{"id":602,"date":"2013-11-20T13:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T20:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/?p=602"},"modified":"2013-11-25T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:27:04","slug":"cuban-birds-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/2013\/11\/cuban-birds-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Cuban Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve made a ‘top ten list’ of endemic birds that I have photographed in Cuba while surveying birds for the Caribbean Conservation Trust<\/a>\u00a0– well, make it the top 12! Several are highly endangered, others just look great. Here they are, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

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This female Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) is one of the most rare woodpeckers in the world, second only to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Near Bermejas, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata inexpectata), Cuba (\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A rare, endemic, and highly endangered Zapata Sparrow (Torreornis inexpectata inexpectata). La Turba, Cuba (WildNaturePhotos\/\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A Cuban Screech Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii) looks out from a roost tree, near Bermejas, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A Cuban Screech Owl (Margarobyas lawrencii) looks out from a roost tree, near Bermejas, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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An endemic Cuban Green Woodpecker (TXiphidiopicus percussus) on a palm tree trunk in Hacienda Cortina, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The endemic Cuban Trogon (Priotelus temnurus) is the national bird of Cuba. La Guira National Park, Cuba. (WildNaturePhotos\/\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A highly endangered, endemic Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai) singing, in the heart of the Zapata Swamp, near Santo Tom\u00e1s. Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), male in non-breeding plumage, perched. Cuba (\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), male in non-breeding plumage, in flight near the red flowers of Firebush (Hamelia patens). Cuba (WildNaturePhotos\/\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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A Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor) in the heart of the Zapata Swamp, near Santo Tom\u00e1s. Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The endemic, highly endangered Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala) can frequently be seen near Bermejas very early in the morning. Zapata Peninsula, Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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The Cuban Solitaire (Myadestes elisabeth), often called the Cuban Nightingale, has a flute-like voice and is considered the best singer of the birds of Cuba (endemic of Cuba). (WildNaturePhotos\/\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Cuban Parrots (Amazona leucocephala leucocephala) feeding in the early morning. Playa Larga, Cuba. (WildNaturePhotos\/\u00a9 2012 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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An endemic Cuban Pigmy Owl (Glaucidium siju) perched in a tree. Bermejas, Zapata Peninsula, Cuba. (Richard Wagner\/\u00a92013 Rich Wagner | WildNaturePhotos)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Looking for more? You can see a portfolio<\/em> of large images of Cuban birds here<\/a>. This link also works well for iPads, as iOS doesn’t support the Flash-based links used above, and the portfolio<\/em> is color managed (even on wide-gamut displays!). You can also check out my other posts on endangered \/ endemic birds in Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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