BIRDS OF SIERRA DE NIPE, MAYARÍ, HOLGUIN
by Ernesto Reyes Mauriño
smonte@cisat.holguin.inf.cu
Cuban Endemic Species are Highlighted
| Scientific Name | English Common Name | Cuban Common Name |
| Tachibaptus dominicus | Least Grebe | Zaramagullón Chico |
| Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | Zaramagullón Grande |
| Ardea alba | Great Egret | Garzón |
| Egretta caerulea | Little Blue Heron | Garza Azul |
| Egreta thula | Snowy Egret | Garza Real |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Garcita Bueyera |
| Butorides virescen | Green Heron | Aguaitacaiman |
| Nyctanassa violacea | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Guanabá Real |
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | Aura Tiñosa |
| Accipiter gundlachi | Gundlach's Hawk | Gavilán Colilargo |
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-Shinned Hawk | Gavilancito |
| Buteo jamaicencis | Red Tailed Hawk | Gavilán de Monte |
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | Gavilán Bobo |
| Caracara plancus | Crested Caracara | Caraira |
| Falco sparverius | American Kestrel | Cernícalo |
| Falco columbarius | Merlin | Halcón de Palomas |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Halcón de Patos |
| Colinus virginianus | Northern Bobwhite | Codorniz |
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted Guineafowl | Gallina de Guinea |
| Phasianus colchicus | Ring Necked Pheasant | Faisán |
| Rallus elegans | King Rail | Gallinuela de Agua Dulce |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | Gallareta de Pico Colorado |
| Porphirula martinica | Purple Gallinule | Gallareta Azul |
| Aramus guarauna | Limpkin | Guareao |
| Charadrius vociferus | Killdeer | Títere Sabanero |
| Jacana spinosa | Northern Jacana | Gallito de Rio |
| Columba squamosa | Scaly-naped Pigeon | Torcaza Cuellimorada |
| Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove | Paloma Rabiche |
| Zenaida aurita | Zenaida Dove | Guanaro |
| Zenaida asiatica | White-winged Dove | Paloma Aliblanca |
| Columbina passerina | Common Ground-Dove | Tojosa |
| Geothrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Boyero |
| Geothrygon caniceps | Gray-headed Quail-Dove | Camao |
| Saurothera merlini | Great Lizard Cuckoo | Arriero |
| Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani | Judío |
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | Lechuza |
| Gymnoglaux lawrenci | Bare-Legged Owl | Sijú Cotunto |
| Glaucidium siju | Cuban Pygmy Owl | Sijú Platanero |
| Chordeiles gundlachi | Antillean Nighthawk | Querequeté |
| Caprimulgus cubanensis | Greater Antillean Nightjar | Guabairo |
| Caprimulgus carolinensis | Chuck Will's Widow | Guabairo Americano |
| Streptoprogne zonaris | White-collared Swift | Vencejo de Collar |
| Tachornis phoenicobia iradii | Antillean Palm Swift | Vencejo de Palma |
| Chlorostilbon ricordi | Cuban Emerald | Zunzún |
| Mellisuga helenae | Bee Hummingbird | Zunzuncito |
| Priotelus temnurus | Cuban Trogon | Tocororo |
| Todus multicolor | Cuban Tody | Cartacuba |
| Ceryle alcyon | Belted Kingfisher | Martín pescador |
| Melanerpes superciliaris | West Indian Woodpecker | Carpintero Jabado |
| Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Carpintero de Paso |
| Xiphidiopicus percussus | Cuban Green Woodpecker | Carpintero Verde |
| Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus | Northern Flicker | Carpintero Escapulario |
| Contopus caribaeus | Crescent-eyed Pewee | Bobito Chico |
| Myarchus sagrae | La Sagra's Flycatcher | Bobito Grande |
| Tyranus dominiscensis | Gray Kingbird | Pitirre Abejero |
| Tyranus caudifasciatus | Loggerhead Kingbird | Pitirre Guatibere |
| Tachycineta bicolor | Tree Swallow | Golondrina de Arboles |
| Pterochelidon fulva | Cave Swallow | Golondrina de Cuevas |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | Golondrina Cola de Tijera |
| Corvus nacicus | Cuban Crow | Cao Pinalero |
| Polioptila caerulea | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Rabuita |
| Myadestes elisabeth | Cuban Solitaire | Tuiseñor |
| Turdus plumbeus | Red-legged Thrush | Zorzal Real |
| Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird | Zorzal Gato |
| Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockinbird | Sinsonte |
| Vireo gundlachi | Cuban Vireo | Juan Chivi |
| Vireo altilogus | Black-whiskered Vireo | Bien-te-veo |
| Parula americana | Northern Parula | Bijirita Chica |
| Dendroica tigrina | Cape May Warbler | Bijirita Atigrada |
| Dendroica caerulescens | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Bijirita Azul de Garganta Negra |
| Dendroica pityophila | Olive-capped Warbler | Bijirita del Pinar |
| Dendroica discolor | Prairie Warbler | Bijirita |
| Dendroica palmarum | Palm Warbler | Bijirita Común |
| Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white Warbler | Bijirita trepadora |
| Sethophaga ruticilla | American Redstart | Candelita |
| Seiurus aurocapillus | Ovenbird | Señorita de monte |
| Seiurus motacilla | Lousiana Waterthrush | Señorita de Rio |
| Geothlypis trichas | Common Yellowthroat | Caretica |
| Helmitheros vermivorus | Worm-eating Warbler | Bijirita Gusanera |
| Teretistris fornsi | Oriente Warbler | Bijirita Pechero |
| Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Aparecido de San Diego |
| Spindalis zena petrei | Western Stripe-headed Tanager | Cabrero |
| Dendroica striata | Blackpoll Warbler | Bijirita Común |
| Dendroica dominica | Yellow-throated Warbler | Bijirita deGarganta Amarilla |
| Dendroica coronata | Yellow-rumped Warbler | Bijirita Coronada |
| Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting | Azulejo |
| Melopyrha nigra nigra | Cuban Bullfinch | Negrito |
| Tiaris canora | Cuban Grassquit | Tomeguín del Pinar |
| Tiaris olivacea | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tomeguín de la tierra |
| Agelaius humeralis | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | Mayito |
| Sturnella magna hippocrepis | Eastern Meadowlark | Sabanero |
| Dives atroviolacea | Cuban Blackbird | Totí |
| Quiscalus niger | Greater Antillean Grackle | Chichinguaco |
| Icterus dominiscensis melanopsis | Black-cowled Oriole | Solibio |
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | Gorrión Doméstico |