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Cuban Spanish: Photos of the Cuban Fauna in the Song ¿DÓNDE ESTÁ LA CUTARA?

Here are the images of the fauna mentioned in the Cuban song ¿Dónde está la cutara? written by Enriqueta Almanza and Celia Torriente. This song uses their common local Spanish name, but what are they? Check out the photos and you will recognize them.

Aquí están las fotos de los animales (fauna) que se mencionan en la canción infantil cubana ¿Dónde está la cutara? escrita por Enriqueta Almanza and Celia Torriente. La canción utiliza los nombres comunes que usan localmente, pero ¿qué son? Mira las siguientes fotos y podrás reconocerlos.

1. El guanajo: a turkey

Wild Turkey Walking.jpg

2. El sinsonte: a mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos1.jpg

3. El catey: a parrot

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops) -in tree-6-4c.jpg

4. El totí: a black bird

Totí (Dives atroviolaceus).jpg

5. El manatí: a manatee, marine mammal

FL fig04.jpg

5. El tocororo: a bird

Cubaanse Trogon.jpg

6. La tojosa: a common ground dove

Columbina passerina.jpg

7. El majá (de Santa María): a boa or large snake

EpicratesAngulifer1.jpg

8. La tiñosa: a vulture or condor

Turkey vulture Bluff.jpg

9. El zunzún: a hummingbird

Zun zun, smeraldo cubano, Chlorostilbon ricordi 3.jpg

10. El arrierito (arriero): a cuckoo

Coccyzus merlini -Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba-8 (1).jpg

10. El mayito: a bird

Aves de Cuba: Mayito Agelaius humeralis…

11. La manjúa: a sardine or anchovy

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12. El caimán: a reptile smaller than a crocodile

Caiman yacare.jpg

13. La corúa: a seabird

Neotropic Cormorant, Cotúa Olivácea (Phalacrocorax brasilianus olivaceus).jpg

14. El cocuyo: a bioluminescent beetle

15. El pato yuyo: a wood duck

Brautente Wood Duck Aix sponsa.jpg

 

16. El lagarto: a lizard

Anolis Kuba 20020326.JPG

 

17. El sijú: an owl

Cuban Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium siju).jpg

 

18. La jicotea: a turtle

Trachemys scripta swim.JPG

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