PALMCHAT, CARIBE DELUXE PRINCESS, PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/17/2023

 

CATTLE EGRET, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023

 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023

 

TURKEY VULTURE IN FLIGHT, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023

 

FEMALE YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUITS, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, 6/16/2023

 

MALE HISPANIOLAN EMERALD, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Hispaniolan Emerald as follows:

• Slightly down curved bill with black upper mandible.  Can't make out lower mandible.
• Small white spot behind eye.  You can just make this out in both photos, but is clearer in the first photo.
• Forehead, cheeks and crown are dull and dark.
• The rest of the upperparts  and flanks are green.
• Greenish throat.
• Forked tail.

      The Hispaniolan Emerald, which is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, is a new species to our Photographic Life.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,076.

 

HISPANIOLAN LIZARD-CUCKOO, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   Not a great photo, but we can still ID this bird as a Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo as follows:

• Large bird with with a long, broad tail, which is about half the size of the birds length.
• Tail has whitish tip.
• Gray upperparts and wings with rufous wing patch.
• Can just make out red eyering.

   The Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo is endemic to islands of Hispaniola, Tortue (off N Haiti) and Sasona (off SE Dominican Republic).

   The Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,075.