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Cuba bird list, 22nd December 2004 to 5th January 2005
GREBES
Least Grebe
Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
PELICANS
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
ANHINGAS
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
HERONS & EGRETS
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Tricoloured Heron
Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
STORKS
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill
Ajaia ajaja
FLAMINGOS
Greater (Caribbean) Flamingo
Phoenicopterus (ruber) roseus
DUCKS & GEESE
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
OSPREY
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
ACCIPITRIDAE
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
Crested Caracara
Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
GUINEAFOWL
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
LIMPKIN
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS
Clapper Rail
Rallus longirostris
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrula martinica
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
JACANAS
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
SHOREBIRDS
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Common Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
GULLS
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla
TERNS
Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern
Sterna sandvicensis
Royal Tern
Sterna maxima
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Feral Pigeon
Columba livia
White-crowned Pigeon
Columba leucocephala
Plain Pigeon
Columba inornata
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina
Grey-headed Quail-Dove
Geotrygon caniceps
Key West Quail-Dove
Geotrygon chrysia
PARROTS
Cuban Parakeet
Aratinga euops
Cuban Parrot
Amazona leucocephala
CUCKOOS
Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor
Great Lizard-Cuckoo
Saurothera merlini
Smooth-billed Ani
Crotophaga ani
OWLS
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Cuban Screech-Owl
Gymnoglaux lawrencii
Cuban Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium siju
Stygian Owl
Asio stygius
NIGHTJARS
Greater Antillean Nightjar
Caprimulgus cubanensis
SWIFTS
Antillean Palm-Swift
Tachornis phoenicobia
HUMMINGBIRDS
Cuban Emerald
Chlorostilbon ricordii
Bee Hummingbird
Mellisuga helenae
TROGONS
Cuban Trogon
Priotelus temnurus
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
TODIES
Cuban Tody
Todus multicolor
WOODPECKERS
West Indian Woodpecker
Melanerpes superciliaris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Cuban Woodpecker
Xiphidiopicus percussus
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Fernandina's Flicker
Colaptes fernandinae
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Cuban Pewee
Contopus caribaeus
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Myiarchus sagrae
Loggerhead Kingbird
Tyrannus caudifasciatus
Giant Kingbird
Tyrannus cubensis
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
WRENS
Zapata Wren
Ferminia cerverai
THRUSHES & MOCKINGBIRDS
Grey Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Bahama Mockingbird
Mimus gundlachii
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Cuban Solitaire
Myadestes elisabeth
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Red-legged Thrush
Turdus plumbeus
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Cuban Gnatcatcher
Polioptila lembeyei
CROWS
Cuban Palm Crow
Corvus minutus
Cuban Crow
Corvus nasicus
VIREOS
Thick-billed Vireo
Vireo crassirostris
Cuban Vireo
Vireo gundlachii
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
WOOD WARBLERS
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Olive-capped Warbler
Dendroica pityophila
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Palm Warbler
Dendroica palmarum
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-headed Warbler
Teretistris fernandinae
Oriente Warbler
Teretistris fornsi
TANAGERS
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Spindalis
Spindalis zena
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
GRASSQUITS, SPARROWS, ETC
Cuban Bullfinch
Melopyrrha nigra
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivacea
Zapata Sparrow
Torreornis inexpectata
ICTERIDS
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
Agelaius humeralis
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Cuban Blackbird
Dives atroviolacea
Greater Antillean Grackle
Quiscalus niger
Greater Antillean Oriole
Icterus dominicensis
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus