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The Hispaniolan trogon is the national bird of Haiti. The following is a list of the bird species recorded in Haiti. The avifauna of Haiti included a total of 275 species according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase) as of October 2024. [1] Of them, 11 have been introduced by humans and 62 are rare or accidental.
There are over 200 species of avifauna, including the palmchat, La Selle thrush, introduced guineafowl, and grey-crowned tanager which is unique to Haiti. [4] BirdLife International has identified 10 Important Bird Areas in Haiti, which cover about 23,200 hectares (57,000 acres) (1% of land area of Haiti). Of these, five are located in the four ...
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The Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster), also known as cacos is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It is endemic to Hispaniola (both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean. It is one of the only two trogon species found in the Caribbean. [2] It is the national bird of Haiti. [3]
This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). [4] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because ...
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird.
The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic is a book published as no.155 in the zoological monograph series Bulletin of the United States National Museum. It was authored by Alexander Wetmore , with the assistance of Bradshaw H. Swales, and was published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC in 1931.
In 1921 the American ornithologist James L. Peters restricted the type locality to Port-au-Prince in Haiti. [ 10 ] The Greater Antillean grackle is now one of seven species placed in the genus Quiscalus (six extant and one extinct ), that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.