| SYSTEMATIC LIST of SPECIES SEEN ~ PUERTO RICO Oct 2006 | ||||
| The 1st number is the max number seen in 1 day | ||||
| The 2nd number is the maximum number of days it was seen | ||||
| BIRDS | ||||
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | A few around the coast . 6/3 | ||
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | 1 at Quebradillas Cliffs | ||
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | A few around the S & E coast . 12/3 | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Scattered. 7/4 | ||
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | 3 at Humacao | ||
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Scattered. 2/2 | ||
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Scattered. 10/3 | ||
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Scattered. 60+/3 | ||
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Scattered. 5/3 | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 at La Parguera | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 in the wet fields near La Parguera | ||
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | 25 at Humacao and 3 at Guanica | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | 3 at Humacao | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Widespread. 30/3 | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | A few at Humacao. 6/3 | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | The local race. 2/4 | ||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | caribaearum'…singles scattered. 1/5 | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | A pair at La Parguera | ||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | The common chicken! | ||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | A few around Maricao! | ||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 8 at Humacao | ||
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | 3 on the beach at Punta Santiago | ||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Guanica and La Parguera. 15/2 | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 at Guanica beach | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | 20+ at Punta Santiago | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Singles at Humacao and La Parguera | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | 25+ at Cabo Rojo and 2 at La Parguera | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Scattered. 3/3 | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | 2 at Punta Santiago & 10 at La Parguera | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | 20+ at Punta Santiago & 1 at Cabo Rojo | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Common at Cabo Rojo | ||
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Common at Cabo Rojo | ||
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Common at Cabo Rojo | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | 400+ at Cabo Rojo & 9 at La Parguera | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | 1 at La Parguera | ||
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | 1 at Punta Santiago | ||
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | Common along coastal areas. 30+/3 | ||
| Royal Tern | Sterna maxima | 2nd most common tern. 10+/3 | ||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Common | ||
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | El Yunque & Maricao. 6/3 | ||
| Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | 5 at Sabana of the endemic subspecies ' wetmorei' | ||
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Tough to tell this species apart from the next | ||
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | Common along coastal areas. 25+/3 | ||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | 1 near Guanica | ||
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | Scattered. 12/4 | ||
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Scattered. 12/3 | ||
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | Widspread. 13/4 | ||
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | Heard at Guanica | ||
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | 1 briefly flying away at Guanica | ||
| Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | 1 at San Juan airport | ||
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis | 4+ seen at El Yunque, more heard | ||
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | 1 flew across the road near La Parguera | ||
| Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Saurothera vieilloti | 2 at El Yunque; 1 at Guanica and 1 heard at Maricao | ||
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Around fields. 12/3 | ||
| Puerto Rican Screech-Owl | Megascops nudipes | Up to 3 heard at Hacienda Juanita, 1 seen | ||
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Caprimulgus noctitherus | 2 heard at Guanica | ||
| Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis | 1 at El Yunque; 2 at Maricao. 2/3 | ||
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | 1 briefly flew past at Farjardo | ||
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | 2 at Farjardo | ||
| Puerto Rican Emerald | Chlorostilbon maugaeus | 1 at Hacienda Juanita; 4+ at Maricao | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | Singles on 3 days | ||
| Puerto Rican Tody | Todus mexicanus | 1 at El Yunque; 4 at Gunaica; 6 at Maricao | ||
| Puerto Rican Woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis | 1 at El Yunque; 3 at Juanita & 5 at Maricao. 5/3 | ||
| Puerto Rican Pewee | Contopus latirostris | A recent endemic…..2 at Maricao | ||
| Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum | 6 at Guanica | ||
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Common and widespread. 20/5 | ||
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | 2 at El Yunque | ||
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | 40+ at Maricao | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 2 at La Parguera | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Widespread in small numbers. 4/5 | ||
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | A few scattered. 2/4 | ||
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | El Yunque and Maricao. 5/4 | ||
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | 9 at Humacao | ||
| Nutmeg Mannikin | Lonchura punctulata | 2 at Humacao | ||
| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | 20+ at San Juan | ||
| Puerto Rican Vireo | Vireo latimeri | 1 at El Yunque; 4 at Guanica; 8+ at Maricao | ||
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | El Parguera. 2/2 | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens | 2 females at Maricao | ||
| Adelaide Warbler | Dendroica adelaidae | 12 at Guanica | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | 3 at El Yunque | ||
| Elfin-woods Warbler | Dendroica angelae | 3 at Maricao | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | 1 at Maricao (for comparison) | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis | Singles at Humacao & La Parguera. 1/3 | ||
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | Abundant | ||
| Puerto Rican Tanager | Nesospingus speculiferus | 3 at El Yunque; 2 at Juanita; 20+ at Maricao | ||
| Puerto Rican Spindalis | Spindalis portoricensis | 2 at El Yunque; 2 at La Parguera; 8+ at Maricao | ||
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor | Widespread. Heard more often than seen. 6/5 | ||
| Puerto Rican Bullfinch | Loxigilla portoricensis | 2 at El Yunque; 1 at Gunaica; 4+ at Maricao | ||
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius xanthomus | 5 at La Parguera | ||
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | Common seen daily | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | 1 female at El Yunque | ||
| Greater Antillean Oriole | Icterus dominicensis | portoricensis….PR Oriole. 1 at Maricao | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Singles in Farjardo & San Juan. 1/2 | ||
| MAMMALS | ||||
| Small Indian Mongoose | Herpestes javanicus | Individuals at Humacao & Gunaica. 1/2 | ||
| AMPHIBIANS | ||||
| Cocqui Frog | Cocqui sp | Heard every day….several different species | ||
| large toad sp | 3 on tehroad between Guanica & La Parguera | |||
| REPTILES | ||||
| North Antillean Slider | Peletophryne lemur | 1 at Humacao | ||
| Green Iguana | Iguana iguana | Common at Humacao. 7/2 | ||
| Green Turtle | Chelonia mydas | 1 off Quebradillas Cliffs | ||
| Anole sp | Anolis sp | A number of different species seen daily | ||
| BUTTERFLIES | ||||
| Polydamas Swallowtail | Battus polydamas | 1 at El Yunque | ||
| Lyside Sulphur | Kricogonia lyside | Several at Guanica | ||
| Large Orange Sulphur | Phoebis agarithe | A few scattered. 2/4 | ||
| Cloudless Sulphur | Phoebis sennae | A few scattered. 3/4 | ||
| Orange Barred Sulphur | Phoebis philea | 1/3 | ||
| Orange Sulphur | Colias eurytheme | A few scattered. 4/4 | ||
| Little Yellow | Pyrisitia lisa | 5/2 | ||
| Red Rim | Biblis hyperia | 1 at Guanica | ||
| Julia | Dryas julia | 1 at El Yunque & 6 at Maricao | ||
| Goatweed Leafwing | Anaea troglodyta | 2 at Guanica | ||
| Pale Leafwing | Consul electra | 2 at Maricao | ||
| Zebra Longwing | Heliconius charithonia | 3 at Gunaica | ||
| Malachite | Siproeta stelenes | 2 at Maricao | ||
| Dirce Beauty | Colobura dirce | 1 at Maricao | ||
| Satyr sp | 10+ at Maricao | |||
| Common Sootywing | Pholisora catullus | 2 at Guanica | ||
| Skipper sp | 1 at Maricao | |||
| Skipper sp | 1 at Maricao | |||