Priotelus

Also to be seen are birds such as the tocororo (Priotelus temnurus), zunzuncito or pájaro mosca (Mellisuga helenae), sabanero (Sturnella magna hipocrepis), cartacuba (Todus multicolor), carpintero jabado (Melanerpes superciliaris) and the bat endemic to the island, Mormopterus minutus.

Cuban dry forests 2008

Other notable endemic birds include Hispaniolan hawk (EN) (Buteo ridgwayi), and Hispaniolan parakeet (VU) (Aratinga chloroptera) to name a few of the low to middle altitude species then white-winged warbler (VU) (Xenoligea montana), Hispaniolan emerald (Chlorostilbon swainsonii) and Hispaniolan trogan (Priotelus roseigaster) of the middle to higher elevation parts of the ecoregion.

Hispaniolan pine forests 2008

Birds are also highly diverse, most notable because they are endemic to the island including the olive-capped warbler (Dendroica pityophila), the critically endangered Cuban kite (Chondrohierax wilsonii), the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), which is gravely in danger of becoming extinct given how rare it is and that only a few individuals may survive, the Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus), rose-throated parrot (Amazona leucocephala leucocephala and A.l. palmarum) and the Cuban tody (Todus multicolor).

Cuban pine forests 2008