SOUTHWEST - The region of greatest diversity of birds in Puerto Rico. Among the available places for birding are: Guanica Dry Forest (Biosphere Reserve), Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Boqueron Forest, Cartagena Lagoon, mouths of rivers, ponds and others. Among the endemic birds that are possible are: Yellow-shouldered Blackbird - Agelaius xanthomus Adelaide's Warbler - Dendroica adelaidae Puerto Rican Vireo - Vireo latimeri Puerto Rican Woodpecker - Melanerpes portoricensis Puerto Rican Flycatcher - Myiarchus antillarum Puerto Rican Spindalis - Spindalis portoricensis Puerto Rican Bullfinch - Loxigilla portoricensis Puerto Rican Nightjar - Caprimulgus noctitherus Puerto Rican Emerald - Chlorostilbon maugaeus Puerto Rican Tody - Todus
mexicanus Among the birds that might catch your interest are: West Indian Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna arborea Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica Antillean Euphonia - Euphonia musica Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis White-cheeked Pintail - Anas bahamensis Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia Clapper Rail - Rallus longirostris Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensis Troupial - Icterus icterus Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii Least Tern - Sternula antillarum Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri (migratory) Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis Snowy Plover - Chordeiles gundlachii Antillean Nighthawk - Chordeiles gundlachii Indian Silverbill - Lonchura
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