[Secret Twitcher]

Hi,

I visited Cuba (Varadero) in June 2008 and although very much into my birds, I stupidly failed to record exactly what I had seen as I was then only interested in listing my British and Irish sightings. I have now come to compiling my sightings from my travels and am struggling to piece together exactly what I saw in Cuba.

I wondered if anyone knew of any websites which gave a list of all the common species most regularly seen in Cuba? After a bit of searching, I can't really find much other than field guides which I don't really want to buy.

Although I know it will be nearly impossible to list all the species I saw, a list of all the common species you would expect to find in Varadero & surrounding islands in June would be a fantastic start.

For example, I rememebr seeing a pair of plover on an island beach off Varadero but can't decide if they were Kentish or Wilson's. Knowing what is more likely would really help. On the same island we had a small dove nesting in our sun shade. So frustrating being able to remember the birds but not put a name to them!

[njlarsen]

http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist...st=howardmoore is a checklist of birds in Cuba. Many of them are labeled as rare/accidental, meaning that supposedly, the rest are not.

The plover could depending on time be semipalmated plover but not kentish, if you are comparing with Wilson's; Kentish around here is called Snowy for a reason.

Niels