Southern Caribbean and Orinoco River Cruise
March 3 - 12, 1997
Bill Murphy, ABA Representative
Tuesday, March 3
Trinidad
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Scarlet Ibis
Blue-winged Teal
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Royal Tern
Scaled Pigeon
Eared Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Rock Dove
Orange-winged Parrot
Smooth-billed Ani
Greater Ani
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Common Potoo
Black-throated Mango
Tufted Coquette
White-chested Emerald
Copper-rumped Hummingbird
White-necked Jacobin
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Violaceous Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Barred Antshrike
Bearded Bellbird
Golden-headed Manakin
White-bearded Manakin
Tropical Kingbird
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Tropical House-Wren
Tropical Mockingbird
Bare-eyed Thrush
White-necked Thrush
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Shiny Cowbird
Crested Oropendola
Carib Grackle
Yellow Oriole
Northern Waterthrush
Bicolored Conebill
Bananaquit
Purple Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Violaceous Euphonia
Blue-gray Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Palm Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Wednesday, March 4
The Orinoco River, Venezuela
Large-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Anhinga
Brown Pelican
Neotropical Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
King Vulture
Osprey
Great Black-Hawk
Plumbeous Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Zone-tailed Hawk
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
Severe Macaw (Chestnut-fronted Macaw)
Red-shouldered Macaw
Green Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
White-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Short-tailed Swift
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Black-necked Aracari
Lineated Woodpecker
Crimson-hooded Manakin
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Great Kiskadee
Crested Oropendola
Greater Ani
Black-capped Mocking-Thrush
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Bananaquit
White-lined Tanager
Red-capped Cardinal
Velvet-fronted Grackle
March 5 and 6
The Orinoco River and at sea enroute to Tobago
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
Snowy Egret
Cocoi Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Striated Heron
Cattle Egret
Bare-faced Ibis
Green Ibis
Muscovy Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Black-collared Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Plumbeous Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Osprey
Yellow-headed Caracara
Large-billed Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
Red-bellied Macaw
Orange-winged Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Hoatzin
Striped Cuckoo
Little Cuckoo
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Little Hermit
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
American Pygmy-Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Black-necked Aracari
Many-banded Aracari
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Barred Antshrike
Black-crested Antshrike
Silvered Antbird
Tropical Kingbird
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Pewee
White-winged Swallow
Blue-and-White Swallow
Stripe-backed Wren
White-flanked Antwren
Tropical Mockingbird
Black-capped Mockingthrush
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Crested Oropendola
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Red-rumped Cacique
Purple Honeycreeper
White-Lined Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
March 7
Tobago
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Magnificent Frigatebird
Striated Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Southern Lapwing
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Pale-vented Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
Orange-winged Parrot
Smooth-billed Ani
Short-tailed Swift
White-tailed Sabrewing
Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Collared Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Belted Kingfisher
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Stripe-breasted Spinetail (heard only)
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
White-fringed Antwren
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Tropical Kingbird
Scrub Greenlet
Blue-backed Manakin
Bare-eyed Thrush
Tropical Mockingbird
American Redstart
Bananaquit
White-lined Tanager
Blue-grey Tanager
Black-faced Grassquit
Giant Cowbird
Crested Oropendola
March 8
At sea enroute to Isla Margarita
Audubon's Shearwater
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-footed Booby
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
Royal Tern
Pomerine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
March 9
Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Green-winged Macaw
White-eyed Parakeet
Orange-winged Parrot
Screaming Piha
Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Ringed Kingfisher
Cuvier's Toucan (pet?)
White-winged Swallow
Grey Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Silver-beaked Tanager
Palm Tanager
Bananaquit
Carib Grackle
Also March 9
Isla Margarita
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brown Pelican
Magnificent Frigatebird
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Yellow-headed Caracara
Crested Caracara
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Rock Dove
Scaled Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Smooth-billed Ani
Buffy Hummingbird
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Olivaceous Woodcreeper (heard only)
Barred Antshrike
White-fringed Antwren
Tropical Kingbird
Grey-breasted Martin
Barn Swallow
Bare-eyed Thrush
Tropical Mockingbird
Vermillion Cardinal
Scrub Greenlet
Bananaquit
Glaucous Tanager
Black-faced Grassquit
Carib Grackle
March 10
At sea enroute to Bonaire
Red-footed Booby
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Brown Pelican
Magnificent Frigatebird
Royal Tern
Pomerine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
March 11
Bonaire
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Magnificent Frigatebird
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Greater Flamingo
Blue-winged Teal
Osprey
Crested Caracara
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-necked Stilt
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Phalarope
Royal Tern
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Bare-eyed Pigeon
Eared Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Rock Dove
White-tipped Dove
Brown-throated Parakeet
Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird
Common Emerald
Belted Kingfisher
Caribbean Elaenia
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Scaly-breasted Thrasher
Pearly-eyed Thrasher
Bananaquit
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-faced Grassquit
Yellow Oriole
Troupial
March 12
Curaçao
Brown Pelican
Magnificent Frigatebird
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Osprey
American Kestrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Royal Tern
Bare-eyed Pigeon
Rock Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Eared Dove
Brown-throated Parakeet
Common Emerald
Gray Kingbird
Tropical Mockingbird
House Sparrow
Yellow Oriole
Carib Grackle
Bananaquit
Yellow Warbler
Black-faced Grassquit
Rufous-collared Sparrow
