Site Report: Cayo Coco, Cuba
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
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
- Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
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
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Family: Flamingos
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- 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)
- 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
- Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra)
- Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
- 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-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Family: Spindalis
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Family: Swallows
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Western 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
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- 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)