Cuban Kite

in Neotropical Program: West Indies Program:

Status: Active, started in 2002

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Goals:

Research and conservation of the Cuban Kite

Background:

Poorly known and documented and was presumed probably extinct until 2004. Last sighting was in the early 1990s.

Recent Results:

Rediscovered in 2004. Since 2006, we have been trying to obtain a collaborative permit with a Cuban organization and biologists.

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Location Note:

Cuba, eastern end of island in Guantánamo and Baracoa regions

Species involved

People involved in this project:

Rick Watson Ph.D. Vice President and Director of International Programs
Russell Thorstrom Director, Madagascar and West Indies Projects
Kike
Luis Diaz
Orlando Garrido
Arturo Kirkconnell
Nils Navarro Pacheco
Ernesto Reyes
William Suarez

Cooperating Partners:

  • CITMA
  • National Museum of Natural History of Cuba