Trip Report: Cuba (2024-01-25 - 2024-02-06)
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Broken Down Car
Che
Camaguey
Taxi
Cuban Road
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Pig Roast
Copacabana
Driving in Zapata Swamp
Playa Giron
Vinales Farm
Soviet Tank
Go Home Yankees
Trinidad
Playa Giron Sunset
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Male
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
West Cuban Anole (Anolis bartschi)
Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) - Male
Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
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Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Broken Down Car
Che
Camaguey
Taxi
Cuban Road
Barbara, '55 Chevy, and Chicken
Pig Roast
Copacabana
Driving in Zapata Swamp
Playa Giron
Vinales Farm
Soviet Tank
Go Home Yankees
Trinidad
Playa Giron Sunset
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus)
Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) - Male
West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
West Cuban Anole (Anolis bartschi)
Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
Great Lizard-Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - White Morph
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei)
Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
Cuban Oriole (Icterus melanopsis) - Male
Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
A trip to Cuba to look for endemic birds while we still can.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (139 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(6 records)
Class: Insects
(5 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Spider Wasps
- Tarantula Wasp (Pepsis marginata)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(4 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Phylum: Chordates
(133 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Eastern Giant Toad (Peltophryne peltocephala)
Class: Birds
(127 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(11 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala)
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- Plain Pigeon (Patagioenas inornata)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Gray-headed Quail-Dove (Geotrygon caniceps)
- Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(3 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
- Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
- Family: Swifts
- Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Family: Todies
- Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(4 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Cuban Nightjar (Antrostomas cubanensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Bare-legged Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii)
- Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Cuban Parakeet (Psittacara euops)
- Cuban Parrot (Amazona leucocephala)
- Order: Pelicans
(28 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- 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)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- 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)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds (50 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata)
- Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)
- Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra)
- Family: Cuban Warblers
- Yellow-headed Warbler (Teretistris fernandinae)
- Oriente Warbler (Teretistris fornsi)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Cuban Crow (Corvus nasicus)
- Cuban Palm-Crow (Corvus minutus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
- Olive-capped Warbler (Setophaga pityophila)
- Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
- Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Spindalis
- Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Cuban Martin (Progne cryptoleuca)
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth)
- Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cuban Pewee (Contopus caribaeus)
- La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)
- Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
- Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis)
- Family: Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii)
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (5 records)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record)
- Order: Gars
(1 record)
- Family: Gars
- Cuban Gar (Atractosteus tristoechus)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (2 records)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Cuban Slider (Trachemys decussata)