Site Report: Cayo Coco
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
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Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
Marsh
Visits
- 2024-02-03: Today, in "Support of the Cuban people" we were picked up from our Casa Particular by a 1955 Chevy for a trip to the Cayo Coco area to look for some endemic species.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (56 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(2 records)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Phylum: Chordates
(54 records)
Class: Birds
(53 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Order: Pelicans
(23 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Flamingos
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- 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)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(18 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
- Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra)
- Family: Cuban Warblers
- Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Spindalis
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Family: Swallows
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
- La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)