Site Report: Parque Nacional Cienaga de Zapata - Rio Turbo

Driving in Zapata Swamp

Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)

Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)

Swamp

2024-01-30: In "Support of the Cuban people", we left the hotel at 5:30 AM to drive around in a swamp in a 1952 Chevy with a bird guide. It was pretty weird driving in the dark on some dirt road that was barely large enough to hold the car, including above the car.

Kingdom: Animals (18 records)

Phylum: Chordates (18 records)

Class: Birds (18 records)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Gundlach's Hawk (Astur gundlachi)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomas cubanensis)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Order: Perching Birds (12 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius assimilis)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
- Family: Cuban Warblers
- Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
- La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)