Feb 8, 2014 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 46 Protocol: Traveling Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 5 1.0 mile(s) Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 43 Comments: Siesta takes on another meaning Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 when it is 85 degrees Fahrenheit, but a few of Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 20 us spent some time looking for birds and taking Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 3 a quick dip in the Bahia de Cochinos. Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 2 10 species American Coot (Fulica americana) 50 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 115 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 1 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 70 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) 1 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 15 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2 Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1 well seen by Doug and Steve Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 1 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 8 well Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) 3 seen in the scope Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 9 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 30 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 18 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 1 varius) 2 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 1 Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) 4 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 80 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 5 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17084929 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 100 Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 16 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 David’s 2nd of the trip Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 12 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2 Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) 5 Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) 3 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7085029
Greater Antillean Grackle Giron
Soplillar Laguna Jaguey Day 7, CU-04 Feb 8, 2014 4:15 PM - 5:05 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.2 mile(s) Comments: The forest surrounding Sopilliar contain an enormous number of neotropical migrants and Cuban specialty birds. Laguna’s provide the water and biodiversity that make this stop so exciting. ‘Pishing’ in these forests produces a plethora of birds including a whole host of Warblers. 20 species
Cuban Tody Bermejas Cuba Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 16 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 4 Soplillar Day 7 (310), CU-04 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) 1 swimming in Feb 8, 2014 5:10 PM - 5:46 PM the Laguna Protocol: Traveling Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 2 1.0 mile(s) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Comments: Sopilliar history is tied directly to Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) 1 Fidel Castro when he made an impromptu Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 2 decision to join the local people for a Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) 4 celebratory dinner after successfully defending White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 1 the battle of Giron. Our group had heard a few Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 1 Cuban Crow but we had not seen them. Here Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 we found Cuban Crow calling garrulously in the Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros open. vermivorum) 1 well seen by some n the group 18 species Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 4 Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 5 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) 1 fly-by Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini [merlini Group]) 1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 3 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 3 West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 1 Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 1 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 2 Eurasian Collard-Dove Havana Cuban Parrot (Cuban) (Amazona leucocephala leucocephala) 8 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 8 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 3 well seen in the scope by everyone. Heard calling and laughing at this American Bird Survey team. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 17 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 15 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 10 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 5
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Mangrove Cuckoo Cayo Guillermo
7085098 White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 24 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4 DAY 8 Cuban Parrot (Cuban) (Amazona leucocephala Hotel Playa Larga Day 8, CU-04 leucocephala) 18 Feb 9, 2014 6:50 AM - 8:00 AM Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) 1 Protocol: Traveling Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 10 0.4 mile(s) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 12 we started Comments: Travel day to Cayo Coco. It is time to see large flocks of Swallows with this large to leave this amazing place and move on to the group flying by us. It appears that some staging northern and central coast of Cuba. One more has begun in anticipation of spring migration. list for Playa Larga and another successful Several large groups are seen on the trip north Zapata visit. Time for new adventures and birds and east to Cayo Coco. as we board the bus for Cayo Coco. Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius 9 species humeralis) 15 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 10 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 15 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17085178 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cape May Warbler La Boca Oriente Warbler Cayo Paradon Grande La Boca Cocodrillo Farm Day 8 (299), CU-04 Feb 9, 2014 8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Matanzas Province Autopista Day 8, CU-04 Protocol: Stationary Feb 9, 2014 8:30 AM - 9:10 AM Comments: A stop to fill the bus with gas and Protocol: Traveling of course bird from the parking lot and around 46.0 mile(s) the entrance to the Crocodile farm. We added a Comments: Travel days are a time to relax, few more warblers and took off for the bird from the window of the bus, or doze and northern coast. dream of more Gundlach's Hawks! 12 species 15 species
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 nycticorax) 2 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 4 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 2 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 6 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 75 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 18 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 carolinensis) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens ) 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius (Domestic type) 2 assimilis) 2 As we left La Boca we searched Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 the road side of the Zapata and found 2 more Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 Red-shouldered Blackbirds. This is close American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1 relatives with very different vocalizations of the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 10 Red-winged Blackbird. Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) 60 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis) 15 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 5 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 5 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 4 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 25 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7085424 7085235 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
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Cienfuegos Province Day 8 Travel to Cayo Coco Feb 9 2014 (311), CU-06 Feb 9, 2014 9:30 AM - 9:57 AM Protocol: Traveling 12.0 mile(s) Comments: Cienfuegos province is a short Bahama Mockingbird drive but long enough to learn about the "Peter Pan Operation" from Yuri. We also learned that Villa Clara Province Day 8 Travel to Cayo Christopher Columbus brought sugar to Cuba Coco (312), CU-05 Feb 9, 2014 9:57 - 12:04 PM and along with the eventual destruction of Protocol: Traveling ancient Cuban forests cleared for sugar cane 36.9 mile(s) plantations. Sugar is no longer exported as it Comments: The mountains here are beautiful was in the past but used locally. Australian as we pass by tobacco farms with palm frond Pines were introduced and are an invasive roofing and productive cattle farms. species still grown on some plantations. 11 species (+1 other taxa) 11 species Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 26 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 310 a higher Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 230 one field had concentration here has to do with the almost 200 birds working the recently plowed mountains and number of farms in the region. fields Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 47 carolinensis) 2 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Red-tailed Hawk (solitudinis) (Buteo jamaicensis carolinensis) 1 solitudinis) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 3 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 1 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 2 seen Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 21 well by the group swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 10 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 2 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3 Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) 1 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 2 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 35 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
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Roseate Spoonbills over Las Salinas
Ciego de Avila Province Day 8"la región de los lagos", CU-08 Feb 9, 2014 11:40 -12:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 15.0 mile(s) Comments: Traveling from Sancti Spiritus to Frank, Michael and Arturo Playa Giron Ciego de Avila Province Sancti Spiritus Province Day 8 To Cayo 5 species Coco (314), CU-07 Feb 9, 2014 11:07 AM - 11:30 AM Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 146 Protocol: Traveling Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 78 21.0 mile(s) Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) 1 fish ponds Comments: The end of the autopista at just after Moron. Tuguasco marks this part of the trip. Rio Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Zaza crosses the highway at point 315. We see Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 tobacco drying in the warm sun and the barns or vegueros where it will be hung for shade http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 drying. The vegetation changes as we move 7093343 farther east where the climate is a bit more arrid. 8 species
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 60 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 106 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 7 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Cayo Coco race of the Cuban/Zapata Sparrow sparveroides) 1 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10 Rio Azul Palador Day 8 Rio Majaua (319), Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) 7 CU-08 Feb 9, 2014 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 Protocol: Traveling 0.2 mile(s) http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Comments: Lunch and a comfort stop are on 7086435 the agenda at Rio Azul. The Rio Majagua offers a trove of unique species including tanagers, Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
warblers and flycatchers. warblers responding. A colorful show of 13 species plumage emerges from the mangrove. 10 species (+1 other taxa) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 cormorant sp. (Phalacrocorax sp.) 44 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 3 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 45 sparveroides) 1 white morph Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 vermivorum) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 7104433 Yellow-throated Warbler (White-lored) (Setophaga dominica albilora) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7093506
Zapata Sparrow Cayo Coco race
Cuban Tody Cayo Coco Causeway to Cayo Coco Day 8 Jardines del La Rodonda Day 8 (320), CU-08 Rey (321), CU-08 Feb 9, 2014 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Feb 9, 2014 3:06 PM - 3:37 PM Protocol: Traveling Protocol: Traveling 0.1 mile(s) 17.4 mile(s) Comments: This leg of the journey to Cayo Comments: This is the first of many Coco is 43.6 miles from Rio Azul following the causeways built in Cuba in the early 1990s to Avenida Antonio Guiteras. With a little pishing bring tourism to the outer islands. The the complexity of this old-growth red and black causeway was constructed with too few mangrove forest is revealed with numerous culverts, severely restricting tidal exchange. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Bahia de Perros is very shallow and organisms that live here need the constant refreshing of tidal action to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Waters of the coastal area affected and cut off by the causeway were dying so an action plan to reverse this early design error was implemented. This is very similar to the situation in the U.S. with our dams blocking major river systems. The obstructions block the natural flow of life and gradually degrade and destroy the ecosystem. Fortunately, some corrective action has been implemented along this causeway, with the opening of a few more channels to support a greater degree of tidal Cuban Vireo Juan Chivi ebb and flow. Numerous ocean bird species are seen as we cross from mainland Cuba to Cayo Cayo Coco first stop Day 8 (322), CU-08 Coco. Feb 9, 2014 3:37 PM - 4:37 PM 12 species Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 11 Comments: Our field crew is getting their first Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 37 glimpses of the birds of the northern cays. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Oriente Warbler, Thick-billed Vireo, and the auritus) 9 Cayo Coco race of Zapata Sparrow which is Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 1 grayer overall with a pronounced reddish Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2 crown. It is one of three subspecies on Cuba. Great Egret (Ardea alba) 4 Development of critical habitat remains one of Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 1 the greatest fears for this region of biological Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 2 and avian Importance. During this part of the Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 12 trip we discussed the several types of mangrove Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 on the cays. Here one can find Red, Black and Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 1 Yana Mangrove. Rhizophora mangle, known as Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Mangrove http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 grows on aerial prop roots, which arch above 7105129 the water level, giving stands of this tree the characteristic "mangrove" appearance. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (black mangrove is a smaller tree up to 10 m high belonging to the family Rhizophoraceae. It is typically found on the seaward side of mangrove swamps, often in the company of Rhizophora. Conocarpus Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
erectus, or Yana Mangrove, one of two species Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) in the genus Conocarpus, is a mangrove shrub and tree in the family Combretacea, growing on shorelines in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Caribbean. English common names include buttonwood, buttonbush, button mangrove. 19 species
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 7 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 3 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull deformed leg American Coot (Fulica americana) 1 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 1 Northern Flicker (Cuban) (Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus) 3 slightly higher pitch than some of our local and migratory Northern Flickers, in this individual. Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2 heard and seen. These are migratory birds Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) 1 heard and seen well later Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi) 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus graellsii) Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 4 Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena Comments: Cape May, Black-throated Green, pretrei) 3 with photos Yellow-throated, and Worm-eating Warbler Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 15 represent examples of warblers found along http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 the eastern U.S. flyway, and on Cuba’s northern 7105541 keys. The spectacular movements of the
Jurassic period that formed Cuba and the West DAY 9 Indies chain are directly involved with the Sol Cayo Coco Hotel grounds Day 9 (323), evolution of such migratory paths . The lives of CU-08 Feb 10, 2014 6:30 AM - 7:40 AM so many immature first time migrants hang in Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
the balance as they cross the unpredictable Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2 Oceans. The islands and cays give shelter and Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 3 provide nourishment along the way. Migration Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 starts along the coastlines of Atlantic Canada Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 6 where millions of birds stop-over, leaving Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 9 Canada and the Gulf of Maine for southern Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 7 destinations. The Gulf of Maine Archipelago Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 2 plays an equally important role in the ecological Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi) 6 health of Cuba. Coastal communities along the Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 entire east coast lay in this great migratory path Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena connecting North America to the Bahia de pretrei) 1 Cochinos, Bahia el Perro or Cayo Paredon Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 45 Grande...to Cuba. So we are connected by Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) 1 ecosystems millions of years old and we all have Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1 female a responsibility to preserve this for future seen well by the entire group. Dull orange generations. yellow with white wing bars on black to 33 species shoulders mixed with yellow House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 4 Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 7 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 1 7110089 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 1 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 6 White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 2 West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) 5 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 2 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius sparveroides) 2 Mating /copulating male and Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) Las Salinas female white morph American Kestrel were hit. Photos of each post-copulation attempt. Cayo Coco Day 9 Travel to Cayo Paredon Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 3 Grande, CU-08 Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 8 some Feb 10, 2014 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM hatch year present in every group we saw. Protocol: Traveling Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) 3 11.2 mile(s) Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 4 Comments: The bridge to Cayo Romano has Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 had a Lesser Black-backed Gull for the last 11 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 27 years. Surviving because of the bio-rich tidal Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
flow between Cayo Coco and Romano, this bird and Cuban Gnatcatcher. The new road is was found along with a Ring-billed Gull. causing some habitat destruction and 13 species fragmentation, passing directly through the only known breeding habitat of the critically Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 1 endangered Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 1 crassirostris). Photos reveal the heavy bill Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 3 accentuated by yellow lores and eye-ring. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Strong ecological planning is sorely needed here Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 as Cuba continues to build big hotels adjacent Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 5 to fragile habitat to accommodate current and Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 1 future tourists. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 13 25 species (+1 other taxa) Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1 Good Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 1 bird for this location Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2 fuscus) 1 Continuing bird for 11 years since Great Egret (Ardea alba) 11 first detected by Paulino Delgado. We found Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 2 this bird on the Cayo Coco side of the bridge Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 8 Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 3 2 white Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 morph 1 dark White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 10 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Osprey (Caribbean) (Pandion haliaetus 7110234 ridgwayi) 1 great shots of this bird Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 3 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca/flavipes) 1 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 2 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 1 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 1 Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo crassirostris) 4 excellent photos Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Rio Hatiguanico Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) 3
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 Cayo Paredon Grande Day 9 (324), CU-08 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Feb 10, 2014 9:04 AM - 10:49 AM Yellow Warbler (Golden) (Setophaga petechia Protocol: Traveling [petechia Group]) 9 4.8 mile(s) Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 2 Comments: Productive stops along the road Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi) 8 finding our target species of Thick-billed Vireo Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 4 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Western Spindalis (Cuban) (Spindalis zena ridgwayi) 2 seen and photographed with pretrei) 2 white heads and body, great looks in the scope Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) 1 Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Sora (Porzana carolina) 3 7110427 American Coot (Fulica americana) 250 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 8 Willet (Eastern) (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) 1 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 3 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 1 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 4 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 5 Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) 1 Cuban Gnatcatcher
Cayo Romano Day 9 To Cayo Paredon http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Grande, CU-08 Feb 10, 2014 10:50 - 11:20 AM 7110357 Protocol: Traveling 6.2 mile(s) Comments: On Cayo Romano we orchestrated a stop at this active location with some excellent results for Sora and Clapper Rail. 27 species
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 104 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 7 Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 9
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 7 Habitat destruction in Bahama Mockingbird territory Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1 Cayo Guillermo Day 9 (326), CU-08 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 7 Feb 10, 2014 3:24 PM - 5:39 PM Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 20 Protocol: Traveling Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 17 26.0 mile(s) Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 6 Comments: Lagoons dot the side of the road Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 1 heavily with today’s targets, Bahama Mockingbird and stripped immature Mangrove Cuckoo. Sunshine and blue sky, late Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax afternoon sun… Steve’s last looks over the nycticorax) 4 shrub nailed the Mangrove Cuckoo, and we are Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 1 off in search of shorebirds and flamingos. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 41 species (+1 other taxa) Osprey (Caribbean) (Pandion haliaetus Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 3 arborea) 8 Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 275 gundlachii) 2 photos taken Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 90 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 5 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 1 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 2 Great Blue Heron (White form) (Ardea Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 15 herodias occidentalis) 1 well seen along the bridge going to Cayo coco http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17113001 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 3 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 2 DAY 10 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 2 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 61 Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 4 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 13 Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 8 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 21 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) 1 Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 1 Cuban Black Hawk American Coot (Fulica americana) 85 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 255 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 5 Willet (Eastern) (Tringa semipalmata semipalmata) 25 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 5 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 5 Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) 51
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 7 Cueva de Jabali' Cayo Coco Day 10 (330), Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 103 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 5 CU-08 Feb 11, 2014 7:58 AM - 8:30 AM Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) 2 well Protocol: Traveling photographed 0.3 mile(s) Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 2 Comments: New species and life birds are Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 hard to come by at this late stage of the trip, Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 3 but Arturo made it happen for me finding a Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1 long-time-nemesis-bird....Worm-eating Warbler Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 2 (Helmitheros vermivorum)in the family Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Parulidae. Thank you to Arturo for excellent observations of the Black crown strips and eye- line beyond the auricular. Key West Quail Dove and others found. 25 species
White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 2 Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) 2 Cuban Black Hawk Las Salinas Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon Sol Cayo Coco ‘forest’ Day 10 (323b), CU-08 chrysia) 2 great looks at the edge of drinking Feb 11, 2014 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM water. Brilliant white line below the eye is Protocol: Traveling definitive. Grey underneath and ruddy brown 3.0 mile(s) above. Comments: Arturo, Michael, Paulino, Steve, Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 4 Lee and Doug set out in the morning sun in Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 5 search of Swainson's Warblers and other Cayo Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 2 Coco birds. The shrub community around the Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) 1 hotel is habitat for a vast variety of northern La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 1 migrants and local endemics. An emergence of Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 10 Gulf Fritillary and Buckeye Butterflies and Red-legged Thrush (Western) (Turdus plumbeus interspersed dragonflies were added to the plumbeus/schistaceus) 3 morning list for our trip. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2 28 species Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1 Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 1 Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 4 vermivorum) 1 Arturo found this bird which Great Blue Heron (Wurdemann's) (Ardea showed all crucial head and body features for a herodias (Wurdemann's)) 1 we have new life bird for me. excellent photos of this bird which I will post Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 3 asap. Arturo was also present. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) 1 Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi) 13 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2 Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) 5 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 2 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 2 White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 2 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 1 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 1 Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) 5 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Cuban) (Coccyzus merlini Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 5 [merlini Group]) 1 C m santamaria http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) 1 6976761 Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) 1 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 outside of Moron. Many birds were seen here American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius including Snail Kite and Egrets. Glossy Ibis was sparveroides) 4 now on the list as we travel to Remedios, where La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) 1 another surprise species was present. Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) 4 photos 11 species (+1 other taxa) Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 2 Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) 3 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 Helmeted Guineafowl (Domestic type) (Numida Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 5 meleagris (Domestic type)) 15 Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 auritus) 22 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 5 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 15 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 12 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 300 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 5 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 45 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) 3 carolinensis) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) 3 7114292 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 5 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7114519
Wurdemann’s Great Blue Heron Cayo Coco
Fish Pond Moron Day 11 Travel to Remedios (331), CU-08
Feb 11, 2014 2:42 PM - 2:57 PM Northern Flicker Protocol: Stationary Comments: Glossy Ibis was not seen until Ciego de Avila Province Day 10 To Michael noticed a large flock of large dark Ibis Remedios, CU-07 shaped birds flying up from the fish ponds Feb 11, 2014 3:34 PM - 5:39 PM Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Protocol: Traveling . 20.0 mile(s) 10 species Comments: This region of Cuba is set between two small mountain ranges. Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 2 9 species Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 8 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 100 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 75 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia caerulea) 2 photos (Domestic type)) 160 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 3 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius caerulescens) 3 sparveroides) 1 Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 palmarum) 8 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 3 humeralis) 15 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 5 7114597 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7114698
Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae)
Bahama Mockingbird Cayo Guillermo Villa Clara Province Day 10 Remedios (335), CU-05 Feb 11, 2014 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM San Jose del Lago Day 10 ( 334), CU-07 Protocol: Traveling Feb 11, 2014 3:48 PM - 4:18 PM 16.8 mile(s) Protocol: Traveling Comments: The final leg to historic Remedios 1.0 mile(s) from Cayo Coco is through the scenic, rolling Comments: San Jose was a welcome break countryside of Santa Clara. Our excellent post- from the bus. A break to bird and watch the dinner surprise of two Barn Owls provided "pet" American Flamingos? Yes! Right here at another check on the list. San Jose! Warblers, gnatcatchers and American Flamingo. We hop back into the bus and head off to Remedios with Bernardo our trusty driver. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
5 species House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 200 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 (Domestic type) 240 7114991 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) 2 Found in a tall location in the center of town Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 1 Cave Swallow (Caribbean) (Petrochelidon fulva [fulva Group]) 17 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17114885 DAY 11
Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
Villa Clara Province Day 11 (335), CU-05 Feb 12, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Revolutionary billboard Matanzas Protocol: Traveling Remedios Day 11 Villa Clara Province (335), 27.0 mile(s) CU-05 Feb 11, 2014 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Comments: Leaving Remedios for Havana. Protocol: Traveling 15 species 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Hotel Barcelona provides the Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 perfect perch to watch and photograph Cave Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 Swallows and Cuban Martins. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 100 11 species Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 100 Osprey (American) (Pandion haliaetus Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1 fly-by carolinensis) 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1 (Domestic type)) 200 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 5 (Domestic type) 77 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 6 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 11 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 15 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 sparveroides) 1 red morph Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 20 Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 7 American Kestrel (Cuban) (Falco sparverius Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) 60 sparveroides) 1 white morph Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1 Eastern Meadowlark (Cuban) (Sturnella magna hippocrepis) 2 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 58 at 259 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 KM gas stop http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7118625 7119613 Parador Hato de Jicarita Day 11 (338), Cienfuegos Province Day 11 to Havana CU-04 Feb 12, 2014 12:19 PM - 1:34 PM (336), CU-06Feb 12, 2014 10:45 AM - 11:55 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.6 mile(s) Protocol: Traveling Comments: Lunch breaks are times for short 35.0 mile(s) walks and sitting around with new friends Comments: Comments: Curiously, not long drinking virgin pina coladas. after Steve asked about Northern Harrier , one 5 species was spotted on the left hand side of the bus!
Our first Northern Harrier was found in Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia Cienfuegos province during our long drive west. ) 28 7 species Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 6 trichas) 1 phished out of the marabu Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1 On the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 3 north side of the bus Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 3 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7119288 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 1
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 5 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 1 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7119470
Matanzas Province Autopista Day 11 (337), CU-04 Feb 12, 2014 11:37 - 12:18 PM Protocol: Traveling 38.4 mile(s)
A flock of female friends and a Blue-bellied Bingley! 10 species Great Egret (Ardea alba) 10 Return to Havana Day 11 (339), CU-03 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1 Feb 12, 2014 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 Protocol: Traveling Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 1 1.0 mile(s) Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) 1 Comments: Late afternoon return to Havana Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 5 as the trip winds down. Check in at theHotel Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Capri, with dinner at Hotel Nacional. Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 1 17 species (+1 other taxa) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Helmeted Guineafowl (Domestic type) (Numida meleagris (Domestic type)) 5 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 23 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Domestic type)) 15 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 16 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 12 Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina) 6 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) 1 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Vintage cars for a vintage experience Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 3 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 4 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 2 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 13 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 60 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 250 walking through a few neighborhoods and grounds of the hotel . http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) 2 7118378 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 1 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1 DAY 12 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 44 Havana Vieja Day 12 (342), CU-03 Feb 13, Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 3 three 2014 9:25 AM - 2:25 PM separate birds were seen along the Malecon. All Protocol: Traveling three were immature 4.0 mile(s) Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 25 Comments: Sandwich Terns were spotted Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 5 above the harbor from the Malecon,with Morro Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia Castle in the background. (Domestic type)) 405 16 species Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 25 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) 1 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) 1 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) 10 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) 25 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 100 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S1 7115169
DAY 13 February 14, 2014, Day13 in Havana Cuba, transfer from Hotel Capri to Jose Marti Airport for our flight to Miami and the end to our February 2014 Cuba Bird Survey. Thanks to all of you gracious and willing participants for your contribution to citizen science, for your enthuisiasm for the Cuban experience, and for your companionship in Cuba. Thanks as well to Arturo, Yuri, Bernardo and all of our hard working Cuban team for making this such a successful collaborative effort between citizens of both the U.S. and Cuba.
The images in this report complement the survey work we conducted in Cuba, and will hopefully serve as pleasant reminders of time well spent together. Wurdemann’s Great Blue Heron Cayo Coco MJGood/AK2014
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) Bermejas, Cuba
Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cuban Boa Constrictor (Epicrates angulifer)
Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) Siguapa Soplilliar Cuba Feb 6 2014 MJGood
Cuban Black Hawk
Yellow-faced Grassquit Tomeguin de la Tierra Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Roseate Spoonbill Las Salinas
Cuban Boa Constrictor La Turba
American Kestrel (female) Cayo Coco
Zapata Sparrow La Turba Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) Juan Chivi La Turba
Roseate Spoonbill Las Salinas A series of images from Las Salinas of American White Pelican. The largest number recorded for this location. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) Carpintero Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) Carpintero de Paso Feb 7 2014 La Boca MJGood Churroso male Feb 6 2014 MJGood
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) Northern Flicker Carpentero Escapulario MJGood Carpintero Jabado Feb 3 2014 MJGood Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) Bijirita Atigrada La Boca Feb 9 2014 Day 8 MJGood
Jose Marti
Olive-capped Warbler (Setophaga pityophila) Bijirita del Pinar Day 3 Reservoir Road Fen 4 2014 MJGood
Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae) Chillina Day 3 Reservoir Road Feb 4 2014 MJGood Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Bee Hummingbird female Zunzuncito Bermejas, Cuba Appendix 1
The map indicates locations of bird surveys conducted from January through April, 2013 including Cuba’s Wild Western Peninsula (4 locations, far left on map), the Western Mountains, Zapata Swamp, Camagüey and Cayo Coco in Cuba’s northern archipelago Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Appendix 2
167 species………..15,891 individual birds recorded in 73 locations.
Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014: Species Totals
Report Details
Total # of Species: 167 Date range: Feb 2 - Feb 14, 2014 Total # of 73 Checklists:
Location(s): 6 VIAS Reservoir Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb5 2014 (282); Artemisa Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 2014; Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los Banos Feb 3; Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 (290); Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 6 Feb 7 2014 (301); Causeway to Cayo Coco Day 8 Jardines del Rey Feb 9 2014 (321); Cayo Coco Day 9 Travel to Cayo Paredon Grande Feb 10 2014; Cayo Coco first stop Day 8 Feb 9 2014 (322); Cayo Paredon Grande Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (324); Cayo Romano Day 9 To Cayo Paredon Grande Feb 10 2014; Cayo Guillermo Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (326); Ciego de Avila Province Day 8"la región de los lagos" Feb 9 2014; Cienfuegos Province Day 11 to Havana Feb 12 2014 (336); Cienfuegos Province Day 8 Travel to Cayo Coco Feb 9 2014 (311); Cueva Jabali' Cayo Coco Day 10 Feb11,2014 (330); Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014 (270); Culeta Buena/Playa Giron Day 5 Feb 6 2014 (293); Fernandina's Flicker Hotspot Day 5 Feb 6 2014 (292); Fish Pond Moron Day 11 Travel to Remedios Feb 11 2014 (331; Fish Ponds Day 4 Feb 5 2014 Autopista 4 (279); Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268); Havana Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los Banos Feb 3 2014; Havana Vieja Day 12 Cultural exchange Feb 13 2014 (342); Hotel Mirador Day 2 Feb 3 2014 (267); Hotel Mirador Day 3 Feb 4 2014; Hotel Nacional de Cuba Day 11 Feb 12 2014 (339); Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean Conservation Trust; Hotel Occidental Miramar DAY 2 Caribbean Conservation Trust 263; Hotel Playa Larga Day 4 Feb 5 2014 (287); Hotel Playa Larga Day 6 Feb 7 2014; Hotel Playa Larga Day 7 Feb 8 2014; Hotel Playa Larga Day 8 Feb 9 2014; La Boca Cocodrillo Farm Day 6 Feb 7 2014 (299); La Boca Cocodrillo Farm Day 8 Feb 9 2014 (299); La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga DAY 2 Feb 3 2014; La Ermita (the Hermit) Day 4 Feb5 2014 (276); La Guira National Park Day 3 Feb 4 2014 travel to Portales (269); La Rodonda Day 8 Feb 9 2014 (320); La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 6 Feb7 2014 (297); Las Barrigonas parador Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (271); Las Coloradas Playa Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (325); Matanzas Province Autopista Day 11 Feb 12 2014 (337); Matanzas Province Autopista Day 8 Feb 9 2014; Matanzas Province, Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 2014 (284); Mayebueque Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 2014; Parador Hato de Jicarita Day 11 Feb 12 2014 (338); Pinar Del Rio Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los Banos Feb3(266; Pinar Del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Vinales Feb4 2014 (273); Pinar del Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Las Barrigonas Feb 4 2014; Pinar del Rio Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 2014; Pio Cua Restorante Australia Day 4 Feb 5 2014 (285); Playa Giron Museo de la Intervencion Day 5 Feb 6 2014 (294); Remedios Day 11 Santa Clara Province Feb 12 2014 (335; Rio Azul Palador Day 8 Rio Majaua Feb 9 2014 (319); San Jose del Lago Day 10 Feb 11 2014 ( 334); Sancti Spiritus Province Day 10 To Remedios Feb11 2014; Sancti Spiritus Province Day 8 To Cayo Coco Feb 9 2014 (314); Santa Clara Province Day 10 Remedios Feb 11 2014 (335; Santa Clara Province Day 11 Feb 12 2014 (335); Santa Clara Province Day 8 Travel to Cayo Coco Feb 9 2014 (312); Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 2014 (302); Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 Feb 8 2014 (304); Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop3 Feb 8 2014 (305); Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4 Feb 8 2014 (306); Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop5 Feb 8 2014 (307); Sol Cayo Coco Forests Day 10 Feb 11 2014 (323b)b); Sol Cayo Coco Hotel grounds Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (323); Sopilliar Day 4 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park Feb 5 2014 (288); Sopilliar Day 5 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park Feb 6 2014 (295); Sopilliar Day 7 Feb 8 2014 (310); Sopilliar Laguna Jaguey Day 7 Feb 8 2014; Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277); Zapata de Ciénaga Day 4 Travel to Playa Larga Feb 5 2014
Summary
Feb Feb Feb
1-5 6-10 11-15
Number of Species 92 147 78 = 167
Number of Individuals 4,282 8,373 3,236 = 15,891
Number of Checklists 26 34 13 = 73
Total Number of Birds (sample size)
Feb Feb Feb Species Name 1-5 6-10 11-15
West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna 13 -- -- arborea) (2)
459 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) -- -- (6) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
108 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) -- -- (4)
75 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) -- -- (1)
15 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) -- -- (1)
14 Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) -- -- (3)
3 Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- -- (1)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Domestic type) 20 -- -- (Numida meleagris (Domestic type)) (2)
5 Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) -- -- (1)
2 Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) -- -- (1)
7 11 1 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) (1) (3) (1)
743 American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) -- -- (4)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata 57 3 -- magnificens) (7) (2)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax 1 475 -- brasilianus) (1) (6)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax 14 27 23 auritus) (2) (5) (2)
44 Cormorant sp. (Phalacrocorax sp.) -- -- (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
4 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) -- -- (3)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus 152 -- -- erythrorhynchos) (4)
101 48 4 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) (5) (9) (1)
1 Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) -- -- (1)
5 26 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) (2) (15) (1)
30 138 34 Great Egret (Ardea alba) (10) (12) (6)
3 50 1 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) (2) (5) (1)
4 92 2 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (4) (10) (1)
102 Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) -- -- (9)
72 Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) -- -- (7)
1,004 548 502 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) (19) (9) (5)
7 16 Green Heron (Butorides virescens) -- (5) (7)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax 19 -- -- nycticorax) (3)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa 2 -- -- violacea) (2) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
11 86 White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) -- (1) (6)
45 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) -- -- (1)
178 Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) -- -- (7)
1,833 953 184 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) (20) (22) (4)
6 12 3 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (2) (10) (2)
2 1 3 Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) (1) (1) (1)
2 Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) -- -- (2)
3 1 Gundlach's Hawk (Accipiter gundlachi) -- (3) (1)
15 1 Cuban Black-Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) -- (8) (1)
3 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) -- -- (2)
2 4 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) (2) (3) (1)
7 Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) -- -- (4)
1 King Rail (Rallus elegans) -- -- (1)
9 Sora (Porzana carolina) -- -- (2) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
3 Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) -- -- (2)
1 16 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) -- (1) (4)
80 658 American Coot (Fulica americana) -- (5) (7)
540 Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) -- -- (5)
77 Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) -- -- (4)
1 Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) -- -- (1)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius 417 -- -- semipalmatus) (3)
6 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) -- -- (1)
6 20 2 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) (3) (6) (1)
1 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) -- -- (1)
30 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) -- -- (8)
50 Willet (Tringa semipalmata) -- -- (4)
10 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) -- -- (4)
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa 1 -- -- melanoleuca/flavipes) (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
41 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) -- -- (4)
52 Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) -- -- (2)
25 Sanderling (Calidris alba) -- -- (1)
15 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) -- -- (2)
32 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) -- -- (2)
132 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) -- -- (4)
1 Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) -- -- (1)
18 72 Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) -- (3) (3)
1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) -- -- (1)
1 3 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) -- (1) (1)
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) -- -- (1)
5 Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) -- -- (2)
4 84 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) -- (1) (4)
1 126 27 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) (1) (5) (2) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
5 Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) -- -- (1)
16 Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) -- -- (1)
4 2 1,097 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) (2) (1) (6)
3 Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) -- -- (1)
White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas 2 1 2 leucocephala) (1) (1) (1)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia 4 14 54 decaocto) (2) (2) (5)
9 2 2 White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (5) (1) (1)
9 2 Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita) -- (4) (1)
68 38 37 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) (10) (12) (6)
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina 9 3 7 passerina) (5) (2) (2)
2 Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia) -- -- (1)
Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon 3 3 -- caniceps) (1) (2)
1 Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) -- -- (1)
Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas 4 -- -- cyanocephala) (2) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
2 Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) -- -- (1)
10 15 1 Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini) (3) (6) (1)
39 37 5 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) (9) (11) (3)
2 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) -- -- (1)
1 Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii) -- -- (1)
1 6 Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) -- (1) (3)
1 2 Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) -- (1) (2)
Greater Antillean Nightjar (Antrostomus 2 -- -- cubanensis) (1)
169 65 Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) -- (7) (5)
10 Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) -- -- (2)
30 47 7 Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) (11) (9) (4)
12 13 Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) -- (3) (4)
3 12 6 Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) (2) (5) (2)
6 15 1 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) (4) (8) (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes 9 12 -- superciliaris) (4) (4)
2 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) -- (1) (3)
Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus 6 6 3 percussus) (3) (3) (2)
7 2 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) -- (3) (1)
2 Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) -- -- (1)
9 3 Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) -- (5) (3)
48 23 7 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) (18) (11) (4)
1 1 Merlin (Falco columbarius) -- (1) (1)
2 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) -- -- (2)
28 Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) -- -- (2)
36 Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala) -- -- (5)
10 28 1 Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) (5) (10) (1)
3 6 2 La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae) (2) (3) (2)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus 13 15 -- caudifasciatus) (7) (8) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
1 Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis) -- -- (1)
1 White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) -- -- (1)
4 Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo crassirostris) -- -- (1)
3 17 14 Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) (2) (6) (2)
3 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) -- -- (2)
4 6 Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus) -- (3) (4)
14 9 Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca) -- (4) (3)
2 60 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) -- (1) (5)
22 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) -- -- (2)
40 67 77 Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) (1) (2) (2)
10 Swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) -- -- (1)
4 Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai) -- -- (1)
2 10 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) (1) (5) (1)
7 1 Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) -- (3) (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
3 Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth) -- -- (1)
23 16 9 Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) (9) (5) (4)
4 15 3 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (2) (5) (2)
2 Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii) -- -- (1)
62 91 23 Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) (15) (15) (9)
1 5 1 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) (1) (2) (1)
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros 3 1 -- vermivorum) (3) (1)
1 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) -- -- (1)
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia 8 1 -- noveboracensis) (4) (1)
4 16 4 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (3) (9) (2)
1 Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) -- -- (1)
1 Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) -- -- (1)
10 14 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) (4) (5) (1)
16 40 5 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (9) (8) (3) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
3 6 1 Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) (2) (4) (1)
11 32 5 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) (6) (8) (3)
2 1 Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) -- (1) (1)
17 5 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) -- (3) (1)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga 8 14 5 caerulescens) (3) (7) (2)
70 78 43 Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (14) (19) (7)
13 Olive-capped Warbler (Setophaga pityophila) -- -- (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga 19 1 1 coronata) (2) (1) (1)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga 15 22 9 dominica) (6) (8) (3)
12 1 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) -- (7) (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga 4 4 1 virens) (3) (3) (1)
Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris 17 14 -- fernandinae) (2) (3)
16 13 Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi) -- (3) (1)
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes 1 4 5 cyaneus) (1) (2) (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
4 Cuban Grassquit (Tiaris canorus) -- -- (2)
21 9 5 Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus) (6) (3) (2)
2 12 1 Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) (2) (5) (1)
18 13 5 Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) (3) (5) (1)
1 Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata) -- -- (1)
1 2 Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) -- (1) (2)
6 Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius assimilis) -- -- (2)
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius 29 85 15 humeralis) (7) (6) (1)
4 2 Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) -- (2) (1)
102 69 75 Cuban Blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) (12) (10) (3)
20 189 32 Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) (6) (13) (4)
1 2 Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) -- (1) (2)
3 6 Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) -- (1) (4)
1 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) -- -- (1) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
43 41 609 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (4) (3) (5)
Cuba Year List Change Year:
Alphabetic Taxonomic Location S/P Date
West Indian Whistling-Duck -
1 Hotel Playa Larga Day 6 Feb 7 2014 CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 Dendrocygna arborea
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 2 Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 2014 (302)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 3 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 2014 (302)
Pinar Del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Vinales 4 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 Feb4 2014 (273)
6 VIAS Reservoir Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb5 5 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis CU-LH 05 Feb 2014 2014 (282)
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4 6 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 serrator Feb 8 2014 (306)
Helmeted Guineafowl - Numida Fish Pond Moron Day 11 Travel to Remedios Feb 7 CU-CA 11 Feb 2014 meleagris 11 2014 (331
8 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
9 Least Grebe - Tachybaptus dominicus Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
6 VIAS Reservoir Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb5 10 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps CU-LH 05 Feb 2014 2014 (282)
American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 11 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 ruber Feb 8 2014 (304) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata
12 Culeta Buena/Playa Giron Day 5 Feb 6 2014 (293) CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 magnificens
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax
13 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 brasilianus
Double-crested Cormorant - 14 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 Phalacrocorax auritus
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 15 Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
American White Pelican - Pelecanus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 16 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 erythrorhynchos Feb 8 2014 (304)
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 17 Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 18 Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
19 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 20 Great Egret - Ardea alba CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3
21 Snowy Egret - Egretta thula Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
22 Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea La Ermita (the Hermit) Day 4 Feb5 2014 (276) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2
23 Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (304)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 24 Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (304)
Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 25 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3
26 Green Heron - Butorides virescens Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day
27 CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 nycticorax 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -
28 Hotel Playa Larga Day 7 Feb 8 2014 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Nyctanassa violacea
29 White Ibis - Eudocimus albus Hotel Playa Larga Day 4 Feb 5 2014 (287) CU-MA 05 Feb 2014
Fish Pond Moron Day 11 Travel to Remedios Feb
30 Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus CU-CA 11 Feb 2014 11 2014 (331
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8
31 Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 2014 (302)
Havana Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 32 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3 2014
33 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
34 Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis Fish Ponds Day 4 Feb 5 2014 Autopista 4 (279) CU-PR 05 Feb 2014
Cienfuegos Province Day 11 to Havana Feb 12 35 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus CU-CF 12 Feb 2014 2014 (336)
36 Gundlach's Hawk - Accipiter gundlachi La Ermita (the Hermit) Day 4 Feb5 2014 (276) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Cuban Black-Hawk - Buteogallus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 37 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 gundlachii 2014 (302)
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 38 Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Artemisa Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 39 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis CU-LH 05 Feb 2014
2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 40 Clapper Rail - Rallus longirostris CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
2014 (302)
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day
41 King Rail - Rallus elegans CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day
42 Sora - Porzana carolina CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day
43 Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
44 Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los
45 American Coot - Fulica americana CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2
46 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 mexicanus Feb 8 2014 (304)
Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 47 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 squatarola Feb 8 2014 (304)
48 Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia Las Coloradas Playa Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (325) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4
49 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 semipalmatus Feb 8 2014 (306)
50 Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus Las Coloradas Playa Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (325) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 51 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus CU-CH 02 Feb 2014
Conservation Trust
52 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius Hotel Playa Larga Day 7 Feb 8 2014 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 53 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (304)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4 54 Willet - Tringa semipalmata CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
Feb 8 2014 (306)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 55 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
Feb 8 2014 (304)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop5
56 Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (307) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4
57 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (306)
58 Sanderling - Calidris alba Las Coloradas Playa Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (325) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop5 59 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
Feb 8 2014 (307)
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4
60 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 pusilla Feb 8 2014 (306)
Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4
61 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 griseus Feb 8 2014 (306)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8 62 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 2014 (302)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop5 63 Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (307)
Cayo Coco Day 9 Travel to Cayo Paredon Grande 64 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis CU-CA 10 Feb 2014 Feb 10 2014
6 VIAS Reservoir Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb5 65 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus CU-LH 05 Feb 2014 2014 (282)
Cayo Coco Day 9 Travel to Cayo Paredon Grande 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus CU-CA 10 Feb 2014 Feb 10 2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop2 67 Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (304)
68 Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia Fish Ponds Day 4 Feb 5 2014 Autopista 4 (279) CU-PR 05 Feb 2014
69 Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus Havana Vieja Day 12 Cultural exchange Feb 13 70 CU-CH 13 Feb 2014 sandvicensis 2014 (342)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop5 71 Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (307) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Pinar del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Las
72 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 Barrigonas Feb 4 2014
Scaly-naped Pigeon - Patagioenas Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014
73 CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 squamosa (270)
White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas Sopilliar Day 4 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park 74 CU-MA 05 Feb 2014 leucocephala Feb 5 2014 (288)
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia Pinar Del Rio Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego 75 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 decaocto de los Banos Feb3(266
76 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica La Ermita (the Hermit) Day 4 Feb5 2014 (276) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 77 Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290)
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 78 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
Common Ground-Dove - Columbina Hotel Occidental Miramar DAY 2 Caribbean 79 CU-CH 03 Feb 2014 passerina Conservation Trust 263
Key West Quail-Dove - Geotrygon 80 Cueva Jabali' Cayo Coco Day 10 Feb11,2014 (330) CU-CA 11 Feb 2014 chrysia
Gray-fronted Quail-Dove - Geotrygon Sopilliar Day 4 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park 81 CU-MA 05 Feb 2014 caniceps Feb 5 2014 (288)
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 82 Ruddy Quail-Dove - Geotrygon montana CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290)
Blue-headed Quail-Dove - Starnoenas Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 83 CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 cyanocephala (290)
84 Mangrove Cuckoo - Coccyzus minor Cayo Guillermo Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (326) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014
85 Great Lizard-Cuckoo - Coccyzus merlini Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 86 Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Santa Clara Province Day 10 Remedios Feb 11
87 Barn Owl - Tyto alba CU-VC 11 Feb 2014 2014 (335
Bare-legged Owl - Margarobyas Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014
88 CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 lawrencii (290)
89 Cuban Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium siju Hotel Playa Larga Day 4 Feb 5 2014 (287) CU-MA 05 Feb 2014
90 Stygian Owl - Asio stygius Hotel Playa Larga Day 4 Feb 5 2014 (287) CU-MA 05 Feb 2014
Greater Antillean Nightjar - La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 91 CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 Antrostomus cubanensis 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
Antillean Palm-Swift - Tachornis Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 92 CU-CH 02 Feb 2014
phoenicobia Conservation Trust
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 93 Bee Hummingbird - Mellisuga helenae CU-MA 06 Feb 2014
(290)
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean
94 Cuban Emerald - Chlorostilbon ricordii CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
95 Cuban Trogon - Priotelus temnurus Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014 96 Cuban Tody - Todus multicolor CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
(270)
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga
97 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
West Indian Woodpecker - Melanerpes Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los
98 CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 superciliaris Banos Feb 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 99 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 varius DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Cuban Green Woodpecker - La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 100 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 Xiphidiopicus percussus DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 101 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Fernandina's Flicker - Colaptes Fernandina's Flicker Hotspot Day 5 Feb 6 2014
102 CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 fernandinae (292)
Cienfuegos Province Day 8 Travel to Cayo Coco
103 Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway CU-CF 09 Feb 2014 Feb 9 2014 (311)
Havana Province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 104 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 Banos Feb 3 2014
Pinar Del Rio Province Day 3 Travel to Vinales 105 Merlin - Falco columbarius CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 Feb4 2014 (273)
Cienfuegos Province Day 11 to Havana Feb 12 106 Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus CU-CF 12 Feb 2014 2014 (336)
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 107 Cuban Parakeet - Aratinga euops CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290)
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 108 Cuban Parrot - Amazona leucocephala CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290)
109 Cuban Pewee - Contopus caribaeus Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 110 La Sagra's Flycatcher - Myiarchus sagrae CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Loggerhead Kingbird - Tyrannus La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 111 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 caudifasciatus DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
112 Giant Kingbird - Tyrannus cubensis Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
113 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus Sopilliar Laguna Jaguey Day 7 Feb 8 2014 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014
114 Thick-billed Vireo - Vireo crassirostris Cayo Paredon Grande Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (324) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014
Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014 115 Cuban Vireo - Vireo gundlachii CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
(270)
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga
116 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Zapata de Ciénaga Day 4 Travel to Playa Larga
117 Cuban Crow - Corvus nasicus CU-MA 05 Feb 2014 Feb 5 2014
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas Feb 8
118 Cuban Martin - Progne cryptoleuca CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 2014 (302)
Artemisa Province Day 4 Travel to Zapata Feb 5 119 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor CU-LH 05 Feb 2014 2014
120 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica Hotel Playa Larga Day 8 Feb 9 2014 CU-MA 09 Feb 2014
Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014
121 Cave Swallow - Petrochelidon fulva CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 (270)
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 122 Zapata Wren - Ferminia cerverai CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 123 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 caerulea DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
124 Cuban Gnatcatcher - Polioptila lembeyei Cayo Coco first stop Day 8 Feb 9 2014 (322) CU-CA 09 Feb 2014
Cueva la Portales Day 3 La Guira NP Feb 4 2014
125 Cuban Solitaire - Myadestes elisabeth CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 (270)
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 126 Red-legged Thrush - Turdus plumbeus CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
127 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis La Ermita (the Hermit) Day 4 Feb5 2014 (276) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Bahama Mockingbird - Mimus
128 Cayo Guillermo Day 9 Feb 10 2014 (326) CU-CA 10 Feb 2014 gundlachii
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 129 CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 polyglottos Conservation Trust
Sopilliar Day 4 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park 130 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla CU-MA 05 Feb 2014 Feb 5 2014 (288)
Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 131 CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 vermivorum (290) Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga
132 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 motacilla DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day
133 CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 noveboracensis 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 134 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 varia DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Swainson's Warbler - Limnothlypis 135 Sopilliar Laguna Jaguey Day 7 Feb 8 2014 CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 swainsonii
Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 136 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 peregrina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis 137 Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 trichas
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 138 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
139 Cape May Warbler - Setophaga tigrina Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 140 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
Sopilliar Day 4 Zapata de Ciénaga National Park 141 Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia CU-MA 05 Feb 2014 Feb 5 2014 (288)
Sendero Salinade Brito Day 7 Las Salinas stop4 142 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia CU-MA 08 Feb 2014 Feb 8 2014 (306)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 143 Fish Ponds Day 4 Feb 5 2014 Autopista 4 (279) CU-PR 05 Feb 2014 Setophaga caerulescens
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 144 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum CU-CH 02 Feb 2014
Conservation Trust
Olive-capped Warbler - Setophaga 145 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
pityophila Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga
146 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga
147 Hacienda Cortina DAY 2 Feb 3 2014 (268) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 dominica
Bermejas Refugio de Fauna Day 5 Feb 6 2014 148 Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor CU-MA 06 Feb 2014 (290)
Black-throated Green Warbler - La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 149 CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 Setophaga virens DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Yellow-headed Warbler - Teretistris 150 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 fernandinae
151 Oriente Warbler - Teretistris fornsi Cayo Coco first stop Day 8 Feb 9 2014 (322) CU-CA 09 Feb 2014
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes 152 Vinales Reservoir Road Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (277) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 cyaneus
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 153 Cuban Grassquit - Tiaris canorus CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Hotel Occidental Miramar DAY 2 Caribbean 154 Yellow-faced Grassquit - Tiaris olivaceus CU-CH 03 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust 263
La Guira National Park Day 3 Feb 4 2014 travel to 155 Cuban Bullfinch - Melopyrrha nigra CU-PR 04 Feb 2014 Portales (269)
156 Western Spindalis - Spindalis zena Hotel Mirador Day 2 Feb 3 2014 (267) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014
La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 157 Zapata Sparrow - Torreornis inexpectata CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 158 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Red-shouldered Blackbird - Agelaius La Turba Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata Day 159 CU-MA 07 Feb 2014 assimilis 6 Feb7 2014 (297)
160 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird - Agelaius Hotel Mirador Day 2 Feb 3 2014 (267) CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
humeralis
161 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna Las Barrigonas parador Day 3 Feb 4 2014 (271) CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 162 Cuban Blackbird - Dives atroviolaceus CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
Greater Antillean Grackle - Quiscalus Artisma province Day 2 Travel to San Diego de los 163 CU-LH 03 Feb 2014 niger Banos Feb 3
164 Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis Hotel Mirador Day 3 Feb 4 2014 CU-PR 04 Feb 2014
La Chorrera campismo (265)Travel to Playa Larga 165 Cuban Oriole - Icterus melanopsis CU-PR 03 Feb 2014 DAY 2 Feb 3 2014
Sol Cayo Coco Hotel grounds Day 9 Feb 10 2014 166 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula CU-CA 10 Feb 2014 (323)
Hotel Occidental Miramar (263) DAY 1 Caribbean 167 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus CU-CH 02 Feb 2014 Conservation Trust
Appendix 3
Sibley Guide to the Birds of North America
New bird names in the 52nd AOU Checklist supplement The North American Checklist Committee of the AOU has published the 52nd supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds. This supplement includes a lot of changes “under the hood” which will hardly be noticed by the average birder. Several splits result in new names but none have an immediate impact on the North American species count. Some scientific name changes (mostly from the reshuffling of Wood-Warblers – see my post here), and a few other changes in genus and family assignments. Below is a summary of the changes to English and Scientific names of species in the Sibley Guide. To read more about the changes as well as the changes in sequence of species, check out the pdf of the 52nd supplement. When combined with a previous post about name changes from 2000 to 2009 and name changes in 2010, this updates all species and names in the Sibley Guide to Birds.
Changes to species names: • Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
formerly Oporornis philadelphia • MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei formerly Oporornis tolmiei • Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa formerly Oporornis formosus [note change in spelling of species name] • Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina formerly Wilsonia citrina • Kirtland’s Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii formerly Dendroica kirtlandii • Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina formerly Dendroica tigrina • Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea formerly Dendroica cerulea • Northern Parula Setophaga americana formerly Parula americana • Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi formerly Parula pitiayumi • Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia formerly Dendroica magnolia • Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea formerly Dendroica castanea • Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca formerly Dendroica fusca • Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia formerly Dendroica petechia • Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica formerly Dendroica pensylvanica • Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata formerly Dendroica striata • Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens formerly Dendroica caerulescens • Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum formerly Dendroica palmarum • Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus formerly Dendroica pinus • Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata formerly Dendroica coronata • Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica formerly Dendroica dominica • Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor formerly Dendroica discolor • Grace’s Warbler Setophaga graciae formerly Dendroica graciae • Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens formerly Dendroica nigrescens • Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
formerly Dendroica townsendi • Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis formerly Dendroica occidentalis • Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia formerly Dendroica chrysoparia • Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens formerly Dendroica virens • Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus formerly Euthlypis lachrymosa [note change in spelling of species name] • Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis formerly Wilsonia canadensis • Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla formerly Wilsonia pusilla
New bird names in the 51st AOU Checklist supplement
The North American Checklist Committee of the AOU has published the 51st supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, which includes two major splits, some name changes (mostly from the creation of new genera), and some big changes in higher-level taxonomy. Below is a summary of the changes to English and Scientific names of species in the Sibley Guide. Major changes were also made to the sequence of species, with a few new families and orders being created and moved around in the list. While these changes and the studies behind them are always enlightening, this post is confined to species-level changes of names and taxonomic status. When combined with a previous post about name changes since 2000, this updates all species and names in the Sibley Guide.
Splits (no lumps) affecting species counts:
• Eastern Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus • Mexican Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus arizonae
Formerly considered a single species – Whip-poor-will C. vociferus – these are now split based on differences in vocalizations, DNA, etc. Identification is fully covered in the Sibley Guide.
• Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis • Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
Formerly considered a single species – Winter Wren T. hiemalis – and now two species based on differences in songs and calls, plumage, and lack of hybridization. Identification is covered in the Sibley Guide. I think continuing to use the name “Winter Wren” with a new meaning will lead to confusion, and would encourage birders to use “Eastern Winter Wren” and “Pacific/Western Winter Wren” for clarity. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Changes to species names:
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Formerly Melanitta nigra. This is now considered a separate species from Common Scoter (M. nigra) of Europe, which has not yet been recorded in North America. The published 51st supplement shows the English name of the North American species changed to American Scoter, but this is apparently in error. The English name remains Black Scoter. • Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis Formerly Greater Shearwater • Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio Formerly Cyanocorax morio • Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Formerly Vermivora pinus • Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Formerly Vermivora peregrina • Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata Formerly Vermivora celata • Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla Formerly Vermivora ruficapilla • Virginia’s Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae Formerly Vermivora virginiae • Colima Warbler Oreothlypis crissalis Formerly Vermivora crissalis • Lucy’s Warbler Oreothlypis luciae Formerly Vermivora luciae • Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Formerly Seiurus noveboracensis • Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Formerly Seiurus motacilla • Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca Formerly Pipilo fusca • California Towhee Melozone crissalis Formerly Pipilo crissalis • Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti Formerly Pipilo aberti • Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis Formerly Aimophila carpalis • Botteri’s Sparrow Peucaea botterii Formerly Aimophila botterii • Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Formerly Aimophila cassinii • Bachman’s Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis Formerly Aimophila aestivalis • Five-striped Sparrow Amphispiza quinquestriata Formerly Aimophila quinquestriata Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
• McCown’s Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii Formerly Calcarius mccownii ______
Michael J. Good, MS Bee Hummingbird Bermejas April 2010
CUBAN BIRD SURVEY February 2014
So far from home our Cuban trip deserves a poem!
The Trip
With Bernardo at the wheel we squeezed along 1300 miles of narrow roads and brushy trails for a Stygian Owl and Clapper Rails. Caribbean Conservation Trust February 2-14, 2014 Cuba Bird Survey
Yuri brought us smiles and CUBA. (Dave later saw a Cuban Barracuda) and don’t you knowa some even saw a Cuban Boa up high in the canopy curled around a Cuban tree.
Intrepid Mike led every hike with, never fear, viejo Ned guarding the rear.
With siren songs Arturo called in birds galore. Who could ask for anything more?
Certainly there were daily mojitos and, occasionally, Cuban mosquitos.
The Birds
Tell your friends, if they care to know, we did see the Cuban Crow; Gundlach’s Hawks overhead; a Nighthawk spooked out of bed; a Flamingo with his neck in a knot; and almost all the endemics Cuba’s got: including the wee Bee Hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird as you’ve surely heard. And don’t forget, my dearios, we did see Thick-billed and Cuban vireos. Of species we saw 177 Cuba is a bird surveyor’s heaven.
The People
Well, there was Lois, the finder, helping those of us who were blinder. Polly and Al dealt out laughter for us to cherish ever after. And strong, loyal, sweet Sue did most of the work for two. Sarah, whose heart was warm, beguiled the dogs with bread and charm. Susan, with her New Hampshire credentials, brought us a whiff of the Presidentials. Steve saw or heard every single bird, while Nancy’s Doug, quick and tall, depicted them one and all. And we have Kathleen to thank for managing our goodwill bank.
SO WHAT IS THERE ABOUT BIRD SURVEYING THAT’S A DELIGHT BEYOND MEASURE? IT’S NOT THE BIRDS, IT’S THE PEOPLE AND THE SHARED PLEASURE! EOH 2014