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PUERTO RICAN ENDEMIC AVIFAUNA
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LLOROSA DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Tanager

PÁJARO BOBO MAYOR DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo

MUCARITO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Screech Owl

COTORRA (IGUACA) DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Parrot

COMEÑAME DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Bullfinch

CALANDRIA DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto RIcan Oriole

MARIQUITA DE PUERTO RICO
Yellow-Shouldered Black Bird

CARPINTERO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Woodpecker

REINITA MARIPOSERA
Adelaide´s Warbler

REINITA DE BOSQUE ENANO
Elfin Woods Warbler

REINA MORA DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Spindalis

SAN PEDRITO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Tody

ZUMBADOR VERDE
Green Mango

ZUMBADORCITO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Emerald

JUÍ DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Flycatcher

BIENTEVEO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Vireo

GUABAIRO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Nightjar

BOBITO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Pewee

CLÉRIGO DE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Loggerhead Kingbird
Depending on the taxonomy group you follow, we have
from 18 to 19 endemic species.  This section includes
the 19 endemic species.  A link to the endemic
subspecies of Puerto Rico will be added in the future.

187    30-MAR  306 18sep   725  3dic  823   2ene
1507  2abr   1897  21may   1996  6jun
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The South American Classification Committee (SACC)
has just accepted a proposal (based on a paper
published by Gary Stiles: see http://www.
ornitologiacolombiana.org/oc8/Stiles.pdf) to split the “blue-
crowned” motmot into five species. The proposal can be
viewed at: http://www.museum.lsu.
edu/~Remsen/SACCprop412.html. The significance of
this to the Caribbean is that the taxon in Trinidad and
Tobago has been split off to form the Trinidad Motmot
Motmotus bahamensis (thus forming another endemic to
our region).

As background, SACC’s geographic area includes
“islands in the Caribbean Sea close to South America and
not covered by the AOU Checklist (i.e. it includes the
Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago)”. See http:
//www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html for
more details.

SACC country lists, including for T&T and the ABC islands
are available as an Excel spreadsheet from: http://www.
museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.html

Continuing this taxonomic theme, a paper by Garrido,
Wiley and Reynard ([2009] Taxonomy of the Loggerhead
Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus complex [Aves:
Tyrannidae]. Wilson J. Orn. 121[4]: 703-713) has
proposed the separation of Loggerhead Kingbird
populations in Puerto Rico and Isla Vieques (T. taylori),
and Hispaniola (T. gabbii) as distinct species (creating
two more island endemics).

David C. Wege
Senior Caribbean Program Manager/ Jefe, Programa del Caribe |
BirdLife International |