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BOLETAS Birdwatching centre 22192 Loporzano (Huesca) – Spain

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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.

# 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

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

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

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  

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      

Pictures by Josele J Saiz