HISPANIOLAN LIZARD-CUCKOO, LOS HAITISES NATIONAL PARK, SABANA DE LA MAR, HATO MAYOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6/16/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   Not a great photo, but we can still ID this bird as a Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo as follows:

• Large bird with with a long, broad tail, which is about half the size of the birds length.
• Tail has whitish tip.
• Gray upperparts and wings with rufous wing patch.
• Can just make out red eyering.

   The Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo is endemic to islands of Hispaniola, Tortue (off N Haiti) and Sasona (off SE Dominican Republic).

   The Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo is a new species to our Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,075.