Since 1900, the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has brought together volunteers to survey birds throughout the Americas. The Cayes CBC, like all CBCs, covers
a 15 miles diameter circle. Sean Christensen, Anderson Jean, and Enold Louis-Jean coordinated the surveys. The count area runs north-south from
Marcellin (above Camp Perrin and below the "ramp" toward Jeremie) to
the Cayes coastline and east-west from Chantal to La Porte.
The first count was provisional, in
that it isn't entered into Audubon's official records, so year 2010 is officially
the first Cayes CBC.
We have not had enough participants
to cover the entire count area, so we have focused our efforts on the most
profitable habitats, including: Gelee Beach, La Toutrelle, Etang Laborde,
Etang Ladwat, Etang Lachaux, Faugasse Rice Fields, Torbeck, Beraud and
Picot.
If you are interested in
participating this year, please contact Sean Christensen (seanchr at gmail.com). We need more team members who can cover other
important areas, such as: the hills of Bergaud to Morne Sicard, Islet
Massey and Wharf Massey, Ducis, Toro, Caprau toward Camp Perrin, the entire
area from Miserne to LaBeille. We will train you to identify the birds and do this survey.
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|
30-Dec-09 |
27-Dec-10 |
17-Dec-11 |
|
# of Field
Observers: |
10 |
13 |
21 |
| Nom anglais |
Nom latin |
|
|
|
| Canard / Oie |
|
|
| West Indian Whistling Duck |
Dendrocygna
arborea |
|
|
|
| Gadwall |
Anas
strepera |
|
|
|
| Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas
penelope |
1 |
|
|
| American Wigeon |
Anas
americana |
49 |
8 |
138 |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas
discors |
|
5 |
386 |
| Northern Shoveler |
Anas
clypeata |
|
|
|
| White-cheeked Pintail |
Anas
bahamensis |
|
6 |
|
| Green-winged Common Teal |
Anas
crecca |
|
|
50 |
| Canvasback |
Aythya
valisineria |
|
|
|
| Redhead |
Aythya
americana |
|
|
|
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya
collaris |
21 |
3 |
26 |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya
affinis |
|
|
7 |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura
jamaicensis |
56 |
14 |
12 |
| Plonjon |
|
|
| Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus
dominicus |
|
|
|
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus
podiceps |
66 |
63 |
55 |
| Les Oiseaux du marécage |
|
|
| White Ibis |
Eudocimus
albus |
|
|
|
| Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis
falcinellus |
100 |
90 |
|
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Nyctanassa
violacea |
1 |
|
17 |
| Green Heron |
Butorides
virescens |
3 |
16 |
13 |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus
ibis |
194 |
311 |
763 |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea
herodias |
26 |
2 |
12 |
| Great Egret |
Ardea
alba |
18 |
23 |
7 |
| Tricolored or Louisiana Heron |
Egretta
tricolor |
|
3 |
|
| Little Blue Heron |
Egretta
caerulea |
16 |
21 |
12 |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta
thula |
9 |
20 |
8 |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus
mexicanus |
38 |
32 |
296 |
| Les Oiseaux de la mer |
|
|
| Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon
aethereus |
|
|
|
| White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon
lepturus |
|
|
|
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata
magnificens |
|
|
|
| Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus
occidentalis |
|
|
2 |
| Neotropical Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
brasilianus |
|
|
|
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
auritus |
|
|
|
| Malfini |
|
|
| Turkey-Vulture |
Cathartes
aura |
12 |
6 |
30 |
| American Kestrel |
Falco
sparverius |
17 |
8 |
17 |
| Merlin |
Falco
columbarius |
|
|
|
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco
peregrinus |
|
|
|
| Osprey |
Pandion
haliaetus |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo
jamaicensis |
3 |
2 |
|
| Poul de l'eau |
|
|
| Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio
martinica |
|
|
|
| Common Moorhen Gallinule |
Gallinula
chloropus/galeata |
32 |
9 |
48 |
| American Coot |
Fulica
americana |
10 |
35 |
5 |
| Caribbean Coot |
Fulica
caribaea |
63 |
71 |
57 |
| Northern Jacana |
Jacana
spinosa |
7 |
14 |
16 |
| Pluvier |
|
|
| American Golden Plover |
Pluvialis
dominica |
|
|
|
| Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis
squatarola |
40 |
11 |
37 |
| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius
semipalmatus |
|
|
|
| Wilson's Plover |
Charadrius
wilsonia |
|
|
|
| Killdeer |
Ardea
alba |
|
4 |
5 |
| Piping Plover |
Charadrius
melodus |
|
|
|
| Kentish Plover |
Charadrius
alexandrinus |
|
|
|
| Bécasseaux |
|
|
| Common Snipe |
Gallinago
gallinago |
|
|
|
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus
griseus |
5 |
|
|
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus
scolopaceus |
|
|
|
| Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa
haemastica |
|
|
|
| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa
fedoa |
|
|
|
| Whimbrel |
Numenius
phaeopus |
|
|
|
| Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia
longicauda |
|
|
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa
melanoleuca |
1 |
7 |
2 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa
flavipes |
|
1 |
57 |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa
solitaria |
|
|
|
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis
macularius |
24 |
1 |
7 |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus
semipalmatus |
|
3 |
8 |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria
interpres |
14 |
8 |
38 |
| Red Knot |
Calidris
canutus |
|
|
|
| Sanderling |
Calidris
alba |
|
33 |
46 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris
pusilla |
|
|
2 |
| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris
mauri |
|
|
|
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris
minutilla |
|
|
1 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
Calidris
fuscicollis |
|
|
|
| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris
bairdii |
|
|
|
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris
melanotos |
|
|
|
| Dunlin |
Calidris
alpina |
|
|
|
| Stilt-Sandpiper |
Calidris
himantopus |
|
|
15 |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
Tryngites
subruficollis |
|
|
|
| Ruff |
Philomachus
pugnax |
|
|
|
| Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus
tricolor |
|
|
|
| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus
lobatus |
|
|
|
| Goéland / Sterne |
|
|
| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus
delawarensis |
|
1 |
1 |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
Larus
marinus |
|
2 |
|
| Herring Gull |
Larus
argentatus |
|
|
|
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus
fuscus |
|
|
|
| Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus
philadelphia |
|
|
|
| Laughing Gull |
Larus
atricilla |
52 |
14 |
7 |
| Franklin's Gull |
Larus
pipixcan |
|
|
|
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa
tridactyla |
|
|
|
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna
nilotica |
|
|
|
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna
caspia |
|
|
|
| Sandwich Tern |
Sterna
sandvicensis |
|
3 |
2 |
| Royal Tern |
Sterna
maxima |
5 |
13 |
4 |
| Roseate Tern |
Sterna
dougallii |
20 |
|
|
| Common Tern |
Sterna
hirundo |
68 |
|
|
| Forster's Tern |
Sterna
forsteri |
|
|
|
| Least Tern |
Sterna
antillarum |
5 |
1 |
|
| Bridled Tern |
Sterna
anaethetus |
|
|
|
| Sooty Tern |
Sterna
fuscata |
|
|
|
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias
niger |
|
|
|
| Brown Noddy |
Anous
stolidus |
|
|
|
| Black Skimmer |
Rynchops
niger |
|
|
|
| Pigeon / Ramier |
|
|
| Rock Pigeon |
Columba
livia |
|
|
|
| White-crowned Pigeon |
Columba
leucocephala |
|
|
|
| Scaly-naped Pigeon |
Columba
squamosa |
|
|
5 |
| Plain Pigeon |
Columba
inornata |
|
|
|
| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida
macroura |
8 |
17 |
17 |
| Zenaida Dove |
Zenaida
aurita |
4 |
|
|
| White-winged Dove |
Zenaida
asiatica |
|
9 |
|
| Common Ground Dove |
Columbina
passerina |
5 |
14 |
22 |
| Gray-headed Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
caniceps |
|
|
|
| Key West Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
chrysia |
|
|
|
| Ruddy Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon
montana |
|
|
|
| Tako |
|
|
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
erythropthalmus |
|
|
|
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
americanus |
|
|
|
| Mangrove Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
minor |
|
|
|
| Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo |
Saurothera
longirostris |
4 |
1 |
12 |
| Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga
ani |
17 |
4 |
48 |
| Hibou/Chouette |
|
|
| Barn Owl |
Tyto
alba |
|
|
1 |
| Ashy-faced Owl |
Tyto
glaucops |
|
|
|
| Burrowing Owl |
Athene
cunicularia |
|
|
|
| Stygian Owl |
Asio
stygius |
|
|
|
| Short-eared Owl |
Asio
flammeus |
|
|
|
| Petonvwa |
|
|
| Northern Potoo |
Nyctibius
jamaicensis |
|
|
|
| Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles
minor |
|
|
|
| Antillean Nighthawk |
Chordeiles
gundlachii |
|
|
|
| Least Pauraque |
Siphonorhis
brewsteri |
|
|
|
| Chuck-will's Widow |
Caprimulgus
carolinensis |
|
|
|
| Greater Antillean Nightjar |
Caprimulgus
cubanensis |
|
|
|
| Martinet |
|
|
| Black Swift |
Cypseloides
niger |
4 |
|
|
| White-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne
zonaris |
|
|
1 |
| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura
pelagica |
|
|
|
| Antillean Palm Swift |
Tachornis
phoenicobia |
7 |
|
27 |
| Ouanga Négresse |
|
|
| Antillean Mango |
Anthracothorax
dominicus |
x |
6 |
11 |
| Hispaniolan Emerald |
Chlorostilbon
swainsonii |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Vervain Hummingbird |
Mellisuga
minima |
7 |
|
3 |
| Pipirit Rivye |
|
|
| Belted Kingfisher |
Megaceryle
alcyon |
3 |
7 |
6 |
| Kolibri |
|
|
| Broad-billed Tody |
Todus
subulatus |
3 |
|
4 |
| Narrow-billed Tody |
Todus
angustirostris |
|
1 |
5 |
| Charpentier |
|
|
| Antillean Piculet |
Nesoctites
micromegas |
|
|
|
| Hispaniolan Woodpecker |
Melanerpes
striatus |
16 |
24 |
40 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus
varius |
|
|
|
| Pipirite |
|
|
| Greater Antillean Elaenia |
Elaenia
fallax |
|
|
|
| Hispaniolan Pewee |
Contopus
hispaniolensis |
1 |
1 |
|
| Gray Kingbird |
Tyrannus
dominicensis |
14 |
8 |
22 |
| Loggerhead Kingbird |
Tyrannus
caudifasciatus |
|
|
|
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus
crinitus |
|
|
|
| Stolid Flycatcher |
Myiarchus
stolidus |
|
|
|
| Vireonidae |
|
|
| White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo
griseus |
|
|
|
| Thick-billed Vireo |
Vireo
crassirostris |
|
|
|
| Flat-billed Vireo |
Vireo
nanus |
|
|
|
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo
flavifrons |
|
|
|
| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo
olivaceus |
|
|
|
| Black-whiskered Vireo |
Vireo
altiloquus |
|
|
|
| Corneille |
|
|
| Palm Crow |
Corvus
palmarum |
29 |
|
5 |
| White-necked Crow |
Corvus
leucognaphalus |
17 |
2 |
26 |
| Zwazo maske |
|
|
| Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla
cedrorum |
|
|
|
| Zwazo palmis |
|
|
| Palmchat |
Dulus
dominicus |
9 |
x |
59 |
| Hirondelle |
|
|
| Bank Swallow |
Riparia
riparia |
|
|
|
| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta
bicolor |
|
|
|
| Golden Swallow |
Tachycineta
euchrysea |
|
|
|
| Purple Martin |
Progne
subis |
|
|
|
| Caribbean Martin |
Progne
dominicensis |
|
|
|
| No. Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx
serripennis |
|
|
|
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo
rustica |
|
|
|
| Cliff Swallow |
Petrochelidon
pyrrhonota |
|
|
|
| Cave Swallow |
Petrochelidon
fulva |
|
|
|
| Ti zwazo |
|
|
| Bananaquit |
Coereba
flaveola |
20 |
21 |
47 |
| Moqueur / Grive |
|
|
| Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus
polyglottos |
3 |
2 |
4 |
| Red-legged Thrush |
Turdus
plumbeus |
|
3 |
|
| Madan Sara |
|
|
| Village Weaver |
Ploceus
cucullatus |
3 |
12 |
11 |
| Estrildidae |
|
|
| Nutmeg Mannikin |
Lonchura
punctulata |
|
|
2 |
| Black-headed Munia |
Lonchura
malacca |
|
|
|
| Fringillidae |
|
|
| Antillean Siskin |
Carduelis
dominicensis |
|
|
|
| White-winged Crossbill |
Loxia
leucoptera |
|
|
|
| Ti Kikit / Paruline |
|
|
| Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora
chrysoptera |
|
|
|
| Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora
pinus |
|
|
|
| Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora
peregrina |
|
|
|
| Nashville Warbler |
Vermivora
ruficapilla |
|
|
|
| Northern Parula |
Parula
americana |
4 |
x |
4 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica
pensylvanica |
|
|
|
| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica
petechia |
2 |
|
|
| Blackpoll Warbler |
Dendroica
striata |
|
|
|
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
Dendroica
castanea |
|
|
|
| Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica
fusca |
|
|
|
| Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica
magnolia |
|
|
|
| Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica
tigrina |
5 |
1 |
11 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Dendroica
caerulescens |
2 |
3 |
9 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica
coronata |
|
|
|
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica
virens |
|
|
|
| Yellow-throated Warbler |
Dendroica
dominica |
|
|
|
| Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica
discolor |
1 |
|
2 |
| Pine Warbler |
Dendroica
pinus |
|
|
|
| Kirtland's Warbler |
Dendroica
kirtlandii |
|
|
|
| Palm Warbler |
Dendroica
palmarum |
1 |
|
|
| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta
varia |
x |
x |
5 |
| American Redstart |
Setophaga
ruticilla |
8 |
5 |
13 |
| Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria
citrea |
|
|
|
| Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros
vermivorum |
|
|
|
| Swainson's Warbler |
Limnothlypis
swainsonii |
|
|
|
| Ovenbird |
Seiurus
aurocapilla |
3 |
x |
3 |
| Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus
noveboracensis |
|
|
|
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus
motacilla |
7 |
|
|
| Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis
formosus |
|
|
|
| Connecticut Warbler |
Oporornis
agilis |
|
|
|
| Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis
philadelphia |
|
|
|
| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis
trichas |
1 |
|
|
| Green-tailed Warbler |
Microligea
palustris |
|
|
|
| Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia
citrina |
|
|
|
| Wilson's Warbler |
Wilsonia
pusilla |
|
|
|
| Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia
canadensis |
|
|
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria
virens |
|
|
|
| White-winged Warbler |
Xenoligea
montana |
|
|
|
| Icteridae |
|
|
| Greater Antillean Oriole |
Icterus
dominicensis |
1 |
|
|
| Shiny Cowbird |
Molothrus
bonariensis |
|
|
|
| Tawny-shouldered Blackbird |
Agelaius
humeralis |
|
|
|
| Greater Antillean Grackle |
Quiscalus
niger |
|
|
7 |
| Zwazo kann / Bruant |
|
|
| Yellow-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris
olivaceus |
x |
|
14 |
| Black-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris
bicolor |
|
3 |
|
| Greater Antillean Bullfinch |
Loxigilla
violacea |
|
|
|
| House Sparrow |
Passer
domesticus |
3 |
8 |
1 |
| Tangara |
|
|
| Summer Tanager |
Piranga
rubra |
|
|
|
| Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga
olivacea |
|
|
|
| Western Tanager |
Piranga
ludoviciana |
|
|
|
| Gray-crowned Palm Tanager |
Phaenicophilus
poliocephalus |
4 |
5 |
2 |
| Western Chat-Tanager |
Calyptophilus
tertius |
|
|
|
| Eastern Chat-Tanager |
Calyptophilus
frugivorus |
|
|
|
| Hispaniolan Spindalis |
Spindalis
dominicensis |
|
|
|
| Antillean Euphonia |
Euphonia
musica |
|
|
|
|
total species |
68 |
64 |
72 |
