Site Report: Culebra Island

Island off of Puerto Rico

Visits

2016-01-02: We went on a boat trip out to visit Culebra. Typical blue water stuff. I decided not to swim with the camera, but I did swim with the binoculars on top of my head...

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (11 records)

Phylum: Chordates (11 records)

Class: Birds (11 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Order: Perching Birds (3 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Lifelists

Trips

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