The Tiniest Territory for Endemic Bird Family
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 235/250
94%
One of the easiest ticks during Puerto Rico endemics cleanup is the monotype family of Puerto Rican Tanager. This species is common on mid and high elevation. Most of our trip was on the south-west corner of the island, and it was seen many times around Maricao and road 120. Other important endemics to be mentioned: Critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot and endangered Puerto Rican Nightjar, Yellow-shouldered Blackbird and Elfin Wood Warbler. Puerto Rico is also a good place for 2 other Caribbean endemic families: Todies (Todidae) and Spindalises (Spindalidae) (near endemic).
235. Family #241: Puerto Rican Tanager (Modulatricidae) | Puerto Rican Tanager
| West Indian Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arborea | Laguna Cartagena |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | Laguna Cartagena |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Laguna Cartagena |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Laguna Cartagena |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | Laguna Cartagena |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Parguera |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | north east coast |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | on the way to Maricao |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | on the way to Maricao |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | on the way to Maricao |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rio Abajo |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Parguera |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | on the way to Maricao |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Lago Cartagena |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Rio Abajo |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Laguna Cartagena |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | Parguera |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Laguna Cartagena |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Laguna Cartagena |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Laguna Cartagena |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | Laguna Cartagena |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Parguera |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Parguera |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Parguera |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Parguera |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Parguera |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | north east coast |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Rio Abajo |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | Maricao |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Laguna Cartagena |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Parguera |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rio Abajo |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | Coccyzus vieilloti | Rio Abajo |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Laguna Cartagena |
| Puerto Rican Owl | Gymnasio nudipes | Hacienda Juanita |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus | Parguera |
| Antillean Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus | Parguera |
| Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis | road 120 km 16.8 trail (Maricao) |
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | Gayana |
| Puerto Rican Emerald | Chlorostilbon maugaeus | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Tody | Todus mexicanus | Rio Abajo |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Parguera |
| Puerto Rican Woodpecker | Melanerpes portoricensis | Rio Abajo |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | on the way to Maricao |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Lago Cartagena |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Parrot | Amazona vittata | Rio Abajo |
| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | Cabo Rojo |
| Lesser Antillean Pewee | Contopus latirostris | road 120 km 16.8 trail (Maricao) |
| Puerto Rican Flycatcher | Myiarchus antillarum | Rio Abajo |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rio Abajo |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Rio Abajo |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | Parguera |
| Puerto Rican Vireo | Vireo latimeri | Rio Abajo |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Maricao |
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | Rio Abajo |
| Pearly-eyed Thrasher | Margarops fuscatus | Rio Abajo |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | on the way to Maricao |
| Elfin-woods Warbler | Setophaga angelae | road 120 km 16.8 trail (Maricao) |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Rio Abajo |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Parguera |
| Adelaide’s Warbler | Setophaga adelaidae | Guanica Bosque Estatal |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | Rio Abajo |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | Laguna Cartagena |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Bullfinch | Loxigilla portoricensis | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Tanager | Nesospingus speculiferus | Maricao |
| Puerto Rican Spindalis | Spindalis portoricensis | Maricao |
| Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius xanthomus | Parguera |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | Rio Abajo |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Rio Abajo |
| Puerto Rican Oriole | Icterus portoricensis | Hacienda Juanita (Maricao) |
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | Maricao (introduced) |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Parguera |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Laguna Cartagena (introducde) |
