Birds and Birding: Cuban trogon

Birds of Cuba

I traveled to Cuba in March 2016 to take part in the Cuba Birds and Butterflies tour, led by the redoubtable Joséle Sais, proprietor of the Boletas Birdwatching Centre in Spain. Our targets were the Cuban endemics (birds that can only be seen in Cuba) and we “got” all of them except the rare and skulking Zapata rail.

It was a birding trip as opposed to a photographic trip, so we did not really have time to wait hours and hours for the perfect photo of each bird. (This allows me to lay the blame for any missing species to “conditions” as opposed to inadequate photographic skill).

I may add some more info on the trip at a later date, but I wanted to at least post the photos now.

Birds of Cuba

Birds and birding: Black-Whiskered Vireo — Black-Whiskered Vireo

Birds and Birding: American kestrel (white morph) — American kestrel (white morph)

Birds and Birding: West Indian woodpecker — West Indian woodpecker

Birds and Birding: Pygmy owl — Pygmy owl

Birds and Birding: Crested caracara — Crested caracara

Birds and Birding: Fernandina's flickers — Fernandina’s flickers

Birds and Birding: Magnificent frigatebird — Magnificent frigatebird

Birds and Birding: Fernandina's flickers — Fernandina’s flicker

Birds and Birding: Cuban peewee — Cuban peewee

Birds and Birding: Zapata sparrow — Zapata sparrow

Birds and Birding: Yellow-bellied sapsucker — Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Birds and Birding: Western spindalis (stripe-headed tanager) — Western spindalis (stripe-headed tanager)

Birds and Birding: Cuban bullfinch — Cuban bullfinch

Birds and Birding: West Indian woodpecker — West Indian woodpecker

Birds and Birding: La Sagra's flycatcher — La Sagra’s flycatcher

Birds and Birding: Great lizard-cuckoo — Great lizard-cuckoo

Birds and Birding: Cuban bullfinch — Cuban bullfinch

Birds and Birding: Loggerhead kingbird — Loggerhead kingbird

Birds and Birding: Cape May warbler — Cape May warbler

Birds and Birding: Tawny-shouldered blackbird — Tawny-shouldered blackbird

Birds and Birding: Common yellowthroat — Common yellowthroat

Birds and Birding: Chestnut mannikin — Chestnut mannikin

Birds and Birding: Cuban emerald on nest — Cuban emerald on nest

Birds and Birding: Cuban emerald — Cuban emerald

Birds and Birding: Great kingbird — Great kingbird

Birds and Birding: Red-legged thrush — Red-legged thrush

Birds and Birding: Cuban trogon — Cuban trogon

Birds and Birding: Cuban trogon — Cuban trogon

Birds and Birding: West Indian woodpecker — West Indian woodpecker

Birds and Birding: Cuban green woodpecker — Cuban green woodpecker

Birds and Birding: Smooth-billed ani — Smooth-billed ani

Birds and Birding: Cuban green woodpecker — Cuban green woodpecker

Birds and Birding: Green heron — Green heron

Birds and Birding: Purple gallinule — Purple gallinule

Birds and Birding: Cattle egret — Cattle egret

Birds and Birding: Cuban trogon — Cuban trogon

Birds and Birding: Smooth-billed ani — Smooth-billed ani

Birds and Birding: Red-legged thrush — Red-legged thrush

Birds and Birding: Loggerhead kingbird — Loggerhead kingbird

Birds and Birding: Cuban crow — Cuban crow

Birds and Birding: Blue-headed quail-dove — Blue-headed quail-dove

Birds and Birding: Zenaida dove — Zenaida dove

Birds and Birding: Oriente warbler — Oriente warbler

Birds and Birding: Key West quail-dove — Key West quail-dove

Birds and Birding: Oriente warbler — Oriente warbler

Birds and Birding: Brown pelican — Brown pelican

Birds and Birding: White-winged dove — White-winged dove

Birds and Birding: Blue-headed quail-dove — Blue-headed quail-dove

Birds and Birding: Greater and Lesser yellowlegs — Greater and Lesser yellowlegs

Birds and Birding: Cuban black hawk — Cuban black hawk

Birds and Birding: Clapper rail — Clapper rail

Birds and Birding: Cuban screech owl — Cuban screech owl

Birds and Birding: Western spindalis (stripe-headed tanager) — Western spindalis (stripe-headed tanager)

Birds and Birding: White-crowned pigeon — White-crowned pigeon

Birds and Birding: Cuban tody — Cuban tody

Birds and Birding: Ovenbird — Ovenbird

Birds and Birding: Black-throated blue warbler — Black-throated blue warbler

Birds and Birding: Cuban tody — Cuban tody

Birds and Birding: Cuban tody — Cuban tody

Birds and Birding: Cuban emerald — Cuban emerald

Birds and Birding: Key West quail-dove — Key West quail-dove

Birds and Birding: Louisiana waterthrush — Louisiana waterthrush

Birds and Birding: Prothonotary warbler — Prothonotary warbler

Birds and Birding: Louisiana waterthrush — Louisiana waterthrush

Birds and Birding: Yellow-throated warbler — Yellow-throated warbler

Birds and Birding: Cuban emerald — Cuban emerald

Birds and Birding: Common ground dove (record shot) — Common ground dove (record shot)

Birds and Birding: Black-cowled oriole — Black-cowled oriole

Birds and Birding: Bee hummingbird — Bee hummingbird

Birds and Birding: Bee hummingbird — Bee hummingbird

Birds and Birding: Bahama mockingbird — Bahama mockingbird

Birds and Birding: Neotropical cormorant — Neotropical cormorant

Birds and Birding: Tri-coloured heron (record shot) — Tri-coloured heron (record shot)

Birds and Birding: White ibis — White ibis

Birds and Birding: La Sagra's flycatcher — La Sagra’s flycatcher

Birds and Birding: Mangrove cuckoo — Mangrove cuckoo

Birds and Birding: Cuban pygmy owl — Cuban pygmy owl

Birds and Birding: Yellow-headed warbler — Yellow-headed warbler

Birds and Birding: Zapata wren — Zapata wren

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