L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 9. 1994 (Budapest, 1994)

Bankovics, A.; Melián Hernández, L. O.: Bird migration data from a mangrove swamp near Santiago de Cuba

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 3+4+2 specimens were sitting in a flock of mixed-species roosting birds in the salty lagoon on 14 Nov. There were about 12 birds searching for food above the nearby sea-gulf at the same time. Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) Garrido & Garcia Montana (1975) mentioned it as a rare winter visitor, between 26 Nov. and 7 April. We recorded several specimens on 14 Nov., wich is an early data for this species. There were 19+2 specimens in a mixed roosting flock of birds, and another 16 birds separated in the salty lagoon on 14 Nov. Table 2. Measurements of the captured shorebirds in San Miguel de Parada Species weight length wing tail bill tarsus date g mm mm mm mm mm Jacana spinosa 125 245 135 40 35 60 15 Nov. Jacana spinosa 91 230 130 46 35 62 15 Nov. H. mexicanus 160 350 206 73 60 106 12 Nov. 204 350 216 71 64 123 12 Nov. 114 320 215 72 60 95 12 Nov. 114 361 216 70 67 113 13 Nov. 149 350 216 74 64 106 13 Nov. Tringa flavipes 70 260 150 70 36 55 12 Nov. 72 265 146 67 38 55 106 252 151 60 37 55 93 265 151 63 37 57 95 250 150 60 36 56 90 260 158 70 36 52 100 271 160 70 36 57 12 Nov. 66 250 160 67 36 57 13 Nov. 56 255 152 65 37 53 59 255 150 60 37 55 54 250 138 65 38 51 74 240 143 60 34 50 69 255 155 65 35 50 73 265 144 65 38 53 13 Nov. average: 76.9 257 150.6 65 36.5 54 T. melanoleuca 166 350 195 88 54 68 13 Nov. G gallinago 102 260 126 58 67 35 13 Nov. 100 290 135 59 72 39 14 Nov. 90 260 127 56 64 32 14 Nov. L. griseus 100 275 151 56 62 37 14 Nov. C. minutilla 19 140 90 40 19 22 15 Nov.