Monday, February 16, 2015

2014 Christmas Bird Count of Haiti

The 2014 Christmas Bird Count of the Les Cayes area has been tallied!  Here are the results presented with previous years.  The 2014 count included three new species not previously observed in the Cayes CBC.  These were:  Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana) seen in the Maniche area; Cave Swallow (Perochelidon fulva) which nest beneath the wharf in Cayes; and a Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) observed two days before the count date by Peter Rudenberg.  This is only the third record of this species recorded on the southern peninsula of Haiti.  Species observed in the count circle three days prior to and three days after the count day can be recorded with an "x" as "observed" during the count week.


Despite having the lowest participation in three years, the number of individuals and species observed was still quite high, due to the experience of the field observers and the diverse habitat represented by the five teams in the field.  Those habitats include low mountains, lakes, rivers, mangrove, beach, urban, and agricultural fields.

The low water level at Etang Lachaux eliminated an important habitat for diver ducks.  Additionally, there were locals hunting at Etang Laborde the day of the count, which drastically limited bird numbers from an area that is normally very productive.  Warbler numbers were lower this year, but the numbers for most other expected species were consistent with the number of participants in the count.

Visit the Cornell eBird webpage for Haiti to see all birds recorded from Haiti.  


Nom anglaisNom latin200920102011201220132014
Canard / Oie
West Indian Whistling DuckDendrocygna arborea
GadwallAnas strepera
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope1
American WigeonAnas americana4981381201453
Blue-winged TealAnas discors53861202
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata1
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis61
Green-winged Common TealAnas crecca50
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris213261802
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis713
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis5614124102
Plonjon
Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps6663553167
Les Oiseaux du marécage
White IbisEudocimus albus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus10090420286200
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax1
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea1177x
Green HeronButorides virescens31613251212
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis1943117631450394850
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias2621295
Great EgretArdea alba182371294
Tricolored or Louisiana HeronEgretta tricolor3x517
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea162112181958
Snowy EgretEgretta thula9208205417
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus3832296327264388
Les Oiseaux de la mer
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis2
Neotropical CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
Malfini
Turkey-VultureCathartes aura1263016418
American KestrelFalco sparverius17817252713
MerlinFalco columbarius121
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
OspreyPandion haliaetus232312
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis3211
Poul de l'eau
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Common Moorhen GallinuleGallinula chloropus/galeata3294822198
American CootFulica americana1035516718
Caribbean CootFulica caribaea637157371811
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa7141612
Pluvier
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola40113732831
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus118
Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia21
KilldeerArdea alba456123
Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Bécasseaux
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago265
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus5
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca172354
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes157324914
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius241781718
WilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatus38121630
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres1483815818
Red KnotCalidris canutus
SanderlingCalidris alba334639123
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla2
Western SandpiperCalidris maurix1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla137
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
DunlinCalidris alpina
Stilt-SandpiperCalidris himantopus15x120
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis
RuffPhilomachus pugnax
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Goéland / Sterne
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis111
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus21
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphia
Laughing GullLarus atricilla521474116
Franklin's GullLarus pipixcan
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Gull-billed TernSterna niloticax
Caspian TernSterna caspia
Sandwich TernSterna sandvicensis32x25
Royal TernSterna maxima5134141
Roseate TernSterna dougallii20
Common TernSterna hirundo683
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Least TernSterna antillarum51
Bridled TernSterna anaethetus
Sooty TernSterna fuscata
Black TernChlidonias niger
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Pigeon / Ramier
Rock PigeonColumba livia501
White-crowned PigeonColumba leucocephala
Scaly-naped PigeonColumba squamosa51843
Plain PigeonColumba inornata
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura81717324456
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita4
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica91310
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina51422112010
Gray-headed Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps
Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia
Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana1
Tako
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
Hispaniolan Lizard CuckooSaurothera longirostris411220139
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani17448745177
Hibou/Chouette
Barn OwlTyto alba11
Ashy-faced OwlTyto glaucops
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Stygian OwlAsio stygius
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Petonvwa
Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
Least PauraqueSiphonorhis brewsteri
Chuck-will's WidowCaprimulgus carolinensis
Greater Antillean NightjarCaprimulgus cubanensis
Martinet
Black SwiftCypseloides niger4
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris111
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Antillean Palm SwiftTachornis phoenicobia7271635
Ouanga Négresse
Antillean MangoAnthracothorax dominicusx6114156
Hispaniolan EmeraldChlorostilbon swainsonii1143
Vervain HummingbirdMellisuga minima73410
Pipirit Rivye
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon376635
Kolibri
Broad-billed TodyTodus subulatus3492
Narrow-billed TodyTodus angustirostris15
Charpentier
Antillean PiculetNesoctites micromegas63
Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus162440845338
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusx1
Pipirite
Greater Antillean ElaeniaElaenia fallax
Hispaniolan PeweeContopus hispaniolensis113
Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis14822263021
Loggerhead KingbirdTyrannus caudifasciatus33
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Stolid FlycatcherMyiarchus stolidus1
Vireonidae
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris
Flat-billed VireoVireo nanus
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Corneille
Palm CrowCorvus palmarum295303
White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalus17226474775
Zwazo maske
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Zwazo palmis
PalmchatDulus dominicus9x59318526
Hirondelle
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Golden SwallowTachycineta euchrysea
Purple MartinProgne subis
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
No. Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica4
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva15
Ti zwazo
BananaquitCoereba flaveola202147816341
Moqueur / Grive
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos32410226
Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus392
Madan Sara
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus312114512883
Estrildidae
Nutmeg MannikinLonchura punctulata22
Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca
Ti Kikit / Paruline
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrina
Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapilla
Northern ParulaParula americana4x4271
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia2241
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striata
Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castanea
Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina51118105
Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens2395710
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor12221
Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
Kirtland's WarblerDendroica kirtlandii
Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum1731
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaxx57102
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla8513122512
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla3x35
Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla7131
Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas162
Green-tailed WarblerMicroligea palustris
Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
White-winged WarblerXenoligea montana
Icteridae
Greater Antillean OrioleIcterus dominicensis1
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisx
Tawny-shouldered BlackbirdAgelaius humeralis
Greater Antillean GrackleQuiscalus niger710192
Zwazo kann / Bruant
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceusx14455623
Black-faced GrassquitTiaris bicolor32
Greater Antillean BullfinchLoxigilla violacea51
House SparrowPasser domesticus3814
Tangara
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Gray-crowned Palm TanagerPhaenicophilus poliocephalus45267
Western Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus tertius
Eastern Chat-TanagerCalyptophilus frugivorus
Hispaniolan SpindalisSpindalis dominicensis
Antillean EuphoniaEuphonia musica22
total individuals119510252664362124962427
total species count day656072638381
total species count week686472698482
# of Field Observers101321231514
Minimum teams at one time343
Maximum teams at one time555
Miles driving11312845
Hours driving655.75
Miles on foot15914.25
Hours on foot293222.25
Hours owling110.5
Miles owling122