Myadestes genibaris. From Wordnik.com. [Windward Islands dry forests] Reference
Characteristic species of this mangrove ecoregion include birds such as the keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), Townsend’s solitaire (Myadestes towsendi), bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum), tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), reddish egret (Egretta rugescens), jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), wood stork (Mycteria americana), swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus), zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonatus), amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona), prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea). From Wordnik.com. [Alvarado mangroves] Reference
Birds that can be mentioned are the fairy hummingbird, "zunzuncito" or "pájaro mosca" (Mellisuga helenae), known as the smallest bird in the world, the Cuban trogan or "tocororo" (Priotelus temnurus), the ivory-billed woodpecker or "carpintero real" (Campephilus principalis), the Cuban solitaire (Myadestes elizabeth), the hook-billed kite (Chondrohierax wilsonii), the red-legged honey-creeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), the Cuban parakeet (Aratinga euops), the stigian owl or "siguapa" (Asio stygius), and the Gundlach’s hawk (Accipiter gundlachi). From Wordnik.com. [Cuban moist forests] Reference
All of the restricted-range birds are found at elevations ranging from 700-800 m, and none are considered threatened; such birds include the Tacarcuna wood-quail (Odontophorus dialeucos), russet-crowned quail-dove (Geotrygon goldmani), bare-shanked screech-owl (Otus clarkii), violet-capped hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps), rufous-cheeked hummingbird (Goethalsia bella), beautiful teerunner (Margarornis bellulus), tacarcuna tapaculo (Scytalopus panamensis), nario tapaculo (S. vicinor), varied solitaire (Myadestes coloratus), sooty-faced finch (Lysurus creassirostris), tacarcuna bush-tanager (Chlorospingus tacarcunae), pirre bush-tanager (Bangsia arcaei), yellow-collared chlorphonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris), green-napped tanager (Tangara fucosa) and pirre warbler (Basileuterus ignotus). From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Panamanian montane forests] Reference
The stolid flycatcher or "manuelito" (Myiarchus stolidus), the endemic peewee or "maroita" (Contopus hispaniolensis), the rufous throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis), the woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus), the white necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus), the palm chat (Dulus dominicus), declared the national bird of the Dominican Republic, the Hispaniolan trogon (Temnotrogon roseigaster), the ruddy quail dove (Geotrygon montana), the red-tailed hawk or "guaraguao" (Buteo jamaicensis), the white-winged warbler (Xeboligea montana), and the green tailed ground warbler (Microligea palusrtris), the antillean siskin (Carduelis dominicensis), the la Selle thrush (Turdus swalesi), the chat-tanager or "chirri de los Bahorucos" (Calyptophilus frugivorus), and white winged crossbills (Loxia leucoptera). From Wordnik.com. [Hispaniolan moist forests] Reference
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