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

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
        

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