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U.S.A. Turkey Vulture Bahía Zopilote Cabeza Roja Banderas Black Vulture Cathartes aura Zopilote Negro quick guide to the 26-30 in (66-76.5 cm) México Coragyps atratus Northen Shoveler 22-26 in (56-66 cm) Pato Cucharón Norteño Jalisco Heermann’s Gull BIRDS Anas clypeata Gaviota de Heermann Puerto 17-20 in (43-50.5 cm) Larus heermanni Vallarta Ruddy Duck White Ibis Laughing Gull 18-20 in (45.5-50.5 cm) Pato Tepalcate Ibis Blanco OF PUERTO VALLARTA. Gaviota Reidora Oxyura jamaicensis Eudocimus albus Leucophaeus atricilla 14-16 in (35.5-40.5 cm) 21-25 in (53.5-63.5 cm) 15-17 in (38-43 cm) P uerto Vallarta is a bird’s paradise where more than 300 bird Great Blue Heron species can be found. Located in the center of the Bay of Banderas, this White-faced Ibis Garza Azul Ceniza Bonaparte’s Gull Blue-winged Teal Ibis Cara Blanca Ardea herodias tropical city is surrounded by a variety of ecosystems that are home to Gaviota de Bonaparte Black-bellied Cerceta Aliazul Plegadis chihi 40-50 in Chroicocephalus many endemic bird species. Marine and coastal birds are abundant in Whistling-Duck Anas discors 20-24 in (51-61 cm) (101.5 127 cm) philadelphia the bay’s beaches, islands, mangroves and estuaries, while the closeness guía rápida de las Pijiji Aliblanco 15-16 in (30-40.5) 13-13.5 in (33-34.5 cm) of the mountains to the coastline allows for the quick transition from Dendrocygna autumnalis 18-20 in (45.5-50.5 cm) Fulvous Whistling Duck semi deciduous rainforests to pine and oak forests giving the visitor the Pijiji Canelo opportunity to see a huge diversity of tropical and temperate forest birds AVES Dendrocygna bicolor Least Tern in a single day. 19-21 in Charrán Menor (48.5- 53.5 cm) This quick guide presents the illustrations of more than 135 species Sternula antillarum Common Tern DE PUERTO VALLARTA. 8-9 in (20.5-23 cm) Charrán Común . of birds common to the Puerto Vallarta region, including 20 endemic Sterna hirundo species. Most illustrations show adult males while some depict male and 11.5-12.5 in (29-31.5 cm) Common Black Hawk Gray Hawk Collared Forest-Falcon female of the species. Many migratory species appear in winter plumage Least Grebe Aguililla Negra Menor Aguililla Gris Halcón Selvático de Collar while endemic species are circled. The measurements from tip of the bill Zambullidor Menor Buteogallus anthracinus Buteo nitidus Micrastur semitorquatus to end of the tail are given in inches and centimeters. Tachybaptus dominicus 18-21 in (45.5-53 cm) 16-18 in (40.5-45.5 cm) 21-22 in (53.5-56 cm) 8.5-9.5 in (21.5-24 cm) Great Egret This guide is the result of the partnership of Defenders of Wildlife Garza Grande Bat Falcon Yellow-crowned Ardea alba Caspian Tern and Teyeliz A.C. with the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Birding Magnificent Frigatebird Snowy Egret Halcón Murcielaguero Night-Heron 33-39 in (84-99 cm) Elegant Tern Charrán Caspica Mexico, Viva Natura, Unidos por las Guacamayas A.C., Observa- Fragata Magnífica Garza Nivea Pedrete Corona-Clara Charrán Elegante Hydroprogne caspia Falco rufigularis Fregata magnificens torio de Aves de San Pancho and EcoSound Education, to promote Neotropic Cormorant Egretta thula Nyctanassa violacea Thalasseus elegans 20-22 in (51-57 cm) 9-11 in (23-28 cm) 35-42 in (89-107 cm) Cormorán Neotropical 19-23 in (48.5-58.5 cm) 20-23 in (51-58.5 cm) 14.5-16 in (37-41 cm) birdwatching in the region to enhance the knowledge of the abundant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Crested Caracara OF VALLARTA. PUERTO 25-27 in (63.5-68.5 cm) Caracara Común diversity of Mexican bird species. Little Blue Heron DE PUERTO VALLARTA DE PUERTO Brown Pelican Caracara cheriway For information on bird watching tours please contact: Pelícano Café Garceta Azul 19-23 in (48-58.5 cm) [email protected]; [email protected]; Pelecanus occidentalis Egretta caerulea [email protected]; [email protected] 44-54 in (112-137 cm) 20-24 in (51-61 cm) BIRDS AVES P uerto Vallarta es un paraíso en donde se pueden encontrar más Anhinga Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Black-necked Stilt de 300 especies de aves. Localizada en el centro de la Bahía de Banderas, Anhinga Chorlo Semipalmeado Playero Solitario Candelero Americano esta ciudad tropical está rodeada de una variedad de ecosistemas que Americana Charadrius semipalmatus Tringa solitaria Himantopus mexicanus Anhinga anhinga Baird’s Sandpiper 6.5-7 in (16.5-17.5 cm) 8-8.5 in (20.5-21.5 cm) son el hogar de muchas especies endémicas. Las aves marinas y costeras 14-16 in (35.5-40.5 cm) 33-37 in (84-94 cm) Tricolored Heron Playerito de Baird son abundantes en las playas, islas, estuarios y manglares de la bahía, Garceta Tricolor Calidris bairdii mientras que la cercanía de las montañas a la costa permite un rápida Egretta tricolor 6.5-7 in (16.5-17.5 cm) 22-26 in (56-66 cm) Bare-throated transición de la selva semi-caducifolia a los bosques de pino y encino Tiger Heron brindando al visitante la oportunidad de observar una gran diversidad de Cattle Egret Garza Tigre Mexicana Northern Jacana Garza Ganadera Tigrisoma mexicanum guía rápida de las aves de selvas tropicales y de bosques templados en un solo día. guide to the quick Jacana Norteña Bubulcus ibis 28-32 in (71-81 cm) American Kestrel Esta guía rápida presenta ilustraciones de más de 135 especies de aves Jacana spinosa 18-21 in (45.5-53 cm) Cernícalo Americano comunes a la región de Puerto Vallarta incluyendo 20 especies endémi- 8.5-9.5 in (21.5-24 cm) Falco sparverius Whimbrel Black-bellied Plover 10-11.5 in cas. La mayoría de las ilustraciones son de machos adultos, mientras que Purple Gallinule Zarapito Trinador Chorlo Gris (25.5-29 cm) Red-tailed Hawk algunas muestran a los machos y hembras de la especie. Las migratorias Gallineta Morada Numenius phaeopus Pluvialis squatarola Halcón Cola Roja Porphyrio martinicus 14-17 in (35.5-43 cm) aparecen en plumaje de invierno y las endémicas se presentan en un Killdeer 10.5-11.5 in (26.5-28 cm) Buteo jamaicensis 12-13 in (30.5-33 cm) Chorlito Tildío ic 19-23 in circulo. Las medidas de la punta del pico al final de la cola se dan en Charadrius vociferus m e (48.5-58.5 cm) pulgadas y centímetros. 9.5-10 in (24-25.5 cm) d n La guía es el resultado de la alianza entre el Defenders of Wildlife Boat Billed Heron e y Teyeliz, A.C. con el Municipio de Puerto Vallarta, Birding Mexico, Garza Cucharón Author / Autor Green Heron Cochlearius cochlearius Viva Natura, Unidos por las Guacamayas A.C., Observatorio de Aves 18-21 in (45.5-53 cm) e Juan Carlos Cantú Guzmán Garza Verde n de San Pancho y EcoSound Education para promover la observación de Butorides virescens d ém aves en aras de impulsar el conocimiento de la abundante diversidad de 15-17 in (38-43 cm) ica aves de México. Wood Stork Short-billed Para tours de avistamiento de aves contactar a: Common Moorhen American Coot Roseate Spoonbill Sora Cigüeña Americana Spotted Sandpiper Willet Dowitcher Colima Pigmy Owl Osprey [email protected]; [email protected]; Gallineta Común Gallareta Americana Espátula Rosada Polluela Sora Mycteria americana Playero Alzacolita Playero Pihuihui Costurero Pico Corto Tecolotito Colimense Águila Pescadora Illustrations / Ilustraciones Elías García López Gallinula galeata Fulica americana Platalea ajaja Porzana carolina 35-40 in (89-101.5 cm) Actitis macularius Tringa semipalmata Limnodromus griseus Glaucidium palmarum Pandion haliaetus [email protected]; [email protected] I Image retouch, design / Color, retoque digital, diseño Raziel Levi Méndez 13-14 in (33-35.5 cm) 14-16 in (35.5-40.5 cm) 28-31 in (71-79 cm) 8-8.5 in (20.5-21.5 cm) 6.5-7 in (16.5-18 cm) 12.5-14 in (32-35.5 cm) 9.5-11 in (24-28 cm) 5.5-6 in (14-15 cm) 22-26 in (56-66 cm) El diseño, texto, e ilustraciones son propiedad de Defenders of Wildlife. endem nde ic emic en Citreoline Trogon e mi nd de c e m Trogón Citrino i Trogon citreolus c 10.5-11 in (26.5-28 cm) a c e i n m d e Pauraque é é n d m Tapacaminos Picuyo d n a é i Nyctidromus albicollis e c m end c Common Nighthawk mi i em a 11-12 in (28-30.5 cm) é Stripe-headed Sparrow c i Chotacabras Mayor Rufous-backed Robin nd a c e Zacatonero Cabeza Rayada Violet-green Swallow Chordeiles minor Primavera Dorso Rufo Golondrina Verdemar White-throated Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus Peucaea ruficauda 9-9.5 in (23-24 cm) Tropical Kingbird Dickcissel Tachycineta thalassina Primavera Gorjiblanco 8.5-9.5 in (21.5-24 cm) Rusty-crowned 6-7.7 in (15-19.5 cm) Masked Tityra Tirano Tropical Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Arrocero Americano Blue-black Grassquit e Rufous-bellied Chachalaca 4.5-5 in (11.5-12.5 cm) Titira enmascarada Tyrannus melancholichus Papamoscas Vientre Amarillo Turdus assimilis Ground-Sparrow n Spiza americana Semillero Brincador d Chachalaca Vientre Castaño Tityra semifasciata 7.8-9.3 in (19.5-23.5 cm) Myiodynastes luteiventris 9-10 in (23-25.5 cm) ndemi Volatinia jacarina Rascador Nuca Rufa é Vaux’s Swift 5.8-6.3 in (14.5-16 cm) e c m Ortalis wagleri 8.5-9.5 in (21.5-24 cm) 7.5-8.5 in (19-21.5 cm) 4-4.3 in (10-11 cm) Melozone kieneri ic 23-27 in (58.5-68.5 cm) Vencejo de Vaux 6-7 in (15-17.5 cm) a Chaetura vauxi 4-4.5 in (10-11.5 cm) Social Flycatcher White-collared Swift Luis Gregario Lark Sparrow Vencejo Cuello Blanco Myiozetetes similis a Gorrión Arlequín West Mexican c Streptoprocne zonaris 6.7-7.2 in (17-18.5 cm) i Chondestes grammacus Chachalaca m 8-8.5 in (20.5-21.5 cm) é 6.6.5 in (15-16.5 cm) Chachalaca Mexicana d Northern n Ortalis poliocephala Orchard Oriole Great Kiskadee e Rough-winged Swallow 23-27 in (58.5-68.5 cm) Calandria Castaña Groove-billed
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    BIOTROPICA The relative contribut ion of specialists and generalists to mistletoe dispersal: insights from a Neotropical rainforest For Peer Review Only Journal: Biotropica Manuscript ID: BITR-11-411.R1 Manuscript Type: Paper Date Submitted by the Author: n/a Complete List of Authors: Watson, David; Charles Sturt University, The Johnstone Centre Barro Colorado Island, Frugivory and seed dispersal, Loranthaceae, Keywords: Tyrannidae, Foraging, Mionectes oleagineus, Miozetetes, Tyrannulus elatus, Zimmerius vilissimus Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Page 1 of 34 BIOTROPICA 1 2 3 4 5 1 The relative contribution of specialists and generalists to mistletoe 6 7 8 2 dispersal: insights from a Neotropical rainforest 9 10 11 12 3 13 14 For Peer Review Only 15 4 DAVID M WATSON 16 17 18 5 Institute for Land Water and Society and School of Environmental Sciences 19 20 21 22 6 Charles Sturt University 23 24 25 7 PO Box 789 Albury 2640 Australia 26 27 28 8 29 30 31 9 Email [email protected] 32 33 34 10 35 36 37 38 11 Submitted as a standard paper to Biotropica 22 November 2011 39 40 41 12 Fully revised manuscript submitted 01 March 2012 42 43 44 13 45 46 47 14 Running head: Specialist vs generalist mistletoe dispersers 48 49 50 51 15 52 53 54 16 Received ____________; revision accepted ____________. 55 56 57 58 59 60 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation BIOTROPICA Page 2 of 34 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 ABSTRACT 6 7 8 2 Mistletoes rely on birds for seed dispersal, but the presumed importance of mistletoe-specialist 9 10 3 frugivores has not been critically examined nor compared with generalist frugivores and 11 12 13 4 opportunistic foragers.
  • Checklistccamp2016.Pdf

    Checklistccamp2016.Pdf

    2 3 Participant’s Name: Tour Company: Date#1: / / Tour locations Date #2: / / Tour locations Date #3: / / Tour locations Date #4: / / Tour locations Date #5: / / Tour locations Date #6: / / Tour locations Date #7: / / Tour locations Date #8: / / Tour locations Codes used in Column A Codes Sample Species a = Abundant Red-lored Parrot c = Common White-headed Wren u = Uncommon Gray-cheeked Nunlet r = Rare Sapayoa vr = Very rare Wing-banded Antbird m = Migrant Bay-breasted Warbler x = Accidental Dwarf Cuckoo (E) = Endemic Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker Species marked with an asterisk (*) can be found in the birding areas visited on the tour outside of the immediate Canopy Camp property such as Nusagandi, San Francisco Reserve, El Real and Darien National Park/Cerro Pirre. Of course, 4with incredible biodiversity and changing environments, there is always the possibility to see species not listed here. If you have a sighting not on this list, please let us know! No. Bird Species 1A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tinamous Great Tinamou u 1 Tinamus major Little Tinamou c 2 Crypturellus soui Ducks Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 3 Dendrocygna autumnalis u Muscovy Duck 4 Cairina moschata r Blue-winged Teal 5 Anas discors m Curassows, Guans & Chachalacas Gray-headed Chachalaca 6 Ortalis cinereiceps c Crested Guan 7 Penelope purpurascens u Great Curassow 8 Crax rubra r New World Quails Tawny-faced Quail 9 Rhynchortyx cinctus r* Marbled Wood-Quail 10 Odontophorus gujanensis r* Black-eared Wood-Quail 11 Odontophorus melanotis u Grebes Least Grebe 12 Tachybaptus dominicus u www.canopytower.com 3 BirdChecklist No.
  • Tinamiformes – Falconiformes

    Tinamiformes – Falconiformes

    LIST OF THE 2,008 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA. Notes: "(A)" = accidental/casualin A.O.U. area; "(H)" -- recordedin A.O.U. area only from Hawaii; "(I)" = introducedinto A.O.U. area; "(N)" = has not bred in A.O.U. area but occursregularly as nonbreedingvisitor; "?" precedingname = extinct. TINAMIFORMES TINAMIDAE Tinamus major Great Tinamou. Nothocercusbonapartei Highland Tinamou. Crypturellus soui Little Tinamou. Crypturelluscinnamomeus Thicket Tinamou. Crypturellusboucardi Slaty-breastedTinamou. Crypturellus kerriae Choco Tinamou. GAVIIFORMES GAVIIDAE Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon. Gavia arctica Arctic Loon. Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon. Gavia immer Common Loon. Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon. PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE Tachybaptusdominicus Least Grebe. Podilymbuspodiceps Pied-billed Grebe. ?Podilymbusgigas Atitlan Grebe. Podicepsauritus Horned Grebe. Podicepsgrisegena Red-neckedGrebe. Podicepsnigricollis Eared Grebe. Aechmophorusoccidentalis Western Grebe. Aechmophorusclarkii Clark's Grebe. PROCELLARIIFORMES DIOMEDEIDAE Thalassarchechlororhynchos Yellow-nosed Albatross. (A) Thalassarchecauta Shy Albatross.(A) Thalassarchemelanophris Black-browed Albatross. (A) Phoebetriapalpebrata Light-mantled Albatross. (A) Diomedea exulans WanderingAlbatross. (A) Phoebastriaimmutabilis Laysan Albatross. Phoebastrianigripes Black-lootedAlbatross. Phoebastriaalbatrus Short-tailedAlbatross. (N) PROCELLARIIDAE Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar. Pterodroma neglecta KermadecPetrel. (A) Pterodroma