Birds found during the 
FONT Birding & Nature Tour 

in
the  
Dominican Republic


in
April 2007


List compiled by Armas Hill


Photo at right: the HISPANIOLAN TROGON 


Dates:  

April 6-13, 2007


Codes:


HA:   also in adjacent Haiti, April 8
 

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
    (t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.

(isH):      introduced species in Hispaniola

(esH):     endemic species in Hispaniola
(essH):    endemic subspecies in Hispaniola


This was the 16th FONT birding & nature tour in the Dominican Republic. The number in ( ) indicates the number of FONT Dominican Republic tours during which the bird has been found.  


Links:

Cumulative List of Birds during our Dominican Republic Tours

List of Selected West Indian Butterflies

Upcoming Caribbean Birding Tours


Bird-List:

  1. Pied-billed Grebe  (11)  -  HA
    Podilymbus podiceps antillarum

  2. Brown Pelican (15)
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis

  3. Magnificent Frigatebird  (16)
    Fregata magnificens 

  4. Great Blue Heron  (13)   
    Ardea h. herodias

  5. Cattle Egret  (16)
    Bubulcus i. ibis  

  6. Green Heron  (16)  -  HA
    Butorides virescens maculata

  7. Reddish Egret  (13) - (white morph)
    Egretta r. rufescens

  8. Tricolored Heron  (14)  -  HA  (was called Louisiana Heron)  
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

  9. Little Blue Heron  (13) 
    Egretta caerulea

  10. Snowy Egret  (14) 
    Egretta thula brewsteri

  11. Great Egret  (15)  -  HA  
    Ardea alba egretta

  12. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  (7)
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti

       
  13. Glossy Ibis  (10)
    Plegadis falcinellus

  14. White Ibis  (11)
    Eudocimus albus

  15. American Flamingo  (15)
    Phoenicopterus r. ruber

  16. White-cheeked Pintail  (14)
    Anas b. bahamensis

  17. American Wigeon  (7)
    Anas americana

  18. Osprey  (12)  -  HA
    Pandion haliaetus

  19. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (8)  - (essH, the nominate)
    Accipiter s. striatus

  20. Red-tailed Hawk  (16) 
    Buteo j. jamaicensis  (same subspecies as in Jamaica & Puerto Rico)

  21. American Kestrel  (16)  -  (essH)
    Falco sparverius dominicensis

  22. Merlin  (10)
    Falco c. columbarius

  23. Peregrine Falcon  (2)
    Falco peregrinus

  24. Purple Gallinule  (7)
    Porphyrula martinica

  25. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule)  (13) -  HA 
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris

  26. Caribbean Coot  (11)  -  HA  (nt)
    Fulica caribaea

  27. Limpkin  (8)
    Aramus guarauna elucus

  28. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (12)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  29. Semipalmated Plover  (7)
    Charadrius semipalmatus

  30. Snowy Plover  (9)
    Charadrius nivosus

  31. Wilson's Plover  (6)
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha

  32. Killdeer  (16) 
    Charadrius vociferus ternominatus

  33. Black-necked Stilt  (13)
    Himantopus mexicanus

  34. Willet  (8)
    Tringa s. semipalmata

  35. Greater Yellowlegs  (14)
    Tringa melanoleuca

  36. Lesser Yellowlegs  (11)
    Tringa flavipes

  37. Spotted Sandpiper  (10)  -  HA
    Actitis macularia

  38. Solitary Sandpiper  (8)  -  HA
    Tringa s. solitaria

  39. Ruddy Turnstone  (9)
    Arenaria interpres morinella

  40. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (10) 
    Calidris pusilia

  41. Least Sandpiper  (11)
    Calidris minutilla

  42. Short-billed Dowitcher  (6)
    Limnodromus griseus hendersoni

  43. Ring-billed Gull  (4)
    Larus delawarensis

  44. Laughing Gull  (10)
    Larus a. atricilla

  45. Gull-billed Tern  (4)
    Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea

  46. Least Tern  (7)
    Sternula (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum

  47. Sandwich Tern  (6)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida

  48. Royal Tern  (14)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima

  49. Caspian Tern  (9)  -  HA
    Hydroprogne (formerly Sterna) caspia

  50. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (isH)  (16)  -  HA
    Columba livia

  51. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon  (16)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa

  52. Plain Pigeon  (11)  -  (t3)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) i. inornata

  53. Mourning Dove  (16)  -  HA
    Zenaida m. macroura

  54. Zenaida Dove  (12)    
    Zenaida aurita zenaida 

  55. White-winged Dove  (12)
    Zenaida a. asiatica

  56. Common Ground Dove  (16)  -  HA 
    Columbina passerina insularis

  57. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (2)
    Geotrygon m. montana

  58. Key West Quail-Dove  (12)
    Geotrygon chrysia

  59. Jamaican (or Olive-throated) Parakeet (or Conure)  (12)
    Aratinga nana

  60. Hispaniolan Parakeet (or Conure)  (13)  -  (t3)  (esH)
    Aratinga c. chloroptera

  61. Hispaniolan Parrot (or Amazon)  (16)  -  (t3)  (esH) 
    Amazona ventralis

  62. Mangrove Cuckoo  (14)
    Coccyzus minor

  63. Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo  (16)  -   (esH)
    Saurothera (formerly Coccyzus) l. longirostris 

  64. Bay-breasted Cuckoo  (12)
    Hyetornis rufigularis

  65. Smooth-billed Ani  (16)
    Crotophaga ani

  66. Burrowing Owl  (11)
    Athene cunicularia troglodytes

  67. Hispaniolan Nightjar  (13)
    Caprimulgus ekmani

  68. Least Poorwill  (10)
    Siphonorhis brewsteri

  69. Antillean Nighthawk  (9)
    Chordeiles g. gundlachii

  70. White-collared Swift  (7)
    Streptoprocne zonaris pallidifrons

  71. Antillean Palm-Swift  (16)
    Tachornis p. phoenicobia

  72. Hispaniolan Emerald  (14)  -  (esH)
    Chlorostilbon swainsonii

  73. Antillean Mango  (16)  -  HA  (essH: Dominican Mango)
    Anthracothorax d. dominicus

      
  74. Vervain Hummingbird  (15)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
    Mellisuga minima vieillota

  75. Hispaniolan Trogon  (16)  -  (nt) 
    Priotelus (formerly Temnotrogon) roseigaster

  76. Narrow-billed Tody  (16)  -  (esH)  
    Todus angustirostris

  77. Broad-billed Tody  (16)  -  (esH)
    Todus subulatus

  78. Antillean Piculet  (15)  -  (esH) 
    Nesoctites m. micromegas

  79. Hispaniolan Woodpecker  (16)  -  (esH) 
    Melanerpes striatus

  80. Gray Kingbird  (16)
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis

  81. Loggerhead Kingbird  (7)
    Tyrannus caudifasciatus flavescens

  82. Stolid Flycatcher  (16)  -  (essH)
    Myiarchus stolidus

  83. Hispaniolan Pewee  (16)  -  (esH) 
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis  

  84. Greater Antillean Elaenia  (13)
    Elaenia fallax cherriei

  85. Flat-billed Vireo  (15)
    Vireo nanus

  86. Black-whiskered Vireo  (14) 
    Vireo a. altiloquus 

  87. Golden Swallow  (16)  -  (t3)  (now probably esH) (another subspecies on Jamaica may no exist there)
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri

  88. Caribbean Martin  (13)
    Progne domincensis

  89. Barn Swallow  (8)
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

  90. "Antillean" Cave Swallow  (8)
    Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) f. fulva

     
  91. White-necked Crow  (14)  -  (t3)  (now esH)  
    Corvus leucognaphalus

  92. Hispaniolan Palm Crow  (16) -  (nt)  (esH, but has been considered conspecific with Cuban Palm Crow)
    Corvus palmarum

  93. Red-legged Thrush  (14) 
    Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus

  94. LaSelle Thrush  (9)
    Turdus s. swalesi

  95. Rufous-throated Solitaire  (15)  - (essH)
    Myadestes genibarbis montanus

  96. Northern Mockingbird  (16)
    Mimus polyglottos orpheus

  97. Palmchat  (16)  -  (esH, also endemic family)
    Dulus dominicus

  98. Black-and-White Warbler  (14)
    Mniotilta varia

  99. Northern Parula  (11)
    Parula americana

  100. Yellow (or Golden) Warbler  (10)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica petechia albicollis  (a resident, considered distinct from the migratory Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America) 

  101. Black-throated Blue Warbler  (13)
    Dendroica caerulescens  (2 subspecies winter in the Caribbean) 

  102. Yellow-throated Warbler  (3)
    Dendroica dominica  (3 subspecies occur in the Caribbean)

  103. Cape May Warbler  (12)
    Dendroica tigrina

     
  104. Prairie Warbler  (9)
    Dendroica discolor  (2 subspecies from North America winter in the Caribbean)

  105. Pine Warbler  (15)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica pinus chrysoleuca

  106. Palm Warbler  (9)
    Dendroica p. palmarum

  107. Ovenbird  (10)
    Seiurus aurocapillus

  108. Northern Waterthrush  (6)
    Seiurus noveboracensis

  109. American Redstart  (13)
    Setophaga ruticilla

  110. Green-tailed Ground-Tanager  (14)  (has been called Green-tailed Ground Warbler, or simply Ground Warbler)
    Microligea palistris

  111. Hispaniolan Highland-Tanager  (12)  (has been called White-winged Warbler)
    Xenoligea montana

  112. Hispaniolan Oriole  (15)  -  (esH, but previously part of Black-cowled, and subsequently Greater Antillean, Orioles)  
    Icterus dominicensis

  113. Greater Antillean Grackle  (16)  -  (essH, the nominate)
    Quiscalus n. niger

  114. Bananaquit  (16)  -  (essH, 1 of 41 subspecies)
    Coereba flaveola bananivora

  115. Hispaniolan Spindalis  (16)  -  (esH,  but formerly part of Stripe-headed Tanager, now split into 4 species) 
    Spindalis dominicensis

  116. Black-crowned Tanager  (16)  -  (esH)  (has been called Black-crowned Palm-Tanager)
    Phaenicophilus palmarum

  117. Western Chat-Tanager  (8)  -  (t3)  (esH)
    Calyptophilus (frugivorus) tertius

  118. Greater Antillean Bullfinch  (16)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
    Loxigilla violacea affinis

  119. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (16)
    Tiaris o. olivaceus

  120. Blue Grosbeak  (1)
    Passerina caerulea

  121. Antillean Siskin  (11)  
    Carduelis dominicensis

  122. Hispaniolan Crossbill  (9)
    Loxia megaplaga

  123. House Sparrow  (16)  -  HA  (isH)
    Passer domesticus

  124. Village Weaver  (15)  -  (isH)
    Ploceus cucullatus
       



Other Wildlife during the FONT tour 
in the Dominican Republic in April 2007



Code:

(ce):   a critically endangered species
(He):  endemic to Hispaniola



Mammals:

Leach's Single-leaf Bat
Monophyllus redmani

Pallas' Mastiff Bat  (or House Bat)
Molossus molossus

Hispaniolan Hutia
Plagiodontia aedium


Amphibians & Reptiles:


Ricard's Iguana (ce) (He) 
Cyclora ricordi

Rhinoceros Iguana  (He) 
Cyclura cornuta

various lizards  


an assortment of butterflies