Near Enemics

	West Indian Woodpecker Range - Bahamas, Cuba and Grand Cayman Common in the Najasa area but also seen at El Salton. Not seen elsewhere.
West Indian Woodpecker
	Loggerhead Kingbird Range - Bahamas, Greater Antillies and Cayman Islands One of the more common species, seen daily.
Loggerhead Kingbird
Loggerhead Kingbird
	Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Range - Cuba and Hispaniola Only seen in the grounds of the Villa Pinares De Mayari.
Greater Antillian Grackle Range - Greater Antillies, Cayman Islands Probably the first bird to be heard (very noisy!) and common in the grounds of both mountain hotels
	Great Lizard-cuckoo Range - Bahamas and Cuba An amazing looking bird with an extremely long tail.  They usually wanted to remain partially obscured.  We saw them creeping through the bushes (rather than flying).  Seen at several sites during the week.
	Scaly-naped Pigeon Range - Lesser and Greater Antillies A Pigeon of forested areas which we only saw at El Salton.
	Red-legged Thrush Range - Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Brac, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Dominica and Swan Islands
Red-legged Thrushes were very common in the grounds of the hotels at Villa Pinares De Mayari and El Salton, but we also saw this species at Najasa.
	Black-cowled Oriole Range - Mexico, Central America, northern Bahamas and Greater Antilles except Jamaica Most frequently seen in the hotel grounds at Villa Pinares De Mayari.
Black-cowled Oriole
	Stripe-headed Tanager Range - Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. The males are very striking. Only seen on a few occasions in wooded areas.
Western Spindalis
Palm Crow Range - Cuba and Hispaniola Not difficult to separate from Cuban Crow, providing they call.   The call of the Palm Crow is relatively similar to Carrion Crow while Cuban Crow has a bizarre call.
Palm Crow

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