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Big Day (Bird Race)

5 April 2000

by Peter and Hank Kaestner


Big Day Statistics:
Comments: This was a day targeting the endemics of Cayo Coco.

Species List:

Brown Pelican                         Pelecanus occidentalis
Neotropic Cormorant                   Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Magnificent Frigatebird               Fregata magnificens
Great Blue Heron                      Ardea herodias
  (Great White Heron                Ardea occidentalis)
Reddish Egret                         Egretta rufescens
Tricolored Heron                      Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron                     Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret                           Egretta thula
Cattle Egret                          Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron                           Butorides virescens
White Ibis                            Eudocimus albus
Roseate Spoonbill                     Ajaia ajaja
Greater Flamingo                      Phoenicopterus ruber
Blue-winged Teal                      Anas discors
Red-breasted Merganser                Mergus serrator
Turkey Vulture                        Cathartes aura
Osprey                                Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier                      Circus cyaneus
Common Black-Hawk                     Buteogallus anthracinus
Crested Caracara                      Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel                      Falco sparverius
Merlin                                Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon                      Falco peregrinus
Purple Gallinule                      Porphyrula martinica
Common Moorhen                        Gallinula chloropus
Black-necked Stilt                    Himantopus mexicanus
Black-bellied Plover                  Pluvialis squatarola
Greater Yellowlegs                    Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs                     Tringa flavipes
Spotted Sandpiper                     Actitis macularia
Willet                                Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Ruddy Turnstone                       Arenaria interpres
Least Sandpiper                       Calidris minutilla
Ring-billed Gull                      Larus delawarensis
Laughing Gull                         Larus atricilla
Caspian Tern                          Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern                         Sterna sandvicensis
Royal Tern                            Sterna maxima
Rock Dove                             Columba livia
White-crowned Pigeon                  Columba leucocephala
Mourning Dove                         Zenaida macroura
Zenaida Dove                          Zenaida aurita
Common Ground-Dove                    Columbina passerina
Smooth-billed Ani                     Crotophaga ani
Cuban Emerald                         Chlorostilbon ricordii
Cuban Trogon                          Priotelus temnurus
Belted Kingfisher                     Ceryle alcyon
Cuban Tody                            Todus multicolor
Cuban Woodpecker                      Xiphidiopicus percussus
Cuban Pewee                           Contopus caribaeus
La Sagra's Flycatcher                 Myiarchus sagrae
Gray Kingbird                         Tyrannus dominicensis
Loggerhead Kingbird                   Tyrannus caudifasciatus
Cuban Martin                          Progne cryptoleuca
Northern Rough-winged Swallow         Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn Swallow                          Hirundo rustica
Gray Catbird                          Dumetella carolinensis
Bahama Mockingbird                    Mimus gundlachii
Northern Mockingbird                  Mimus polyglottos
Red-legged Thrush                     Turdus plumbeus
Cuban Gnatcatcher                     Polioptila lembeyei
House Sparrow                         Passer domesticus
Chestnut Munia                        Lonchura atricapilla
Cuban Vireo                           Vireo gundlachii
Black-whiskered Vireo                 Vireo altiloquus
Northern Parula                       Parula americana
Yellow Warbler                        Dendroica petechia
Cape May Warbler                      Dendroica tigrina
Black-throated Blue Warbler           Dendroica caerulescens
Yellow-rumped Warbler                 Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler          Dendroica virens
Prairie Warbler                       Dendroica discolor
Palm Warbler                          Dendroica palmarum
Black-and-white Warbler               Mniotilta varia
American Redstart                     Setophaga ruticilla
Ovenbird                              Seiurus aurocapillus
Common Yellowthroat                   Geothlypis trichas
Oriente Warbler                       Teretistris fornsi
Western Spindalis                     Spindalis zena
Cuban Bullfinch                       Melopyrrha nigra
Yellow-faced Grassquit                Tiaris olivacea
Zapata Sparrow                        Torreornis inexpectata
Blue Grosbeak                         Guiraca caerulea
Eastern Meadowlark                    Sturnella magna
Cuban Blackbird                       Dives atroviolacea
Greater Antillean Grackle             Quiscalus niger
Shiny Cowbird                         Molothrus bonariensis


87 + 1 SPECIES


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