Monday, February 16, 2015

2014 Christmas Bird Count

This is cross-posted from the Audubon Center of Les Cayes website.  

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 anglais Nom latin 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Canard / Oie
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 1
American Wigeon Anas americana 49 8 138 120 145 3
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 5 386 120 2
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 1
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis 6 1
Green-winged Common Teal Anas crecca 50
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Redhead Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 3 26 180 2
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 7 1 3
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 56 14 12 4 10 2
Plonjon
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 66 63 55 31 6 7
Les Oiseaux du marécage
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 100 90 420 286 200
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea 1 17 7 x
Green Heron Butorides virescens 3 16 13 25 12 12
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 194 311 763 1450 394 850
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 26 2 12 9 5
Great Egret Ardea alba 18 23 7 12 9 4
Tricolored or Louisiana Heron Egretta tricolor 3 x 5 17
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 16 21 12 18 19 58
Snowy Egret Egretta thula 9 20 8 20 54 17
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 38 32 296 327 264 388
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 16 41 8
American Kestrel Falco sparverius 17 8 17 25 27 13
Merlin Falco columbarius 1 2 1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 3 2 3 1 2
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3 2 1 1
Poul de l'eau
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Common Moorhen Gallinule Gallinula chloropus/galeata 32 9 48 22 19 8
American Coot Fulica americana 10 35 5 16 7 18
Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea 63 71 57 37 18 11
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa 7 14 16 1 2
Pluvier
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 40 11 37 3 28 31
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 1 18
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 2 1
Killdeer Ardea alba 4 5 6 12 3
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Bécasseaux
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 26 5
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 35 4
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1 57 32 49 14
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 24 1 7 8 17 18
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 3 8 12 16 30
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 14 8 38 1 58 18
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba 33 46 39 12 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 2
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri x 1
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 1 37
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Stilt-Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 15 x 1 20
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 1
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 2 1
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 52 14 7 4 1 16
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica x
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 3 2 x 2 5
Royal Tern Sterna maxima 5 13 4 1 4 1
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 68 3
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 50 1
White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
Scaly-naped Pigeon Columba squamosa 5 18 4 3
Plain Pigeon Columba inornata
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 8 17 17 32 44 56
Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita 4
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 9 13 10
Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 5 14 22 11 20 10
Gray-headed Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps
Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana 1
Tako
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Saurothera longirostris 4 1 12 20 13 9
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 17 4 48 74 51 77
Hibou/Chouette
Barn Owl Tyto alba 1 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 11
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia 7 27 16 35
Ouanga Négresse
Antillean Mango Anthracothorax dominicus x 6 11 4 15 6
Hispaniolan Emerald Chlorostilbon swainsonii 1 1 4 3
Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima 7 3 4 10
Pipirit Rivye
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 3 7 6 6 3 5
Kolibri
Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus 3 4 9 2
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris 1 5
Charpentier
Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas 6 3
Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus 16 24 40 84 53 38
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius x 1
Pipirite
Greater Antillean Elaenia Elaenia fallax
Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis 1 1 3
Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis 14 8 22 26 30 21
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus 3 3
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus 1
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 30 3
White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus 17 2 26 47 47 75
Zwazo maske
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Zwazo palmis
Palmchat Dulus dominicus 9 x 59 31 85 26
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 4
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 15
Ti zwazo
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 20 21 47 81 63 41
Moqueur / Grive
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 3 2 4 10 22 6
Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus 3 9 2
Madan Sara
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 3 12 11 45 128 83
Estrildidae
Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata 2 2
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
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 2 7 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 2 2 4 1
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 8 10 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 2 3 9 5 7 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor 1 2 2 2 1
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica kirtlandii
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum 1 7 3 1
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia x x 5 7 10 2
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 8 5 13 12 25 12
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 3 x 3 5
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla 7 1 3 1
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 1 6 2
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 x
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis
Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger 7 10 19 2
Zwazo kann / Bruant
Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus x 14 45 56 23
Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor 3 2
Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea 5 1
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 3 8 1 4
Tangara
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Gray-crowned Palm Tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus 4 5 2 6 7
Western Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus tertius
Eastern Chat-Tanager Calyptophilus frugivorus
Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis
Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica 2 2
total individuals 1195 1025 2664 3621 2496 2427
total species count day 65 60 72 63 83 81
total species count week 68 64 72 69 84 82
# of Field Observers 10 13 21 23 15 14
Minimum teams at one time 3 4 3
Maximum teams at one time 5 5 5
Miles driving 113 128 45
Hours driving 6 5 5.75
Miles on foot 15 9 14.25
Hours on foot 29 32 22.25
Hours owling 1 1 0.5
Miles owling 1 2 2