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Prairie Warbler
La reinita galana (Setophaga discolor),también denominada chipe galán o de pradera, cigüita de los prados y mariposa galana, es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia

Parulidae que cría en el oriente de América del Norte y pasa el invierno en el Caribe.
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The Prairie Warbler, (Setophaga discolor), is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line

through it, and a yellow spot below it. These birds have black legs, long tails, pale wing bars, and thin pointed bills. Coloring is duller in female and immatures.
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Genus: Setophaga
Species: S. discolor
Binomial name: Setophaga discolor
Nombre Comun: Reinita Galana
Lugar De Captura: Luperon, Pto. Pta. Rep. Dom.
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Hispaniolan Woodpecker
El carpintero de La Española (Melanerpes striatus) es un miembro antillano del género Melanerpes endémico de la isla de La Española, que sólo se encuentra en los bosques de

Haití y la República Dominicana.
Se distingue por su vistoso plumaje de estrías negras y amarillas y su cabeza coronada en rojo completo, en los machos, y en el rojo y negro de las hembras. Muy útil pues se

alimenta de gusanos e insectos que constituyen plagas.
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The Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) is a medium-sized woodpecker endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Their back is covered in yellow and black stripes. Males have a dark red stripe from their forehead to their neck while females the red stripe extends from the nape to the

neck only. Their tail base is brilliantly red while the tail itself is black. The rump is olive-grey.
Unlike most woodpeckers, the Hispaniolan Woodpecker is a social species that takes advantage of having a large number of individual adult birds in the colony to protect a

nesting bank or tree.
Their habitat, which is restricted to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, extends from the coasts, over the deserts to the mountains of the island.
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Subfamily: Picinae
Genus: Melanerpes
Species: M. striatus
Binomial name: Melanerpes striatus
Nombre Comun: Carpintero
Lugar De Captura: Luperon, Pto. Pta. Rep. Dom.
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