The American Flamingo is quite a common permanent but declining resident on the Cays along the north coast of Cuba, and some of the islets off the south coast as well though these are harder to get to. These wonderful photos at the nest were taken by Manual Acosta Cao back in 2015 at Cayo Cristo - off the north coast of Villa Clara Province. The birds build nests of mud and plant matter and lay a single large white egg. Rainfall is the most important cue for nesting to start.

The American Flamingo P. ruber was split from the Greater Flamingo P. roseus about twenty years ago. It is found through the Caribbean area, the Yucatan peninsular and the Galapagos whilst P. roseus is found from Western Europe eastwards through the Middle East and India to China.
As the effects of Climate Breakdown caused by man's use of fossil fuels and the release of carbon into the atmosphere causes climate warming and greater and more frequent extremes of weather the chances for the continued existence of these wonderful birds will become more of a lottery. We heard when we visited Cayo Coco in 2019 that Hurricane Irma in 2017 had devastated the flamingos there and they were only slowly recovering their numbers.
Thank you Manuel for allowing me to share your pictures.

The breeding habitat of the Long-billed Curlew is the grasslands of west-central North America. They winter in the southern states of the US and in Mexico.
It is a very rare vagrant in Cuba having occurred there just six times up to 2000 (Garrido & Kirkconnell) and I don't know if this is the seventh record or whether there have been others earlier this century.
This bird was photographed on 18 August 2021 by Jorge Uría at Guanabo Rincon which is about 10km east of Habana. Well done Jorge on a great find.

I couldn't resist adding this beautiful photo of a Hermit Crab in the shell of Ligus fasciatus. What I don't know is how many species of Hermit Crab there are in Cuba, even if there is just one or if there are several. I have never seen one before with a large purple claw like this so perhaps there is more than one. Congratulations to Jorge Uria on a great photo.

White Ibis is said to be common and widespread around the coasts and water bodies of Cuba though we have only seen it on a small number of occasions and only in flight, so this wonderful photo of an immature caught my eye. It was taken a few days ago near Habana by Vladimir Mirabal. Their main feeding technique is to probe in shallow water to feel for and capture their prey. Thank you Vlad.

The Black-bellied Whistling Duck, known locally as Yaguasa, is a rare bird in Cuba. Four were seen at a place in Artemisa Province just last week and photographed by Marcos Abel González Rabeiro. I'm not sure if they are the first records for Artemisa or not. The map given in the Birds of Cuba (Garrido & Kirkconnell) published in 2000 gives the range as Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spiritus. It says that a nest has never been found in Cuba but it isn't known if these are resident birds or if they are birds that had bred further north and have already dispersed further south. Such post-breeding dispersal of ducks is known here in Europe too and here in the UK there are currently quite a few Ruddy Shelduck which it is thought have dispersed here from mainland Europe.