This is a Cuban Trogon. The picture was taken near the Zapata Swamp, one of the largest wetland areas in Cuba. Our guide called this bird up with his voice-he did not use recorded playback for any birds he called up. Truly a wizard he had been a birder/bird guide for 40 years in NW Cuba. Cuban birds have suffered the same problems birds elsewhere-loss of habitat to agriculture, but the Zapata Swamp area has been designated a reserve so still holds some wonderful birds.
Cuban Trogon
Country Cuba
Location Near Playa Larga, located in NW Cuba. This is the beach of the infamous Bay of Pigs fiasco.
Gender Unknown
Age Adult
Activity Feeding in the Wild
- Created Timestamp02/10/2016 14:09:54
- CameraCanon EOS 7D Mark II
- Aperture5.6
- Focal Length400
- Iso1250
- Shutter Speed1/800
That’s cool to be able to talk to birds, or at least call them and they know your not a fake lol. Pretty bird
This man was a wizard. Truly knew the birds in his corner of the world. He has been birding in this area of Cuba long before it became popular. I sometimes forget that just because Americans have not been visiting Cuba regularly for some period of time, 95% of the rest of the world has been visiting for decades. That includes lots of birders from Europe and Canada.
That’s an interesting observation about Cuba being open to the rest of the world for many years – we think from a US perspective too often.