Trip Report: Cuba (2024-01-25 - 2024-02-06)
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
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Broken Down Car
Taxi
Pig Roast
Vinales Farm
Soviet Tank
Driving in Zapata Swamp
Go Home Yankees
Playa Giron
Playa Giron Sunset
Trinidad
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Cuban Road
Camaguey
Copacabana
Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Male
Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
West Cuban Anole (Anolis bartschi)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)
Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Western Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
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Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Che
Broken Down Car
Taxi
Pig Roast
Vinales Farm
Soviet Tank
Driving in Zapata Swamp
Go Home Yankees
Playa Giron
Playa Giron Sunset
Trinidad
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Cuban Road
Camaguey
Copacabana
Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Male
Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
West Cuban Anole (Anolis bartschi)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)
Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Western Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
A trip to Cuba to look for endemic birds while we still can.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (139 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(6 records)
Class: Insects
(5 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Spider Wasps
- Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(4 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
- Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Phylum: Chordates
(133 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
Class: Birds
(127 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(11 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala)
- Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Gray-fronted Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Plain Pigeon (Patagioenas inornata)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(3 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
- Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
- Family: Swifts
- Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Family: Todies
- Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(4 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
- Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala)
- Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
- Order: Pelicans
(28 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Family: Flamingos
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds (50 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra)
- Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)
- Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
- Family: Cuban Warblers
- Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
- Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)
- Cuban Palm-Crow (Corvus minutus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Olive-capped Warbler (Setophaga pityophila)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
- Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Spindalis
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Family: Swallows
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth)
- Western Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
- Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis)
- La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
- Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
- Family: Vireos
- Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii)
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (5 records)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record)
- Order: Gars
(1 record)
- Family: Gars
- Cuban Gar (Atractosteus tristoechus)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (2 records)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Cuban Slider (Trachemys decussata)