Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - Birding holiday in Cuba

Our latest 2-week-long Cuban birding holiday was a great success again. We found most of the Cuban and many Caribbean endemics, took nice photographs of most including the smallest bird in the World, the Bee Hummingbird, the unique Cuban Trogon, Cuban Parrot, Giant Kinbird, the ever attractive Cuban Tody and even the most elusive Gundlach’s Hawk.

We visited the hilly region of Soroa and La Güira, then birded the famous Zapata Peninsula. We continued our tour with exploring La Belén area and finally enjoyed 3 days at the best birding cayes of Cuba and finished our tour with the incredible Havana.

There were many endemics and other great birds to look for during this tour, but we did not miss the opportunity to enjoy sunshine, music, old timers and mojitos!

Cuban Tody

Cuban Trogon

Great Lizard-Cuckoo

Cuban Parrot