CUBA , Birds & Butterflies - Boletas Birdwatching Centre

TOUR
CUBA , Birds & Butterflies
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Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & more…
BOLETAS Birdwatching centre
22192 Loporzano (Huesca) – Spain
tel/fax 00 34 974 262027 or 01162 889318
e.mail: josele@boletas.org // www.boletas.org
Esther Diago Millán - NIF 38493051K
BIRD HIGHLIGHT
Tour Leader : Josele J Saiz and O. Martinez
Total Number of Species : 157
Day 1-
24.01.12
Day 2 –
25.01.12
Day 3 –
26.01.12
Day 4 –
27.01.12
Day 5 –
28.01.12
Day 6 –
29.01.12
Day 7 –
30.01.12
Day 8 –
31.01.12
Day 9 –
01.02.12
Day 10 –
02.02.12
Weather & Sites:
DATES
Jan 24 th to Feb 3rd
Nice and sunny
La Habana – Niña Bonita Reservoir – Coronella Resev. – Soroa – Rancho S Vicente -
Viñales
Nice and sunny
San Vicente – Viñales -San Miguel de los Baños ( La Guaira)- Coronella Resev-
Zapata National Park.
Nice and sunny
Las Bermejas – Playa Larga – Las Salinas -Zapata National Park
Nice and warm
Zapata Swamps –Playa Larga- El Soplillar
Nice and hot
Playa Larga – Las Bermejas – Boca de Guama
Nice and warm
Finca La Belen – Najasa Nature reserve
Nice and sunny
Najasa Nature reserve – Loma Canagua – Cayo Coco
Nice cloudy and windy
Cayo Paredon Grande – Sol Cayo Coco – Cayo Guillermo
Cloudy rainy & sunny
Cayo Coco sewish pond – Rio Azul – Zaza River – La Havana
Cloudy and sunny
Free day in La Havana befor going to the airport.

# 0 # Species Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps x
2 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus x x x x
3 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus x x x x x
4 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga x x x
5 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens x x x x x
6 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias x x x x x x x x
7 Great Egret Ardea alba x x x x x x x x x
8 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens x x x
9 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor x x x
10 Black crwon Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x x
11 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea x x x x x x x
12 Snowy Egret Egretta thula x x x x x x x x
13 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x x x x x x x x
14 Green Heron Butorides virescens x x x x x x
15 Yellow Crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea x
16 White Ibis Eudocimus albus x x x
17 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja x x
18 Wood Stork Mycteria americana x
19 Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber x x x x
20 Gren winged Teal Anas crecca x
21 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors x x x x
22 Northern Showeler Anas clypeata x x x x
23 Redc-headed Duck Aythya americana x
24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris x
25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis x
26 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis x
27 Red Breasted Merganser Mergus serray x x
28 Brown Pelican Plelecanos occidentalis x x x x x
29 White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorynchos x
30 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura x x x x x x x x x
31 Osprey Pandion haliaetus x x x x x x x
32 Northern Harrier Circus cianeus x x x x
33 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis x x
34 Gundlach's Hawk + Accipiter gundlachi x x
35 Cuban Black-Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii x x x
36 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus x x
37 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis x x x x
38 American Kestrel Falco sparverius x x x x x x x x x
39 Merlin Falco columbarius x x
40 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus x x x x x
41 Limpkin Aramus guarauna x x x x x
42 Sora Porzana carolina x
43 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica x
44 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x x x x x
45 American Coot Fulica americana x x x x x x x
46 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa x
47 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus x x x
48 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
49 Semi-palmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
50 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola x x
51 Dunlin Calidris alpina
52 Red Knot Alidris canutus
53 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus x x x x x x x
54 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius x x x x x
55 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria x x x

56 Still Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
57 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca x x x
58 Willet Tringa semipalmata x
59 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
60 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x x
61 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla x
62 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla x
63 Red Knot Calidris canutus x
64 Still Sandpiper Calidris himantopus x
65 Short billed Dowitcher Limmodromus griseus x x
66 Lesser black-Back Gull Larus fuscus x x
67 Ring Billed Gull Larus delawarensis x
68 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla x x x x x
69 Herring Gull Larus argentatus x x
70 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus x x x x
71 Gull billed Tern Sterna nilotica x
72 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia x x
73 Foster Tern Sterna forsteri
74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
75 Scaly napped Pigeon Columba squamosa x
76 Plain Pigeon ++ Patagioenas inornata x
77 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura x x x x x x x x x
78 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita x x x x
79 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica x x
80 Eurasian Collared Dove Sterptopelia decaocto x x x
81 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina x x x x x x x
82 Gray-fronted Quail-Dove + Geotrygon caniceps x x
83 Key west Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia x x
84 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana x
85 Blue-headed Quail-Dove + Starnoenas cyanocephala 3
86 Cuban Parakeet + Aratinga euops x
87 Cuban Parrot + Amazona leucocephala x x x x
88 Great Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini x x x x
89 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani x x x x x x x x
90 Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii x
91 Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju x x x
92 Stygian Owl + Asio stygius x
93 Greater Antillean Nightjar Caprimulgus cubanensis x
94 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia x x x x
95 Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii x x x x x x x x
96 Bee Hummingbird + Mellisuga helenae x x
97 Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus x h x x x
98 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon x x x x x x
99 Cuban Tody Todus multicolor x x h
100 West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris x h x x x
101 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius x x x x
102 Cuban Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus x x x x x x x
103 Northern Flicker Colaptes auaratus x
104 Fernandina's Flicker + Colaptes fernandinae x x
105 Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus x x x x x x x
106 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus x x x x x x x
107 Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis x x
108 La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae x x x x x
109 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor x x x
110 Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca x
111 Zapata Wren ++ Herminia cerverai h

112 Bahama Mockingbird + Mimus gundlachii x
113 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos x x x x x x x x x
114 Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth x x
115 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis x x
116 Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus x x x x x
117 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea x x x x x x x
118 Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei x
119 Cuban Palm Crow Corvus minutus x
120 Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus x x x x x
121 Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii x x x
122 Thick Billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris x
123 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons x x
124 Northern Parula Parula americana x x x x x x x x
125 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia x
126 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina x x x x
127 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens x x x x x x
128 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens x x x
129 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica x x x x x x x
130 Olive capped Warbler Dendroica Pityophila x
131 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor x x
132 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum x x x x x x x x x
133 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia x x x x x
134 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla X X X X X X X X
135 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla X X X X
136 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis x x
137 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla x
138 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas x x x x x
139 Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae x x x x
140 Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi x x
141 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena x x x
142 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus x x
143 Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra x x x
144 Cuban Grassquit Tiaris canorus x
145 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus x x x x x
146 Summer Tanager Piranga Rubra x
147 Tricoloured Manakin Lonchura malacca x
148 House Sparrow Paser domesticus x x x x x x
149 Zapata Sparrow + Torreornis inexpectata x
150 Indigo Bunting Passerina Cyanea x
151 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis x x x x
152 Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis x x
153 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna x
154 Rose Breasterd Grossbeak Pheuticus ludovicianus x
155 Cuban Blackbird Dives atroviolaceus x x x x x x x x
156 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger x x x x x x x x x
157 Greater Antillean Oriole Icterus dominicensis x x
Endemics
Status
+++ critically endangered
++ endangered
+ vulnerable
# Other Sightings Scientific Name
Reptiles
Cuban Tortoise Trachemys decussata

Frog Eleutherodactylus melacara
Frog Eleutherodactylus simulans
Snake Alshophis Catherigerus
Butterfly Bat Natalus lepidus
List of the 48 species of butterflies recorded in the tour
COMMON NAMES SCIENTIFIC NAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SWALLOWTAILS PAPILIONIDAE
1.Polydamas Swallowtail Battus polydamas cubensis (Dufrane 1946) E X
2.Bahamian Swallowtail Heraclides a. andraemon Hübner [1823]. X
SKIPPERS HESPERIIDAE
Grass Skippers Hesperiinae
3.Monk Skipper Asbolis capucinus (Lucas 1857) X
4.Three spotted Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-­‐Schäffer 1865) X
5.Fiery Skipper Hylephila p. phylaeus (Drury 1773) X
6.Purpled washed Skipper Panoquina l. lucas (Fabricius 1793) X
7.Perching Saliana Saliana esperi soroa Smith & Hernández 1992 E X
Spreadwing Skippers Pyrginae
8.Caribbean Yellow tipped
Flasher
Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin 1896) X
9.Green Flasher Astraptes talus (Cramer 1799) X
10.Potrillo Skipper Cabares p. potrillo (Lucas 1857) X
11.Mangrove Skipper Phocides pigmalion batabano (Lucas 1857) X
12.Cuban Mercurial
Skipper
Proteides mercurius sanantonio (Lucas 1857) E X
13.Tropical Checkered
Skipper
Pyrgus oileus (Linnaeus 1767) X
14.Cuban Dorantes
Longtail
Urbanus dorantes santiago (Lucas 1857) X
15.Long tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder 1872) X
WHITES & YELLOWS PIERIDAE
Sulphurs & Yellows Coliadinae
16.Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe (Cramer 1779) X
17.White Angled Sulphur Anteos clorinde (Godart [1824]) X
18.Boisduval's Yellow Eurema boisduvaliana (Felder & Felder 1865) X

19.Barred Yellow Eurema daira palmira (Poey 1852) X
20.Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe antillia Brown 1929 X
21.Orange Barred Sulphur Phoebis p. philea (Johansson 1763) X
22.Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis s. sennae (Linnaeus 1758) X
23.Dina Yellow Pyrisitia d. dina (Poey 1832) E X
24.Little Yellow Pyrisitia lisa euterpe (Ménétriés 1832) X
Whites Pierinae
25.Great Southern White Ascia monuste eubotea (Godart 1819) X
26.Florida White Glutophrissa drusilla poeyi (Butler 1872) X
GOSSAMERWINGS LYCAENIDAE
Hairstreaks Theclinae
27.Limenia Scrub
Hairstreak
Strymon limenia (Hewitson 1868) X
Blues Polyommatinae
28.Hanno Blue Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey 1832) X
29.Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas 1857) X
BRUSHFOOTS NYMPHALIDAE
Emperors Apaturinae
30.Cuban Silver Emperor Doxocopa laure druryi (Hübner 1823) E X
Exotic Brushfoots Biblidinae
31.Caribbean Cracker Hamadryas amphicloe diasia (Fruhstorfer 1916) X
Leafwings & relatives Charaxinae
32.Red Stiped Leafwing Siderone galanthis nemesis (Illiger 1802) X
Heliconians & Fritillaries Heliconiinae
33.Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae insularis Maynard 1869 X
34.Julia Dryas iulia nudeola (Bates 1934) E X
35.Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia ramsdeni Comstock & Brown
1950
Sisters & Admirals Limenitinae
36.Cuban Iphicleola Sister Adelpha iphicleola iphimedia Fruhstorfer 1915 E X
True Brushfoots Nymphalinae
37.Cuban Peacock Anartia chrysopelea Hübner 1825 E X
38.White Peacock Anartia jatrophae guantanamo Munroe 1942 X
39.Cuban Crescent Anthanassa f. frisia (Poey 1832) X
40.Dirce Beauty Colobura dirce wolcotti (Comstock 1942) X
41.Orion Cecropian Historis o. odius (Fabricius 1775) X
42.Tropical Buckeye Junonia evarete zonalis Felder y Felder 1867 X
43.Phaon Crescent Phyciodes p. phaon (Edwards 1864) X
44.Malachite Siproeta stelenes biplagiata (Fruhstorfer 1907) X
Satyrs Satyrinae
45.Cuban Common Calisto Calisto h. herophile Hübner 1823 E X
DAY FLYING MOTHS
URANIA MOTHS URANIIDAE
46.Cuban Urania moth Urania boisduvalii (Guérin 1829) E X
TIGER MOTHS EREBIDAE, Arctiinae
47. Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus 1758) X
48. Composia f. fidelissima Herrich–Schäffer 1866 X
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Pictures by Josele J Saiz