Site Report: Playa Larga

Soviet Tank

Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Male

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Female

Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis)

Beach

2024-01-30: In "Support of the Cuban people", we stayed for a couple of nights in a Casa Particular on Playa Larga. This was the one place where I found the Cuban food that I expected to see in Cuba, maduro plantains! After our trip into the swamp, we were dropped off at Casa Ana, a house with some bird feeders in town. It was very surprising that first of all, I believe they were feeding the birds honey, which is very expensive in the states. Also, there were tons of warblers coming into the feeders which I had never seen anywhere before.

Kingdom: Animals (14 records)

Phylum: Chordates (14 records)

Class: Birds (14 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
- Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Order: Perching Birds (7 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius humeralis)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)

Order: Trogons (1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)

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