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 | ||||
