| Species |
Scientific Name |
No of days out of 13 recorded |
Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H or h.= Heard only
N/C.= No count |
| Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus dominicus |
2 |
4 |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
6 |
6 |
| Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
4 |
LC |
|
|
Sula leucogaster |
2 |
1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
5 |
N/C |
| Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
3 |
8 |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
2 |
20+ |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
10 |
LC |
| Great White Heron |
Ardea herodias occidentalis |
1 |
1 |
| Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
10 |
LC |
| Reddish Egret |
Egretta rufescens |
2 |
10+ |
| Tricoloured Heron |
Egretta tricolor |
7 |
40 |
| Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
6 |
6+ |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
11 |
LC |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
13 |
C |
| Green Heron |
Butorides striatus |
8 |
4+ |
| Black-crowned Night-heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
1 |
1 |
| Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
1 |
1 |
| White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
3 |
10+ |
| Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
3 |
15 |
| Roseate Spoonbill |
Ajaia ajaja |
3 |
25 |
| Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana
|
1 |
7 |
| Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus ruber |
3 |
500+ |
| American Wigeon |
Anas americana
|
1 |
2 |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
6 |
20+ |
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
1 |
3 |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
1 |
15 |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus serrator |
3 |
50+ |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
2 |
15+ |
| Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
13 |
C |
| Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
6 |
8 |
| Snail Kite |
Rostrhamus sociabilis |
2 |
3 |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
3 |
2 |
| Gundlach's Hawk |
Accipiter gundlachi |
2 |
|
| Common Black-hawk |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
4 |
7 |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
4 |
4 |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
7 |
1 |
| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
13 |
5+ |
| Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
1 |
1 |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
4 |
2 |
| Crested Caracara |
Caracara plancus |
6 |
5 |
| Helmeted Guineafowl |
Numida meleagris |
1 |
1 |
| Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
1 |
3 |
| Clapper Rail |
Rallus longirostris |
1 |
1 |
| King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
1 |
H |
| Zapata Rail |
Cyanolimnas cerverai |
1 |
2H? note new info! |
| Spotted Rail |
Pardirallus maculatus |
2 |
1 |
| Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrula martinica |
5 |
6+ |
| Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
7 |
8+ |
| American Coot |
Fulica americana |
3 |
N/C |
| Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
3 |
6+ |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
2 |
40 |
| Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
3 |
N/C |
| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
2 |
60+ |
| Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
10 |
7+ |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
1 |
20 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
1 |
1 |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
3 |
3 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
4 |
4+ |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
1 |
2 |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos acularia |
1 |
1 |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
3 |
10+ |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
3 |
N/C |
| Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
1 |
30+ |
| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
2 |
50+ |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
1 |
80+ |
| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
1 |
12+ |
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
3 |
N/C |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris himantopus |
1 |
6 |
| Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
2 |
N/C |
| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
2 |
1 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
2 |
1 |
| American Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus smithsonianus |
1 |
1 imm |
| Sandwich Tern |
Sterna sandvicensis |
2 |
1 |
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna nilotica |
1 |
6 |
| Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
4 |
N/C |
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
1 |
1 |
| Black Skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
1 |
27 |
| Feral Pigeon |
Columba livia 'feral' |
7 |
L/C |
| White-crowned Pigeon |
Columba leucocephala |
9 |
12+ restricted range |
| Plain Pigeon |
Columba inornata |
2 |
10 restricted range |
| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
11 |
C |
| Zenaida Dove |
Zenaida aurita |
9 |
10+ |
| White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
12 |
L/C |
| Common Ground-dove |
Columbina passerina |
12 |
L/C |
| Grey-headed Quail-dove |
Geotrygon caniceps |
1 |
4 restricted range |
| Key West Quail-dove
|
Geotrygon chrysia |
1 |
1 restricted range |
| Ruddy Quail-dove |
Geotrygon montana |
2 |
1 |
| Blue-headed Quail-dove |
Starnoenas cyanocephala |
1 |
1 Endemic |
| Cuban Parakeet |
Aratinga euops |
4 |
80+ Endemic |
| Cuban Parrot |
Amazona leucocephala |
6 |
6+ restricted range |
| Great Lizard-cuckoo |
Saurothera merlini |
9 |
5+ restricted range |
| Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani |
10 |
C |
| Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
1 |
1 |
| Cuban Screech-owl |
Gymnoglaux lawrencii |
2 |
3 Endemic |
| Cuban Pygmy-owl |
Glaucidium siju |
7 |
1 Endemic |
| Stygian Owl |
Asio stygius |
3 |
1 |
| Greater Antillean Nightjar |
Caprimulgus cubanensis |
3 |
2 restricted range |
| Antillean Palm-swift |
Tachornis phoenicobia |
5 |
40+ restricted range |
| Cuban Emerald |
Chlorostilbon ricordii |
11 |
10+ restricted range |
| Bee Hummingbird |
Mellisuga helenae |
3 |
3+ Endemic |
| Cuban Trogon |
Priotelus temnurus |
7 |
6+ Endemic |
| Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
6 |
3 |
| Cuban Tody |
Todus multicolor |
7 |
6+ Endemic |
| West Indian Woodpecker |
Melanerpes superciliaris |
12 |
3 restricted range |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
4 |
2 |
| Cuban Green Woodpecker |
Xiphidiopicus percussus |
12 |
2+ Endemic |
| Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus
|
1
|
1
|
| Fernandina's Flicker |
Colaptes fernandinae
|
2
|
2 Endemic
|
| Cuban Pewee |
Contopus caribaeus |
9 |
8 restricted range |
| La Sagra's Flycatcher |
Myiarchus sagrae |
9 |
3 restricted range |
| Loggerhead Kingbird |
Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
13 |
C |
| Giant Kingbird |
Tyrannus cubensis |
1 |
3 Endemic |
| Cuban Martin |
Progne dominicensis cryptoleuca
|
1
|
20 breeds Cuba only
|
| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
8 |
N/C |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
4 |
N/C |
| Cave Swallow |
Petrochelidon fulva |
3 |
N/C |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster |
1 |
N/C |
| Zapata Wren |
Ferminia cerverai |
2 |
1 Endemic |
| Grey Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
10 |
4+ |
| Bahama Mockingbird |
Mimus gundlachii |
1 |
6 restricted range |
| Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
13 |
C |
| Cuban Solitaire |
Myadestes elisabeth |
2 |
4 Endemic |
| Red-legged Thrush |
Turdus plumbeus |
12 |
L/C restricted range |
| Cuban Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila lembeyei |
2 |
6 Endemic |
| Palm Crow |
Corvus palmarum |
2 |
2 restricted range |
| Cuban Crow |
Corvus nasicus |
8 |
12+ restricted range |
| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
10 |
L/C |
| White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo griseus |
1 |
2 |
| Thick-billed Vireo |
Vireo crassirostris |
2 |
2 restricted range |
| Cuban Vireo |
Vireo gundlachii |
10 |
12+ Endemic |
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
3 |
2 |
| Black-whiskered Vireo |
Vireo altiloquus |
6 |
10 |
| Northern Parula |
Parula americana |
4 |
2 |
| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
2 |
2 |
| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia aestiva |
1 |
1 |
| Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica tigrina |
6 |
6+ |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Dendroica caerulescens |
7 |
4+ |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
2 |
1 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica virens |
3 |
1 |
| Yellow-throated Warbler |
Dendroica dominica |
3 |
3 |
| Olive-capped Warbler |
Dendroica pityophila |
2 |
4 restricted range |
| Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica discolor |
9 |
8+ |
| Palm Warbler |
Dendroica palmarum |
11 |
L/C |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
7 |
3 |
| American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
12 |
6 |
| Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros vermivorus |
2 |
1 |
| Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus |
6 |
3+ |
| Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
3 |
2 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush
|
Seiurus motacilla |
4 |
2 |
| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
9 |
3 |
| Yellow-headed Warbler |
Teretistris fernandinae |
7 |
12+ Endemic |
| Oriente Warbler |
Teretistris fornsi |
2 |
30+ Endemic |
| Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
1 |
2 |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes cyaneus |
2 |
1 |
| Stripe-headed Tanager |
Spindalis zena |
5 |
10+ restricted range |
| Cuban Bullfinch |
Melopyrrha nigra |
9 |
10+ restricted range |
| Cuban Grassquit |
Tiaris canora |
1 |
5 Endemic |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris olivacea |
11 |
L/C |
| Zapata Sparrow |
Torreornis inexpectata |
2 |
2 Endemic |
| Red-shouldered Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus assimilis |
2 |
50+ Endemic |
| Tawny-shouldered Blackbird |
Agelaius humeralis |
10 |
30+ restricted range |
| Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
4 |
8 |
| Cuban Blackbird |
Dives atroviolacea |
6 |
4+ Endemic |
| Greater Antillean Grackle |
Quiscalus niger
|
13 |
C |
| Shiny Cowbird |
Molothrus bonariensis |
3 |
1 |
| Greater Antilean Oriole |
Icterus dominicensis |
9 |
4 |
