Site Report: Santo Domingo - El Embajador Hotel Grounds

Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)

Hotel grounds in Santo Domingo.

2014-01-19: After arriving at the hotel at 3:00 AM, we were thrilled to sleep to the relaxing sounds of a pounding disco party in the hotel. When the sun came out four hours later, I had barely been able to sleep, but I did manage to wake up for an hour or so to tour the hotel grounds. The books all had promised "hundreds of Hispanolan Parakeets", but the reality was more like 20 parakeets which I hope woke all the party people early in the morning.

Kingdom: Animals (11 records)

Phylum: Chordates (11 records)

Class: Birds (11 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Hispaniolan Mango (Anthracothorax dominicus)
- Family: Swifts
- Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Hispaniolan Parakeet (Psittacara chloropterus)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Palmchat
- Palmchat (Dulus dominicus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus)