Photo at right: the HISPANIOLAN TROGON 


Dates:  

February 24 - March 2, 2007


Codes:

HA:   also in adjacent Haiti, February 27
 

(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 15th 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. Least Grebe  (5)
   Tachybaptus d. dominicus 
   
   
2. Pied-billed Grebe  (10) 
   Podilymbus podiceps antillarum
   
   
3. Brown Pelican  (14)
   Pelecanus o. occidentalis
   
   
4. Brown Booby  (1)
   Sula l. leucogaster
   
   
5. Magnificent Frigatebird  (15)
   Fregata magnificens 
   
   
6. Great Blue Heron  (12)  -  HA 
   Ardea h. herodias
   
   
7. Cattle Egret  (15)
   Bubulcus i. ibis  
   
   
8. Green Heron  (15)
   Butorides virescens maculata
   
   
9. Reddish Egret  (12) - (white morph)
   Egretta r. rufescens
   
   
10. Tricolored (formerly Louisiana) Heron  (13)
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis
    
    
11. Little Blue Heron  (12) 
    Egretta caerulea
    
    
12. Snowy Egret  (13) 
    Egretta thula brewsteri
    
    
13. Great Egret  (14)  -  HA  
    Ardea alba egretta
    
    
14. Glossy Ibis  (9)
    Plegadis falcinellus
    
    
15. White Ibis  (10)
    Eudocimus albus
    
    
16. Roseate Spoonbill  (11)
    Ajaia ajaja
    
    
17. American Flamingo  (14)
    Phoenicopterus ruber
    
    
18. White-cheeked Pintail  (13)
    Anas b. bahamensis
    
    
19. Blue-winged Teal  (11)
    Anas discors
    
    
20. American Wigeon  (6)
    Anas americana
    
    
21. Turkey Vulture  (4)
    Cathartes a. aura
    
    
22. Osprey  (11)
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
23. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (7)  - (essH, the nominate)
    Accipiter s. striatus
    
    
24. Red-tailed Hawk  (15) 
    Buteo j. jamaicensis  (same subspecies as in Jamaica & Puerto Rico)
    
    
25. American Kestrel  (15)  -  (essH)
    Falco sparverius dominicensis
    
    
26. Helmeted Guinea-Fowl  (10)  -  (isH) 
    Numida meleagris
    
    
27. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule)  (11) -  HA 
    Gallinula chloropus cerceris
    
    
28. "Caribbean" Coot  (10)  -  HA  (nt)
    Fulica caribaea
    
    
29. American Coot  (5) -  HA
    Fulica americana
    
     
30. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (11)
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
31. Semipalmated Plover  (6)
    Charadrius semipalmatus
    
    
32. Snowy Plover  (8)
    Charadrius nivosus
    
    
33. Killdeer  (15) 
    Charadrius vociferus ternominatus
    
    
34. Black-necked Stilt  (12)
    Himantopus mexicanus
    
    
35. Willet  (7)
    Tringa s. semipalmata
    
    
36. Greater Yellowlegs  (13)
    Tringa melanoleuca
    
    
37. Lesser Yellowlegs  (10)
    Tringa flavipes
    
    
38. Spotted Sandpiper  (9)
    Actitis macularia
    
    
39. Solitary Sandpiper  (7)
    Tringa s. solitaria
    
    
40. Ruddy Turnstone  (8)
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
41. Sanderling  (8)
    Calidris alba rubida
    
    
42. Western Sandpiper  (5)
    Calidris mauri
    
    
43. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (9) 
    Calidris pusilia
    
    
44. Least Sandpiper  (10)
    Calidris minutilla
    
    
45. White-rumped Sandpiper  (2)
    Calidris fusicollis
    
    
46. Short-billed Dowitcher  (6)
    Limnodromus griseus hendersoni
    
    
47. Stilt Sandpiper  (4)
    Calidris himantopus
    
     
48. Wilson's Phalarope  (1)
    Phalaropus tricolor
    
    
49. Royal Tern  (13)
    Sterna m. maxima
    
    
50. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (15)  (isH)  
    Columba livia
    
    
51. Scaly-naped (or Red-necked) Pigeon  (15)
    Patagioenas squamosa
    
    
52. Plain Pigeon  (10)  -  (t3)
    Patagioenas i. inornata
    
    
53. Mourning Dove  (15)  -  HA
    Zenaida m. macroura
    
    
54. Zenaida Dove  (10)    
    Zenaida aurita zenaida 
    
    
55. Common Ground-Dove  (15)  -  HA 
    Columbina passerina insularis
    
    
56. Hispaniolan Parakeet (or Conure)  (12)  -  (t3)  (esH)
    Aratinga c. chloroptera
    
    
57. Hispaniolan Parrot (or Amazon)  (15)  -  (t3)  (esH) 
    Amazona ventralis
    
    
58. Mangrove Cuckoo  (13)
    Coccyzus minor
    
    
59. Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo  (15)  -   (esH)
    Coccyzus l. longirostris 
    
    
60. Smooth-billed Ani  (15)
    Crotophaga ani
    
    
61. Barn Owl  (3)
    Tyto alba pratincola
    
    
62. Antillean Palm-Swift  (15)
    Tachornis p. phoenicobia
    
    
63. Hispaniolan Emerald  (13)  -  (esH)
    Chlorostilbon swainsonii
    
    
64. Antillean Mango  (15)  -  (essH: Dominican Mango)
    Anthracothorax d. dominicus
    
      
65. Vervain Hummingbird  (14)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
    Mellisuga minima vieillota
    
    
66. Hispaniolan Trogon  (15)  -  (nt) 
    Priotelus roseigaster
    
    
67. Belted Kingfisher  (10) 
    Megaceryle alcyon
    
    
68. Narrow-billed Tody  (15)  -  (esH)  
    Todus angustirostris
    
    
69. Broad-billed Tody  (15)  -  (esH)
    Todus subulatus
    
    
70. Antillean Piculet  (14)  -  (esH) 
    Nesoctites m. micromegas
    
    
71. Hispaniolan Woodpecker  (15)  -  (esH) 
    Melanerpes striatus
    
    
72. Gray Kingbird  (15)
    Tyrannus d. dominicensis
    
    
73. Stolid Flycatcher  (15)  -  (essH)
    Myiarchus stolidus
    
    
74. Hispaniolan Pewee  (15)  -  (esH) 
    Contopus h. hispaniolensis  
    
    
75. Black-whiskered Vireo  (13) 
    Vireo a. altiloquus 
    
    
76. Golden Swallow  (15)  -  (t3)  (now probably esH) (another subspecies on Jamaica may no exist there)
    Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri
    
    
77. Caribbean Martin  (12)
    Progne domincensis
    
    
78. Barn Swallow  (7)
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
    
    
79. White-necked Crow  (13)  -  (t3)  (now esH)  
    Corvus leucognaphalus
    
    
80. Hispaniolan Palm Crow  (15) -  (nt)  (esH, but has been considered conspecific with Cuban Palm Crow)
    Corvus palmarum
    
    
81. Red-legged Thrush  (13) 
    Turdus plumbeus ardosiaceus
    
    
82. Rufous-throated Solitaire  (14)  - (essH)
    Myadestes genibarbis montanus
    
    
83. Northern Mockingbird  (15)
    Mimus polyglottos orpheus
    
    
84. Palmchat  (15)  -  (esH, also endemic family)
    Dulus dominicus
    
    
85. Black-and-White Warbler  (13)
    Mniotilta varia
    
    
86. Yellow (or Golden) Warbler  (9)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica petechia albicollis  (a resident, considered distinct from the migratory Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America) 
    
    
87. Black-throated Blue Warbler  (12)
    Dendroica caerulescens  (2 subspecies winter in the Caribbean) 
    
    
88. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (4)  
    Dendroica c. coronata
    
    
89. Yellow-throated Warbler  (2)
    Dendroica dominica  (3 subspecies occur in the Caribbean)
    
    
90. Prairie Warbler  (8)
    Dendroica discolor  (2 subspecies from North America winter in the Caribbean)
    
    
91. Pine Warbler  (14)  -  (essH)
    Dendroica pinus chrysoleuca
    
    
92. Palm Warbler  (8)
    Dendroica p. palmarum
    
    
93. Hispaniolan Oriole  (14)  -  (esH, but previously part of Black-cowled, and subsequently Greater Antillean, Orioles)  
    Icterus dominicensis
    
    
94. Greater Antillean Grackle  (15)  -  (essH, the nominate)
    Quiscalus n. niger
    
    
95. Bananaquit  (15)  -  (essH, 1 of 41 subspecies)
    Coereba flaveola bananivora
    
    
96. Antillean Euphonia  (11)  -  (essH, the nominate)
    Euphonia m. musica
    
    
97. Hispaniolan Spindalis  (15)  -  (esH,  but formerly part of Stripe-headed Tanager, now split into 4 species) 
    Spindalis dominicensis
    
    
98. Black-crowned Palm-Tanager  (15)  -  (esH)
    Phaenicophilus palmarum
    
    
99. (Western) Chat-Tanager  (7)  -  (t3)  (esH)
    Calyptophilus (frugivorus) tertius
    
    
100. Greater Antillean Bullfinch  (15)  -  (essH & nearby small islands)
     Loxigilla violacea affinis
     
     
101. Yellow-faced Grassquit  (15)
     Tiaris o. olivaceus
     
     
102. Antillean Siskin  (10)  
     Carduelis dominicensis
     
     
103. House Sparrow  (15)  -  (isH)
     Passer domesticus
     
     
104. Village Weaver  (14)  -  (isH)
     Ploceus cucullatus
        

Leach's Single-leaf Bat


Rhinoceros Iguana  


lizards  


an assortment of butterflies