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NEW-NUEVA Lista de aves de Oriente-East List
BIRDING IN CUBA
BY RAFAEL SANCHEZ 1-MARZO-2001
ORDER GAVIIFORMES
Common Loon, Gavia immer.
ORDER. PODICIPEDIFORMES
Least Grebe,Tachybaptus dominicus.
Pied-billed Grebe,Podilymbus podiceps.
ORDER. PROCELLARIFORMES
Leach´s Storm-Petrel, Oceanodroma
leucorhoa.
Wilson´s Storm-Petrel,Oceanites
oceanicus.
Audubon´s Shearwater, Puffinus
lherminieri.
Black-capped Petrel, Pterodroma
hasitata.
Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus.
ORDER.PELECANIFORMES
American
White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
Brown
Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis.
Anhinga,Anhinga
anhinga.
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax
auritus.
Neotropic
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus.
Brown Booby,Sula leucogaster.
Masked Booby,Sula dactylatra.
Red-footed Booby, Sula sula.
Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata
magnificens.
White-tailed Tropicbird,Phaethon
lepturus.
Red-billed Tropicbird,Phaethon
aethereus.
ORDER.CICONIFORMES
American Bittern,Botaurus lentiginosus.
Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis.
Great Blue Heron,Ardea herodias.
Green Heron,Butorides virescens.
Little Blue Heron,Egretta caerulea.
Tricolored Heron,Egretta tricolor.
Black-crowned Night-Heron,Nycticorax
nycticorax.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nyctanassa
violacea.
Cattle Egret,Bubulcus ibis.
Great Egret,Ardea alba.
Reddish Egret,Egretta rufescens.
Snowy Egret,Egretta thula.
White Ibis,Eudocimus albus.
Glossy Ibis,Plegadis falcinellus.
Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja.
Wood Stork,Mycteria americana.
ORDER.PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
Greater Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
ruber.
ORDER.ANSERIFORMES
American Wigeon,Anas americana.
Black-bellied Whistling-duck,Dendrocygna
autumnalis.
Blue-winged Teal,Anas discors.
Canvasback,Aythya valisineria.
Cinnamon Teal,Anas cyanoptera.
Fulvous Whistling-duck,Dendrocygna
bicolor
Gadwal,Anas strepera.
Green-winged Teal,Anas crecca.
Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis.
Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos.
Masked Duck,Nomonyx dominicus.
Northern Pintail,Anas acuta.
Northern Shoveler,Anas clypeata.
Red-breasted Merganser,Mergus serrator.
Redhead,Aythya americana.
Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris.
Ruddy Duck,Oxyura jamaicensis.
West Indian Whistling-duck,Dendrocygna
arborea.
Wood Duck,Aix sponsa.
Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.
ORDER.FALCONIFORMES
Turkey Vulture,Cathartes aura.
Black Vulture,Coragyps atratus.
Crested
Caracara,Caracara plancus.
American Kestrel,Falco sparverius.
Broad-winged Hawk,Buteo platypterus.
Common Black Hawk,Buteogallus
anthracinus.
Cuban Kite,Chondrohierax wilsoni.
Gundlach´s Hawk, Accipiter gundlachi.
Merlin,Falco columbarius.
Northern Harrier,Circus cyaneus.
Peregrine Falcon,Falco peregrinus.
Red-tailed Hawk,Buteo jamaicensis.
Sharp-shinned Hawk,Accipiter striatus.
Snail Kite,Rostrhamus sociabilis.
Swallow-tailed Kite, Elanoides
forficatus.
Osprey,Pandion haliaetus.
ORDER.GALLIFORMES
Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus.
Helmeted Guineafowl,Numida meleagris.
ORDER.GRUIFORMES
Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis
nesiotes.
Limpkin,Aramus guarauna.
American Coot,Fulica americana.
Black Rail,Laterallus jamaicensis.
Caribbean Coot,Fulica caribaea.
Clapper Rail,Rallus longirostris.
Common Moorhen,Gallinula chloropus.
King Rail,Rallus elegans.
Purple
Gallinule,Porphyrula martinica
Sora,Porzana
carolina.
Spotted Rail,Pardirallus maculatus.
Virginia Rail,Rallus limicola.
Yellow-breasted Crake,Porzana
flaviventer.
Cervera´s Rail,Cyanolimnas cerverai.
ORDER CHARADRIFORMES
Black-bellied Plover,Pluvialis
squatarola.
Killdeer,Charadrius vociferus.
American Golden Plover,Pluvialis
dominica.
Piping Plover,Charadrius melodus.
Semipalmated Plover,Charadrius
semipalmatus.
Snowy Plover,Charadrius alexandrinus.
Wilson´s Plover,Charadrius wilsonia.
American Oystercatcher,Haematopus
palliatus.
Black-necked Stilt,Himantopus mexicanus.
American Avocet,Recurvirostra americana.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites
subruficollis.
Common Snipe,Gallinago gallinago.
Greater Yellowlegs,Tringa melanoleuca.
Hudsonian Godwit,Limosa haemastica.
Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla.
Lesser Yellowlegs,Tringa flavipes.
Long-billed Curlew,Numenius americanus.
Marbled Godwit,Limosa fedoa.
Red Knot,Calidris canutus.
Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres.
Sanderling,Calidris alba.
Semipalmated Sandpiper,Calidris pusilla.
Short-billed Dowitcher,Limnodromus
griseus.
Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.
Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularia.
Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus.
Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda.
Western Sandpiper,Calidris mauri.
Whimbrel,Numenius phaeopus.
Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus.
Northern Jacana,Jacana spinosa.
Parasitic
Jaeger,Stercorarius parasiticus.
Black Tern,Chlidonias niger.
Bonaparte´s Gull,Larus philadelphia.
Bridled Tern,Sterna anaethetus.
Brown Noddy,Anous stolidus.
Caspian Tern,Sterna caspia.
Common Tern,Sterna hirundo.
Forster´s Tern,Sterna forsteri.
Gull-billed Tern,Sterna nilotica.
Herring Gull,Larus argentatus.
Laughing Gull,Larus atricilla.
Least Tern,Sterna antillarum.
Ring-billed Gull,Larus delawarensis.
Roseate Tern,Sterna dougalli.
Royal Tern,Sterna maxima.
Sandwich Tern,Sterna sandvicensis.
Sooty Tern,Sterna fuscata.
Black Skimmer,Rynchops niger.
ORDER.COLUMBIFORMES
Blue-headed Quail Dove,Starnoenas
cyanocephala.
Common Ground Dove,Columbina passerina.
Gray-headed Quail Dove,Geotrygon
caniceps.
Key West Quail Dove,Geotrygon chrysia.
Mourning Dove,Zenaida macroura.
Plain Pigeon,Columba inornata.
Ruddy Quail Dove,Geotrygon montana.
Scaly-naped Pigeon,Columba squamosa.
White-crowned Pigeon,Columba
leucocephala.
White-winged Dove,Zenaida asiatica.
Zenaida
Dove,Zenaida aurita.
ORDER.PSITTACIFORMES
Cuban
Parrot,Amazona leucocephala.
Cuban Parakeet,Aratinga euops.
ORDER.STRIGIFORMES
Bare-legged Owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii.Otus
lawrencii.
Barn Owl,Tyto alba furcata.
Burrowing Owl,Athene cunicularia.
Cuban Pygmy-Owl,Glaucidium siju.
Long-eared Owl,Asio otus.
Short-eared Owl,Asio flammeus.
Stygian Owl,Asio stygius.
ORDER.CUCULIFORMES
Black-billed Cuckoo,Coccyzus
erythropthalmus.
Great Lizard Cuckoo, Saurothera merlini.
Mangrove Cuckoo,Coccyzus minor.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus
americanus.
Smooth-billed Ani,Crotophaga ani.
ORDER.CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Chuck-will´s-widow,Caprimulgus
carolinensis.
Common Nighthawk,Chordeiles minor.
Antillean Nighthawk,Chordeiles
gundlachii.
Greater Antillean Nightjar,Caprimulgus
cubanensis.
Whip-poor-will,Caprimulgus vociferus.
ORDER.APODIFORMES
Antillean Black Swift,Cypseloides niger.
Antillean Palm Swift,Tachornis
phoenicobia.
Chimney Swift,Chaetura pelagica.
White-collared Swift,Streptoprocne
zonaris.
Bee Hummingbird,Mellisuga helenae.
Cuban Emerald,Chlorostilbon ricordii
ricordii.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird,Archilochus
colubris.
ORDER.TROGONIFORMES
Cuban Trogon,Priotelus temnurus.
ORDER.CORACIIFORMES
Belted Kingfisher,Ceryle alcyon.
Cuban Tody, Todus multicolor.
ORDER PICIFORMES
Cuban Green Woodpecker,Xiphidiopicus
percussus.
Fernandina´s Flicker,Colaptes fernandinae.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker,Campephilus principalis
bairdi.
Northern Flicker,Colaptes auratus.
West Indian Woodpecker,Melanerpes superciliaris
superciliaris.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,Sphyrapicus
varius.
ORDER.PASSERIFORMES
Eastern Kingbird,Tyrannus tyrannus.
Giant Kingbird,Tyrannus cubensis.
Gray Kingbird,Tyrannus dominicensis.
Loggerhead Kingbird,Tyrannus
caudifasciatus.
Crescent-eyed Pewee, or Greater Antillean Pewee,Contopus
caribaeus
Eastern Wood-Pewee,Contopus virens.
Western Wood-Pewee,Contopus sordidulus.
Acadian Flycatcher,Empidonax virescens.
Great Crested Flycatcher,Myiarchus
crinitus.
La Sagra´s Flycatcher,Myiarchus sagrae.
Willow Flycatcher,Empidonax trailli.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher,Empidonax
flaviventris.
Eastern Phoebe,Sayornis phoebe.
Cuban Martin,Progne cryptoleuca.
Purple Martin,Progne subis.
Bank Swallow,Riparia riparia.
Barn Swallow,Hirundo rustica.
Cave Swallow,Pterochelidon fulva.
Cliff Swallow,Pterochelidon pyrrhonota.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,Stelgidopteryx
serripennis.
Tree Swallow,Tachycineta bicolor.
Cuban Palm Crow,Corvus minutus.
Cuban Crow,Corvus nasicus.
Cervera´s Wren,Ferminia cerverai.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,Polioptila
caerulea.
Cuban Gnatcatcher,Polioptila lembeyei.
Cuban Solitaire,Myadestes elisabeth.
Veery,Catharus fuscescens.
Bicknell´s Thrush,Catharus bicknelli.
Gray-cheeked Thrush,Catharus minimus.
Red-legged Thrush,Turdus plumbeus.
Swainson´s Thrush,Catharus ustulatus.
Wood Thrush,Hylocichla mustelina.
American Robin,Turdus migratorius.
Gray Catbird,Dumetella carolinensis.
Bahama Mockingbird,Mimus gundlachii.
Northern Mockingbird,Mimus polyglottos.
Brown Thrasher,Toxostoma rufum.
Cedar Waxwing,Bombycilla cedrorum.
European Starling,Sturnus vulgaris.
Black-whiskered Vireo,Vireo altiloquus.
Cuban
Vireo,Vireo gundlachii.
Philadelphia Vireo,Vireo philadelphicus.
Red-eyed
Vireo,Vireo olivaceus.
Thick-billed Vireo,Vireo crassirostris.
White-eyed Vireo,Vireo griseus.
Yellow-throated Vireo,Vireo flavifrons.
Bachman´s Warbler,Vermivora bachmanii.
Bay-breasted Warbler,Dendroica castanea.
Black-and-White Warbler,Mniotilta varia.
Blackburnian Warbler,Dendroica fusca.
Blackpoll Warbler,Dendroica striata.
Black-throated Blue Warbler,Dendroica
caerulescens.
Blue-winged Warbler,Vermivora pinus.
Canada Warbler,Wilsonia canadensis.
Cape May Warbler,Dendroica tigrina.
Cerulean Warbler,Dendroica cerulea.
Chestnut-sided Warbler,Dendroica
pensylvanica.
Connecticut Warbler,Oporornis agilis.
Golden-winged Warbler,Vermivora
chrysoptera.
Hooded Warbler,Wilsonia citrina.
Kentucky Warbler,Oporornis formosus.
Magnolia
Warbler,Dendroica magnolia.
Olive-capped Warbler,Dendroica
pityophila.
Oriente Warbler,Teretistris fornsi.
Palm
Warbler,Dendroica palmarum.
Pine Warbler,Dendroica pinus.
Prairie Warbler,Dendroica discolor.
Prothonotary Warbler,Protonotaria
citrea.
Swainson´s Warbler,Limnothlypis
swainsonii.
Tennesee
Warbler,Vermivora peregrina.
Wilson´s Warbler,Wilsonia pusilla.
Worm-eating Warbler,Helmitheros
vermivorus.
Yellow Rumped Warbler,Dendroica
coronata.
Yellow Warbler,Dendroica petechia.
Yellow-headed Warbler,Teretistris
fernandinae.
Yellow-throated Warbler,Dendroica
dominica.
Northern Parula,Parula americana.
American Redstart,Setophaga ruticilla.
Ovenbird,Seiurus aurocapillus.
Louisiana Waterthrush,Seiurus motacilla.
Northern Waterthrush,Seiurus
noveboracensis.
Common Yellowthroat,Geothlypis trichas.
Yellow-breasted Chat,Icteria virens.
Bananaquit,Coereba
flaveola.
Red-legged Honeycreeper,Cyanerpes
cyaneus.
Scarlet Tanager,Piranga olivacea.
Summer Tanager,Piranga rubra.
Western Stripe-headed Tanager,Piranga
ludoviciana.
Blue Grosbeak,Guiraca caerulea.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak,Pheuctitus
ludovicianus.
Indigo Bunting,Passerina cyanea.
Painted Bunting,Passerina ciris.
Dickcissel,Spiza
americana.
Cuban Bullfinch,Melopyrrha nigra.
Black-faced Grassquit,Tiaris bicolor.
Cuban Grassquit,Tiaris canora.
Yellow-faced Grassquit,Tiaris olivacea.
Chipping Sparrow,Spizella passerina.
Grasshopper Sparrow,Ammodramus
savannarum.
House Sparrow,Passer domesticus.
Lincoln´s Sparrow,Melospiza lincolnii.
Savannah Sparrow,Passerculus
sandwichensis.
White-crowned Sparrow,Zonotrichia
leucophrys.
Zapata Sparrow,Torreornis
inexpectata.
Nutmeg Mannikin,Lonchura punctulata.
Chestnut Mannikin,Lonchura malacca.
Bobolink,Dolichonyx oryzivorus.
Cuban Blackbird,Dives atroviolacea.
Red-shouldered Blackbird,Agelaius
assimilis.
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird,Agelaius
humeralis.
Eastern Meadowlark,Sturnella magna.
Greater Antillean Grackle,Quiscalus
niger.
Shiny Cowbird,Molothrus bonariensis.
Black-cowled Oriole,Icterus
dominicensis.
Baltimore
Oriole,Icterus galbula.