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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Puerto Rico

Cumulative Checklist

With Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of four on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = X= Also seen in 2011. E= Endemic to Puerto Rico H= Heard Only
A B C D
4 West Indian Whistling-Duck 2 17 Dendrocygna arborea
3 White-cheeked Pintail 4 4 Anas bahamensis
4 Blue-winged Teal 3 100 Anas discors
1 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
4 Ruddy Duck 1 8 Oxyura jamaicensis
2 Least Grebe 2 1 Tachybaptus dominicus
3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 4 Podilymbus podiceps
3 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 6 Phaethon lepturus
3 Brown Booby 2 20 Sula leucogaster
4 Brown Pelican 5 12 Pelecanus occidentalis
4 Magnificent Frigatebird 5 20 Fregata magnificens
3 Least Bittern 2 1 Ixobrychus exilis
4 Great Blue Heron 2 3 Ardea herodias
4 Great Egret 5 35 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 2 10 Egretta thula
3 Little Blue Heron 1 1 Egretta caerulea
4 Tricolored Heron 2 5 Egretta tricolor
4 Cattle Egret 5 250 Bubulcus ibis
4 Green Heron 4 10 Butorides virescens
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 4 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax violaceus
4 Glossy Ibis 3 20 Plegadis falcinellus
4 Turkey Vulture 4 60 Cathartes aura
4 Osprey 4 6 Pandion haliaetus
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
4 Red-tailed Hawk 5 6 Buteo jamaicensis
4 American Kestrel 3 4 Falco sparverius
2 Merlin Falco columbarius
2 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
1 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
3 Sora Porzana carolina
1 Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
4 Purple Gallinule 2 8 Porphyrula martinica
4 Common Gallinule 5 50 Gallinula galeata
4 American Coot 1 1 Fulica americana
4 Caribbean Coot 4 12 Fulica caribaea
1 Black-bellied Plover 4 12 Pluvialis squatarola
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Wilson's Plover 1 2 Charadrius wilsonia
2 Semipalmated Plover 2 10 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Killdeer 2 6 Charadrius vociferus
4 Black-necked Stilt 5 75 Himantopus mexicanus
3 Spotted Sandpiper 3 3 Actitis macularia
4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 2 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Willet 2 2 Tringa semipalmatus
3 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 30 Tringa flavipes
3 Ruddy Turnstone 1 9 Arenaria interpres
1 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 350 Calidris pusilla
3 Western Sandpiper 1 30 Calidris mauri
3 Least Sandpiper 1 100 Calidris minutilla
2 Stilt Sandpiper 2 150 Calidris himantopus
2 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago delicata
2 Laughing Gull 1 30 Leucophaeus atricilla
1 Sandwich Tern 1 3 Thalasseus sandvicensis
3 Royal Tern 2 10 Thalasseus maxima
4 Rock Pigeon 5 80 Columba livia
4 Scaly-naped Pigeon 2 20 Patagioenas squamosa
1 White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
2 Plain Pigeon 1 6 Patagioenas inornata
4 Collared-Dove 2 12 Streptopelia decaocto/roseogrisea
4 White-winged Dove 5 20 Zenaida asiatica
4 Zenaida Dove 4 20 Zenaida aurita
3 Mourning Dove 2 20 Zenaida macroura
4 Common Ground-Dove 5 12 Columbina passerina
4 Key West Quail-Dove 1 1 Geotrygon chrysia
1 Ruddy Quail-Dove 1 3 Geotrygon montana
2 White-winged Parakeet 2 6 Brotogeris versicolurus
2 Monk Parakeet 2 1 Myiopsitta monachus
1 Puerto Rican Parrot E Amazona vittata
4 Mangrove Cuckoo 5 3 Coccyzus minor
4 Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo 4 2 E Coccyzus vieilloti
4 Smooth-billed Ani 3 10 Crotophaga ani
4 Puerto Rican Screech-Owl 2 1 E Otus nudipes
4 Puerto Rican Nightjar 3 4 E Caprimulgus noctitherus
4 Antillean Mango 4 4 Anthracothorax dominicus
4 Green Mango 1 6 E Anthracothorax viridis
4 Green-throated Carib 1 5 Eulampis holosericeus
4 Antillean Crested Hummingbird 1 2 Orthorhyncus cristatus
4 Puerto Rican Emerald 1 3 E Chlorostilbon maugaeus
4 Puerto Rican Tody 4 8 E Todus mexicanus
4 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Ceryle alcyon
4 Puerto Rican Woodpecker 4 4 E Melanerpes portoricensis
4 Caribbean Elaenia 3 2 Elaenia martinica
4 Puerto Rican Pewee 3 4 E Contopus [latirostris] portorincensis
4 Puerto Rican Flycatcher 4 6 E Myiarchus antillarum
4 Gray Kingbird 5 50 Tyrannus dominicensis
4 Loggerhead Kingbird 1 2 E Tyrannus [caudifasciatus] taylori
4 Puerto Rican Vireo 2 8 E Vireo latimeri
4 Black-whiskered Vireo 4 2 Vireo altiloquus
3 Caribbean Martin 2 6 Progne dominicensis
4 Cave Swallow 1 150 Pterochelidon fulva
4 Red-legged Thrush 3 15 Turdus plumbeus
4 Northern Mockingbird 4 3 Mimus polyglottos
4 Pearly-eyed Thrasher 5 10 Margarops fuscatus
3 Northern Parula 3 4 Parula americana
4 Golden Yellow Warbler 1 3 Dendroica petechia
1 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
4 Adelaide's Warbler 4 4 E Dendroica adelaidae
3 Prairie Warbler 1 1 Dendroica discolor
1 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
4 Elfin Woods Warbler 1 5 E Dendroica angelae
3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 1 Mniotilta varia
4 American Redstart 1 1 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
4 Northern Waterthrush 3 3 Parkesia noveboracensis
1 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
4 Bananaquit 5 30 Coereba flaveola
4 Puerto Rican Spindalis 3 12 E Spindalis portoricensis
4 Puerto Rican Tanager 1 25 E Nesospingus speculiferus
3 Yellow-faced Grassquit 3 10 Tiaris olivacea
4 Black-faced Grassquit 4 12 Tiaris bicolor
4 Puerto Rican Bullfinch 3 5 E Loxigilla portoricensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum borinquensis
4 Yellow-shouldered Blackbird 1 2 E Agelaius xanthomus
4 Greater Antillean Grackle 5 60 Quiscalus niger
4 Shiny Cowbird 4 2 Molothrus bonariensis
4 Puerto Rican Oriole 2 2 E Icterus portoricensis
3 Venezuelan Troupial 4 7 Icterus icterus
4 Antillean Euphonia 1 2 Euphonia musica sclateri
4 House Sparrow 2 12 Passer domesticus
2 Orange Bishop 2 80 Euplectes franciscanus
2 Orange-cheeked Waxbill 3 60 Estrilda melpoda
2 Nutmeg Manakin Lonchura punctulata
2 Bronze Manakin 2 7 Lonchura cucullata
1 Pin-tailed Whydah 1 4 Vidua macroura

Amphibians and Reptiles

4 Puerto Rican Coqui X Eleutherodactylus coqui
4 American Bullfrog X Rana catesbeiana
1 Pig Frog Rana grylio
1 Cane Toad X Bufo marinus
3 Central American Slider X Trachemys stejnegeri
2 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta
1 Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus
4 Puerto Rican Ameiva X Ameiva exsul
1 Blue-tailed Ameiva Ameiva wetmorei
4 Puerto Rican Crested Anole X Anolis cristatus
3 Barred Anole Anolis stratulus
4 Green Iguana X Iguana iguana
2 Puerto Rican Racer Alsophis portoricensis