LIST WITH ALL CUBAN BIRDS REPORTED

 

Compiled by Orlando H. Garrido, main author of  the Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba.  Michael Good, President, Down East Nature Tours

Sarasota Florida Audubon Society                                 

 March 10 – 19, 2004     Cuba Bird Study Group

 

4585 individual birds

125 species seen /  6 heard

 

Note:  E           Endemics

          FE         Future endemics (as revisions published and approved) 

           T           Extints

          V           Erratics and rare ocassionals                                                     

 

Family Gavidae

Scientific

Spanish

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Somormujo

Family Podicepedidae

 

 

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

ZaramagullÛn Chico

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps        

ZaramagullÛn Grande      27

Family Procellariidae

 

 

Black-capped Petrel                   

Pterodromus hasitata

P·jaro de las Brujas

Coryís Shearwater                 V

Calonectris diomedea

Pampero de Cory

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus

Pampero Oscuro

Audubonís Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Pampero de Audubon

Family Hidrobatidae

 

 

Wilsonís Storm-Petrel           V 

Oceanites oceanicus

Pamperito de Wilson

Leachís Storm-Petrel             V 

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Pamperito de las Tempestades

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel    V

Oceanodroma castro

Pamperito de Castro

Family Phaethontidae

 

 

White-tailed Tropicbird             

Phaeton lepturus

Contramaestre

Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaeton aethereus

Rabijunco de Pico Rojo

Family Sulidae

 

 

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

P·jaro Bobo de Cara Azul

Brown Booby                            

Sula leucogaster

P·jaro Bobo Prieto

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

P·jaro Bobo Blanco

Family Pelecanidae

 

 

American White Pelican            

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Alcatraz Blanco

Brown Pelican                           

Pelecanus occidentalis

PelÌcano                              25

Family Phalacrocoracidae

 

 

Double-crested Cormorant           

Phalacrocorax auritus

Cor·a de Mar                       398

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Cor·a de Agua Dulce         15

Family Anhingidae

 

 

Anhinga                                      

Anhinga anhinga

Marbella

Family Fregatidae

 

 

Magnificent-Frigatebird            

Fregata magnificens

Rabihorcado                  1

Family Ardeidae

 

 

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Guanab· Rojo

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Garcita

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Garcilote                           14

Great Egret

Ardea alba

GarzÛn                             6

Snowy Egret                               

Egretta tula

Garza Real                         8

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Garza Azul                          19             

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Garza de Vientre Blanco       15

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Garza Roja                     25 wh ph

Cattle Egret                                

Bubulcus ibis

Garcita Bueyera             330

Green-backed Heron

Butorides virescens

Aguaitacaim·n                        5

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Guanab· de la Florida    

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Guanab· Real                     3

Family Threskiornithidae

 

 

White Ibis                                   

Eudocimus albus

Coco Blanco                    68

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

Coco Rojo    

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Coco Prieto

Roseate Spoonbill                      

Ajaia ajaja

Sevilla                                8

Family Ciconiidae

 

 

Wood Stork                                

Mycteria americana

Cayama                         35

Family Cathartidae

 

 

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Zopilote

Turkey Vulture                           

Cathartes aura

Aura TiÒosa                   730

Family Phoenicopteridae

 

 

Greater Flamingo                       

Phoenicopterus ruber

Flamenco                       33

Family Anatidae

 

 

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocyna bicolor

YaguasÌn

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna arborea

Yaguasa

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Yaguasa Cariblanca

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Yaguasa Barriguiprieta

Tundra Swan                           V

Cyenus columbianus

Cisne

Greater White-fronted Goose  V

Anser albifrons

Guanana

Snow Goose                            V

Chen caerulescens

Ganana Prieta

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Ganso del Canad·

Wood Duck                                

Aix sponsa

Huyuyo

Green-winged Teal

Anas creeca

Cerceta

Mallard                                       

Anas platyrrynchos

Pato InglÈs

White-cheeked Pintail                

Anas bahamensis

Pato de Bahamas

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Pato Pezcuecilargo

Blue-winged Teal

Anas cyanoptera

Pato Canelo                            4

Northern Shoveler                      

Anas clypeata

Pato Cuchareta

Gadwall

Anas strepera

Pato Gris

American Wigeon

Anas americana

Pato Lavanco         

Canvasback

Aythya valisineria

Pato Lomiblanco

Redhead

Aythia americana

Pato Cabecirojo

Ring-necked Duck

Aythia collaris

Pato CabezÛn

Lesser Scaup

Aythia affinis

Pato Morisco                       85

Bufflehead                             V  

Bucephala albeola

Pato MoÒudo

Hooded Merganser

Lophodytes cucullatus

Pato de Cresta

Red-breasted Merganser            

Mergus serratus

Pato Serrucho

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Pato Chorizo                      80

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

Pato Agostero

Family Accipitridae

 

 

Osprey                                        

Pandion haliaetus

Guincho                           8

Cuban Kite                             E  

Chondroierax wilsonii

Gavil·n Caguarero                     

 

Swallow-tailed Kite

Glanoides forficatus

Gavil·n Cola de Tijera

Snail Kite

Rosthramus sociabilis

Gavil·n Caracolero            31

Mississipi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Gavil·n de Missisipi

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Gavilancito

Gundlachís Hawk                  E  

Accipiter gundlachi

Gavil·n Colilargo         1 flyby

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Gavil·n Sabanero

Cuban Crab-Hawk                FE

Buteogallus gundlachii

Gavil·n Batista                   14 

Brown-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Gavil·n Bobo                   2

Red-tailed Hawk                        

Buteo jamaicensis

Gavil·n de Monte               4

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

 

Family Falconidae

 

 

Crested Caracara                         

Caracara cheriway

Caraira                      1       

American Kestrel                       

Falco sparverius

CernÌcalo                        31

Merlin                                        

Falco columbarius

Halconcito de Palomas       1

Peregrine Falcon                        

Falco peregrinus

HalcÛn Peregrino             4

Family Phasianidae

 

 

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus