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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: [email protected] // www.boletas.org Esther Diago Millán - NIF 38493051K
BIRD HIGHLIGHT
TOUR CUBA , Birds & Butterflies
DATES Jan 24th to Feb 3rd
Party: Tour Leader : Josele J Saiz and O. Martinez
Total Number of Species : 149
Weather & Sites: Day 1- 24.01.12
Nice and sunny La Habana – Niña Bonita Reservoir – Coronella Resev. – Soroa – Rancho S Vicente -Viñales
Day 2 – 25.01.12
Nice and sunny San Vicente – Viñales -San Miguel de los Baños ( La Guaira)- Coronella Resev- Zapata National Park.
Day 3 – 26.01.12
Nice and sunny Las Bermejas – Playa Larga – Las Salinas -Zapata National Park
Day 4 – 27.01.12
Nice and warm Zapata Swamps –Playa Larga- El Soplillar
Day 5 – 28.01.12
Nice and hot Playa Larga – Las Bermejas – Boca de Guama
Day 6 – 29.01.12
Nice and warm Finca La Belen – Najasa Nature reserve
Day 7 – 30.01.12
Nice and sunny Najasa Nature reserve – Loma Canagua – Cayo Coco
Day 8 – 31.01.12
Nice cloudy and windy Cayo Paredon Grande – Sol Cayo Coco – Cayo Guillermo
Day 9 – 01.02.12
Cloudy rainy & sunny Cayo Coco sewish pond – Rio Azul – Zaza River – La Havana
Day 10 – 02.02.12
Cloudy and sunny Free day in La Havana befor going to the airport.
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# 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 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola x x 49 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus x x x x x x x 50 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius x x x x x 51 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria x x x 52 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca x x x 53 Willet Tringa semipalmata x 54 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x x 55 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla x
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56 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla x 57 Red Knot Calidris canutus x 58 Still Sandpiper Calidris himantopus x 59 Short billed Dowitcher Limmodromus griseus x x 60 Lesser black-Back Gull Larus fuscus x x 61 Ring Billed Gull Larus delawarensis x 62 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla x x x x x 63 Herring Gull Larus argentatus x x 64 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus x x x x 65 Gull billed Tern Sterna nilotica x 66 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia x x 67 Scaly napped Pigeon Columba squamosa x 68 Plain Pigeon ++ Patagioenas inornata x 69 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura x x x x x x x x x 70 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita x x x x 71 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica x x 72 Eurasian Collared Dove Sterptopelia decaocto x x x 73 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina x x x x x x x 74 Gray-fronted Quail-Dove + Geotrygon caniceps x x 75 Key west Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia x x 76 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana x 77 Blue-headed Quail-Dove + Starnoenas cyanocephala 3 78 Cuban Parakeet + Aratinga euops x 79 Cuban Parrot + Amazona leucocephala x x x x 80 Great Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini x x x x 81 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani x x x x x x x x 82 Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii x 83 Cuban Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium siju x x x 84 Stygian Owl + Asio stygius x 85 Greater Antillean Nightjar Caprimulgus cubanensis x 86 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia x x x x 87 Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii x x x x x x x x 88 Bee Hummingbird + Mellisuga helenae x x 89 Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus x h x x x 90 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon x x x x x x 91 Cuban Tody Todus multicolor x x h 92 West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris x h x x x 93 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius x x x x 94 Cuban Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus x x x x x x x 95 Northern Flicker Colaptes auaratus x 96 Fernandina's Flicker + Colaptes fernandinae x x 97 Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus x x x x x x x 98 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus x x x x x x x 99 Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis x x 100 La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae x x x x x 101 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor x x x 102 Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca x 103 Zapata Wren ++ Herminia cerverai h 104 Bahama Mockingbird + Mimus gundlachii x 105 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos x x x x x x x x x 106 Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth x x 107 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis x x 108 Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus x x x x x 109 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea x x x x x x x 110 Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei x 111 Cuban Palm Crow Corvus minutus x
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112 Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus x x x x x 113 Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii x x x 114 Thick Billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris x 115 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons x x 116 Northern Parula Parula americana x x x x x x x x 117 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia x 118 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina x x x x 119 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens x x x x x x 120 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens x x x 121 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica x x x x x x x 122 Olive capped Warbler Dendroica Pityophila x 123 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor x x 124 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum x x x x x x x x x 125 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia x x x x x 126 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla X X X X X X X X 127 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla X X X X 128 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis x x 129 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla x 130 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas x x x x x 131 Yellow-headed Warbler Teretistris fernandinae x x x x 132 Oriente Warbler Teretistris fornsi x x
133 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena x x x 134 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus x x 135 Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra x x x 136 Cuban Grassquit Tiaris canorus x 137 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus x x x x x 138 Summer Tanager Piranga Rubra x 139 Tricoloured Manakin Lonchura malacca x 140 House Sparrow Paser domesticus x x x x x x 141 Zapata Sparrow + Torreornis inexpectata x 142 Indigo Bunting Passerina Cyanea x 143 Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis x x x x 144 Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis x x 145 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna x 146 Rose Breasterd Grossbeak Pheuticus ludovicianus x 147 Cuban Blackbird Dives atroviolaceus x x x x x x x x 148 Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger x x x x x x x x x 149 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
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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
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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
X
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