Cuba

22 April - 6 May 2000

by John Martin

Introduction

Daily Totals

	23-Apr	24-Apr	25-Apr	26-Apr	27-Apr	28-Apr	29-Apr	30-Apr	01-May	02-May	03-May	04-May	05-May	06-May
Least Grebe			4		1										5
Pied-billed Grebe			7		5						6		130		148
Double-crested Cormorant			12		8		30					50			100
Anhinga					1						7		5		13
Brown Pelican				1								9			10
Magnificent Frigatebird							2					8			10
Reddish Egret							16					11			27
Tricolored Heron		15	1		1		1				5	6			29
Little Blue Heron		2				1	4				1			4	12
Snowy Egret		20	1							1	3	12	2		39
Great White Egret		25			1		2		2	2	5	3	2		42
Cattle Egret	2	300	0	0	0	20	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	330
Great Blue Heron		9			1		2		2	1		7			22
Green Heron	1	4	6	4	10		1	1	2	2	2		1		34
Yellow-crowned Night Heron										2					2
Least Bittern						1									1
Wood Stork				1			12								13
White Ibis							40			1		5			46
Roseate Spoonbill							10			9		1			20
Greater Flamingo							10					1000			1010
*West Indian Whistling-duck										35					35
Ruddy Duck		1													1
Wood Duck			14		10						8		4		36
American Wigeon											2				2
Turkey Vulture	50	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200
Sharp-shinned Hawk											1				1
*Gundlach's Hawk E		2	1												3
Common Black-hawk					1		6					5			12
Broad-winged Hawk			2		2						1				5
Red-tailed Hawk	3	1	2					3					1		10
Osprey			1		1						1	1	1		5
Crested Caracara												4			4
American Kestrel	3		5	4	6	3	8	1	18	6	8	2	6	3	73
Merlin				1											1
Peregrine							1								1
*Helmeted Guineafowl										5					5
*Northern Bobwhite											8				8
*King Rail					1										1
American Purple Gallinule			3	1	3	3									10
Common Moorhen	1	10	25	5	10	12				2	20		10		95
American Coot			9		1						10		5		25
Limpkin		1	1						1						3
Sandhill Crane											4				4
Northern Jacana		20	7	5	5	3					1	1			42
Black-necked Stilt		6	1				2				4	25	2		40
Grey Plover							12					3			15
Semipalmated Plover							9								9
Wilson's Plover							2								2
Killdeer		4	2	10	10	1	6			2	3		2	2	42
Greater Yellowlegs							1								1
Solitary Sandpiper		1													1
Spotted Sandpiper						1						1			2
Willet							7					2			9
Semipalmated Sandpiper							7								7
Least Sandpiper							25					1			26
Turnstone						3	1					2			6
Laughing Gull				4								75			79
Caspian Tern											1				1
Royal Tern							4					40			44
Sandwich Tern												9			9
*Least Tern							6					12			18
Sooty/Bridled Tern												4			4
White-crowned Pigeon	20	2	6	30	1	2	2	2				1	340		406
*Scaly-naped Pigeon	1	2	1					5							9
*Plain Pigeon									4	2					6
Mourning Dove	25	35	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	65
Zenaida Dove		2	6	10	2	3	5		5	1		1			35
White-winged Dove	2	1	5	6	1	4	4	6	8	10	2	2			51
Common Ground-dove	5	3	5	8	4	3	7		3	8	30	15	12		103
*Grey-headed Quail-dove					5										5
*Key West Quail-dove					3	3									6
*Blue-headed Quail-dove E	1														1
*Cuban Parakeet E				3				2		12					17
*Cuban Parrot			9	15	25	20	4			2			12	2	89
Mangrove Cuckoo												3			3
*Great Lizard-cuckoo E	2			2	1	1			3	1					10
Smooth-billed Ani	1	25	10	12	10	6	1	8	20	15	12	6	6	4	136
*Bare-legged Owl E					1					1					2
*Stygian Owl	2	2													4
*Cuban Pygmy Owl E		1		1	1		1			1					5
*Antillean Nighthawk			1	14	2	3	3	5	1				10		39
*Greater Antillean Nightjar					1								3		4
*Antillean Palm-swift	1	3	10	6	2	5	4		1	1	3		3	2	41
White-collared Swift								16							16
*Cuban Emerald	10	4	5	4	10	5	5	4						1	48
*Bee Hummingbird E					2	2	1								5
*Cuban Trogon E	8	1	2		4	2	1	4							22
Belted Kingfisher			2		2						1				5
*Cuban Tody E	2				2	3	1	2	2	3					15
*West Indian Woodpecker	4	3	8	4	10	5	2	1	4	12	1	3	2	1	60
*Cuban Green Woodpecker E	2	2		4	1			2		1					12
*Fernandina's Flicker E					3										3
Northern Flicker				1											1
*Crescent-eyed Pewee E	2		1	2	2		1								8
*La Sagra's Flycatcher E	3	1		2	1	1		2		2	1				13
*Grey Kingbird	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	10	5	0	0	0	31
*Loggerhead Kingbird	15	6	2	0	0	2		3		3	1	2			34
*Giant Kingbird E									2	3					5
*Cuban Martin	1	5	30	15	20	2		4	30	8	2		6		123
Sand Martin					1						1				2
Barn Swallow			31		20	1	2				70	20			144
Cliff Swallow		1													1
Cave Swallow		3		12	2	5	12	15	40	40		5	20		154
*Zapata Wren E					1										1
Grey Catbird				2											2
Northern Mockingbird	5	0	0	0	0	20	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
*Bahama Mockingbird												3			3
*Cuban Solitaire E	1	1	2												4
*Red-legged Thrush	40	30	20	0	0	12	10	4				3			119
*Cuban Gnatcatcher E												5			5
*Cuban Palm Crow E									4	2					6
*Cuban Crow E				8		6	1		10	15				1	41
House Sparrow		20	15	20		12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77
*Cuban Vireo E					3							4			7
*Thick-billed Vireo												2			2
*Black-whiskered Vireo	40	3	2	15	0	12		12	5			5			94
Yellow Warbler							6					4			10
Magnolia Warbler					1										1
Black-throated Blue Warbler					1					1		2			4
Blackburnian Warbler				1											1
*Olive-capped Warbler E		8	12												20
Prairie Warbler												1			1
Palm Warbler												1			1
Blackpoll Warbler												5			5
American Redstart	2		2	8	9	7	2			2		12			44
Ovenbird					1										1
Common Yellowthroat						1				1					2
*Yellow-headed Warbler E	7		1	4	4										16
*Oriente Warbler E												2			2
*Western Stripe-headed Tanager E	3	6	10	2	1	1						3			26
Red-legged Honeycreeper	6	5	1	1											13
*Zapata Sparrow E			2												2
*Cuban Bullfinch E		8	5		3	3						4			23
*Cuban Grassquit E										2					2
Yellow-faced Grasquit	20	6	10	6	3	2	2	1	4	10	2	5		1	72
Chestnut Munia			20												20
Black-cowled Oriole	4	2	3	3	2	3		3		1		3	2		26
*Red-shouldered Blackbird E			1		1										2
*Tawny-shouldered Blackbird	15	2	15	20	10	8	2	1	5	3			5	2	88
Eastern Meadowlark		3	1				1		5	4			1		15
*Cuban Blackbird E	1	2	4	6		5		20	5	10					53
*Greater Antillean Grackle	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	130
*Shiny Cowbird	6	2	1	10		6	2		2	2			1	2	34

number of species	40	53	61	51	69	48	59	31	33	50	40	61	34	19	143

NB: 0 indicates species seen but not counted