Southern Research Station

Title: Composition of mixed-species flocks of migrant and resident birds in Cuba

Author: Hamel, Paul B.; Kirkconnell, Arturo

Date: 2005

Source: Cotinga, Vol. 24: 28-34

Description: Mixed-species flocks are common and obvious in Neotropical habitats. In the Caribbean islands flocks have been noted on Puerto Rico^2,5,24,29, Jamaica⁴, Haiti²⁰, in Dominican Republic¹⁸, the virgin Islands⁷ and on Cuba^6,16. Unlike other islands, however such flocks have not been described in detail for Cuba. One previous report treated mixed-species flocks of migratory wood warblers in Cuba¹⁶

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Hamel, Paul B.; Kirkconnell, Arturo  2005.  Composition of mixed-species flocks of migrant and resident birds in Cuba.   Cotinga, Vol. 24: 28-34