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Birds found during the 
FONT Birding & Nature Tour 
in the  
Dominican Republic

in March - April 2008


List compiled by Armas Hill


 Photo at right: the HISPANIOLAN TROGON 
Dates:  

March 29 - April 4,  2008


Codes:

(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 17th 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 FONT Dominican Republic Tours

List of Selected West Indian Butterflies

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean


 Bird-List:
  1. Helmeted Guineafowl  (11) 
    Numida meleagris

  2. (Feral) Red Junglefowl  (3)
    Gallus gallus

  3. Blue-winged Teal  (12)
    Anas discors

  4. Least Grebe  (6)
    Tachybaptus d. dominicus

  5. Pied-billed Grebe  (12)  
    Podilymbus podiceps antillarum

  6. American Flamingo  (16)
    Phoenicopterus ruber

  7. Glossy Ibis  (11)
    Plegadis falcinellus

  8. Roseate Spoonbill  (12)
    Platalea ajaja

  9. Green Heron  (17)
    Butorides virescens maculata

  10. Cattle Egret  (17)
    Bubulcus i. ibis

  11. Great Blue Heron  (14)   
    Ardea h. herodias

  12. Great Egret  (16)
    Ardea alba egretta

  13. Snowy Egret  (15)
    Egretta thula brewsteri

  14. Little Blue Heron (14)
    Egretta caerulea

  15. Tricolored Heron  (15)  (was called Louisiana Heron) 
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

  16. Reddish Egret  (14) - (white morph)
    Egretta r. rufescens

  17. Black-crowned Night Heron  (7)
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii

  18. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  (8)
    Nyctanassa violacea bancrofti

  19. White-tailed Tropicbird  (1)
    Phaethon lepturus catesbyi

  20. Magnificent Frigatebird  (17)
    Fregata magnificens  

  21. Brown Pelican  (16)  
    Pelecanus o. occidentalis

  22. Brown Booby  (2)
    Sula l. leucogaster

  23. Turkey Vulture  (6)
    Cathartes a. aura

  24. American Kestrel  (17) (essH)
    Falco sparverius dominicensis 

       
  25. Red-tailed Hawk  (17) 
    Buteo j. jamaicensis  (same subspecies as in Jamaica & Puerto Rico)

  26. Clapper Rail  (2)
    Rallus longirostris caribaeus

  27. Purple Gallinule  (8)
    Porphyrula martinica

  28. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule)  (14)  
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris

  29. Caribbean Coot  (12)  (nt)
    Fulica caribaea

  30. Black-necked Stilt  (14)
    Himantopus mexicanus

  31. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (13)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  32. Semipalmated Plover  (8)
    Charadrius semipalmatus

  33. Wilson's Plover  (7)
    Charadrius wilsonia rufinucha

  34. Killdeer  (17) 
    Charadrius vociferus ternominatus

  35. Ruddy Turnstone  (10)
    Arenaria interpres morinella 

  36. Spotted Sandpiper  (11)
    Actitis macularia

  37. Solitary Sandpiper  (9)
    Tringa s. solitaria

  38. Greater Yellowlegs  (15)
    Tringa melanoleuca

  39. Lesser Yellowlegs  (12)
    Tringa flavipes

  40. Willet  (9)
    Tringa s. semipalmata

  41. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (11) 
    Calidris pusilia

  42. Western Sandpiper  (6)
    Calidris mauri

  43. Sanderling   (9)
    Calidris alba rubida

  44. Stilt Sandpiper  (5)
    Calidris (has been Micropalama) himantopus
     
  45. Short-billed Dowitcher  (7)
    Limnodromus griseus hendersoni

  46. Herring Gull  (4)
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus 

  47. Lesser Black-backed Gull  (2)
    Larus fuscus graellsii

  48. Bonaparte's Gull  (1)
    Larus philadelphia

  49. Laughing Gull  (11)
    Larus a. atricilla

  50. Gull-billed Tern  (5)
    Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea

  51. Least Tern  (8)
    Sternula (formerly Sterna) a. antillarum

  52. Sandwich Tern  (7)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida

  53. Royal Tern  (15)
    Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima

  54. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (isH)  (17)  -  HA
    Columba livia

  55. White-crowned Pigeon  (3)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala

  56. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon  (17)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) squamosa

  57. Plain Pigeon  (12)  -  (t3)
    Patagioenas (formerly Columba) i. inornata

  58. Mourning Dove  (17)  
    Zenaida m. macroura

  59. White-winged Dove  (13)
    Zenaida a. asiatica

  60. Common Ground-Dove  (17)   
    Columbina passerina insularis

  61. Jamaican (or Olive-throated) Parakeet (or Conure)  (13)
    Aratinga nana

  62. Hispaniolan Parakeet (or Conure)  (14)  -  (t3)  (esH)
    Aratinga c. chloroptera

  63. Hispaniolan Parrot (or Amazon)  (17)  -  (t3)  (esH) 
    Amazona ventralis

  64. Mangrove Cuckoo  (15)
    Coccyzus minor

  65. Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo  (17)  -   (esH)
    Saurothera (formerly Coccyzus) l. longirostris 

  66. Smooth-billed Ani  (17)
    Crotophaga ani

  67. Ashy-faced Owl  (7)
    Tyto glaucops

  68. Burrowing Owl  (12)
    Athene cunicularia troglodytes

  69. Northern Potoo  (3)  -  (essH)
    Nyctibius jamaicensis abbotti

  70. Hispaniolan Nightjar  (14)
    Caprimulgus ekmani

  71. Least Poorwill  (11)
    Siphonorhis brewsteri

  72. Antillean Palm Swift  (17)
    Tachornis p. phoenicobia

  73. Hispaniolan Emerald  (15)  -  (esH)
    Chlorostilbon swainsonii

  74. Antillean Mango  (17)  -  (essH: Dominican Mango)
    Anthracothorax d. dominicus

      
  75. Vervain Hummingbird  (16)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
    Mellisuga minima vieillota

  76. Hispaniolan Trogon  (17)  -  (nt) 
    Priotelus (formerly Temnotrogon) roseigaster

  77. Belted Kingfisher  (11)
    Megaceryle alcyon

  78. Narrow-billed Tody  (17)  -  (esH)  
    Todus angustirostris

  79. Broad-billed Tody  (17)  -  (esH)
    Todus subulatus

  80. Antillean Piculet  (16)  -  (esH) 
    Nesoctites m. micromegas

  81. Hispaniolan Woodpecker  (17)  -  (esH) 
    Melanerpes striatus

  82. Gray Kingbird  (17)
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis

  83. Stolid Flycatcher  (17)  -  (essH)
    Myiarchus stolidus

  84. Hispaniolan Pewee  (17)  -  (esH) 
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis  

  85. Flat-billed Vireo  (16) -  (esH)
    Vireo nanus

  86. Black-whiskered Vireo  (15) 
    Vireo a. altiloquus 

  87. Golden Swallow  (17)  -  (t3)  (now probably esH) (another subspecies on Jamaica may no exist there)
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri

  88. Caribbean Martin  (14)
    Progne domincensis

  89. "Antillean" Cave Swallow  (9)
    Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) f. fulva

     
  90. White-necked Crow  (15)  -  (t3)  (now esH)  
    Corvus leucognaphalus

  91. Hispaniolan Palm Crow  (17) -  (nt)  (esH, but has been considered conspecific with Cuban Palm Crow)
    Corvus palmarum

  92. Red-legged Thrush  (15) 
    Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus

  93. Rufous-throated Solitaire  (16)  - (essH)
    Myadestes genibarbis montanus

  94. Northern Mockingbird  (17)
    Mimus polyglottos orpheus

  95. Palmchat  (17)  -  (esH, also endemic family)
    Dulus dominicus

  96. House Sparrow  (17)  -  (isH)
    Passer domesticus

  97. Village Weaver  (16)  -  (isH)
    Ploceus cucullatus 

  98. Scaly-breasted Munia  (3)  -  (isH)
    Lonchura punctulata

  99. Antillean Euphonia  (12)  -  (essH)
    Euphonia m. musica

  100. Antillean Siskin  (12)
    Carduelis dominicensis

  101. Hispaniolan Crossbill  (10) 
    Loxia megaplaga

  102. Black-and-White Warbler  (15)
    Mniotilta varia

  103. Northern Parula  (12)
    Parula americana

  104. Yellow (or Golden) Warbler  (11)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica petechia albicollis  (a resident, rather than the migratory subspecies of the Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America) 

  105. Black-throated Blue Warbler  (14)
    Dendroica caerulescens  (2 subspecies winter in the Caribbean) 

  106. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (5) 
    Dendroica c. coronata

  107. Cape May Warbler  (13)
    Dendroica tigrina

     
  108. Pine Warbler  (16)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica pinus chrysoleuca

  109. Palm Warbler  (10)
    Dendroica p. palmarum

  110. Ovenbird  (11)
    Seiurus aurocapillus

  111. Common Yellowthroat  (11)
    Geothlypis t. trichas

  112. American Redstart  (14)
    Setophaga ruticilla

  113. Green-tailed Ground-Tanager  (15)  (has been called Green-tailed Ground Warbler, or simply Ground Warbler)
    Microligea palistris

  114. Shiny Cowbird  (7)
    Molothrus bonariensis minimus

  115. Hispaniolan Oriole  (16)  -  (esH, but previously part of Black-cowled, and subsequently Greater Antillean, Orioles)  
    Icterus dominicensis

  116. Greater Antillean Grackle  (17)  -  (essH, the nominate)
    Quiscalus n. niger

  117. Bananaquit  (17)  -  (essH, 1 of 41 subspecies)
    Coereba flaveola bananivora

  118. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (2)  -  (essH)
    Zonotrichia capensis antillarum

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

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

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

  122. Greater Antillean Bullfinch  (17)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
    Loxigilla violacea affinis

  123. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (17)
    Tiaris o. olivaceus

  124. Indigo Bunting  (1)
    Passerina caerulea
       



Other Wildlife during the FONT tour 
in the Dominican Republic in March/April 2008


Code:

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



Mammals:

Leach's Single-leaf Bat
Monophyllus redmani

Eastern Cottontail  -  (Hi)
Sylvilagus floridanus

House Rat  -  (Hi)
Rattus rattus

Mongoose (sp.)  -  (Hi)


Amphibians & Reptiles:


Bullfrog  -  (heard)

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

various lizards  


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an assortment of butterflies 



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