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CUBA
Big Day (Bird Race)
5 April 2000
by Peter and Hank Kaestner
Big Day Statistics:
- 87 species
- 0500 to 1800 hours
- 300 km by car, 1 km by foot.
- Visiting: Camaguay to Cayo Coco.
- Species of Note: Reddish Egret (300),
Red-breasted
Merganser (200), Cuban Gnatcatcher (Local), Bahama Mockingbird (Local),
Oriente
Warbler (Local), Zapata Sparrow (Local)
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
