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Revista UVO 2019.Indd PUBLICACIÓN DE LA UNIÓN VENEZOLANA DE ORNITÓLOGOS DICIEMBRE 2019 • VOLUMEN 9 ISSN 2244-8411 Merganetta armata EDITOR UNIÓN VENEZOLANA DE ORNITÓLOGOS, A. C. CARLOS VEREA Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad Junta Directiva de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas. [email protected] CRISTINA SAINZ Presidente COMITÉ EDITORIAL MIGUEL LENTINO MIGUEL LENTINO Director Fundación Ornitológica Phelps, Edif. 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Abraham Lincoln, Edif. Gran Sabana, Piso 3, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Urb. El Recreo, Caracas, Venezuela Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Altos de www.uvo.ciens.ucv.ve Pipe, Caracas CONTENIDO ARTÍCULOS MONITOREO DEL CONOTO NEGRO PSAROCOLIUS DECUMANUS EN UN ECOSISTEMA URBANO: UNA INICIATIVA DE CIENCIA CIUDADANA EN CARACAS, VENEZUELA. Fernando Machado- Stredel, Ana M. F. Fernandes, Fernando Riera, Rafael Gianni, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro y Jorge Luis Pérez-Emán Monitoring the Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus in an urban ecosystem: a citizen science initiative in Caracas, Venezuela …………………………………………………………………… 4 LA DIETA DE DOS THAMNOPHILIDAE DE VENEZUELA: LA CHOCA GUAYANESA THAMNOMANES CAESIUS Y LA BURUJARA PIZARREÑA THAMNOMANES ARDESIACUS. Tomás A. García y Vicky C. Malavé-Moreno Diet of two Thamnophilidae from Venezuela: Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius and Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus ………………………………………………… 15 COMPOSICIÓN Y RIQUEZA AVIAR DE UN ÁREA URBANA ADYACENTE AL PARQUE NACIONAL EL ÁVILA (WARAIRA REPANO), CARACAS, VENEZUELA. Hugo Rodríguez-García Bird richness and composition of an urban area nearby El Ávila National Park (Waraira Repano), Caracas, Venezuela …………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 CENSO NEOTROPICAL DE AVES ACUÁTICAS EN VENEZUELA 2018. 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Alberto Fernández- Badillo Introduced birds to the Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela …………………………………………… 47 NIVELES DE CINCO METALES PESADOS EN DIFERENTES TEJIDOS DEL PERIQUITO AUSTRALIANO MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS, UN AVE EXÓTICA DE CAUTIVERIO EN VENEZUELA. Patricia Vargas- Amundaray, Jorge Muñoz-Gil, Gedio Marín-Espinoza, Adrián Brito-Maestre y Roseline Zabala-Marcano Levels of five heavy metals in different tissues of the Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus, an exotic and captivity bird of Venezuela ……………………………………………………………………………………… 55 REGISTRO DE UN TYRANNIDAE Y UN THRAUPIDAE NUEVOS PARA VENEZUELA: OCHTHOECA FRONTALIS Y BUTHRAUPIS WETMOREI. Jhonathan E. Miranda, Javier Mesa, Wilmer Palacios, Tomás Fernández y Alfonso González-Higuera Records of a new Tyrannidae and Thraupidae for Venezuela: Ochthoeca frontalis and Buthraupis wetmorei ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 61 SETOPHAGA DOMINICA, UNA REINITA MIGRATORIA NUEVA PARA VENEZUELA. Yaudimar Bermúdez, Jhonathan E. 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Greeney Revisión crítica de la descripción de los huevos del Ponchito de Sucre Grallaricula cumanensis basados en la colección oológica Ragnar Kreuger del Museo Finlandés de Historia Natural, Finlandia ……………… 72 RESÚMENES DE TESIS USO DE RECURSOS VEGETALES NATIVOS Y EXÓTICOS EN LA DIETA DE AVES NECTARÍVORAS EN LOS JARDINES ECOLÓGICOS TOPOTEPUY, CARACAS, VENEZUELA. Michelle Alejandra Marcano Delgado, Cristina Sainz-Borgo y Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro Use of native and exotic plant resources in the diet of nectarivorous birds in Topotepuy Ecological Gardens, Caracas, Venezuela ……………………………………………………………………………… 77 PORTADA: Endémico de Suramérica, el Pato de los Torrentes se distribuye ampliamente a lo largo de toda la Cordillera Andina, desde Venezuela hasta Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), principalmente en las tierras altas entre 1.500–3.300 m de altitud. Allí habita los ríos y riachuelos torrentosos bordeados por bosques tupidos, donde suele vérsele solitario, en pareja o grupos de familia, muchas veces holgazaneando sobre las grandes rocas en medio de las corrientes rápidas y turbulentas. Excelente nadador y zambullidor, puede posarce inmóvil en las aguas más rápidas y turbulentas, patinar con suma audacia sobre las rocas bañadas por una delgada película de agua o utilizar las pequeñas turbulencias detrás de las grandes rocas para moverse contra-corriente. Forrajea sumergido en el agua, en busca de insectos acuáticos y sus larvas, así como crustáceos y caracoles. Aunque vuela muy bien, rara vez lo hace, generalmente para desplazarse con rapidez de una roca a la otra mientras defiende su territorio. Entre Noviembre y Mayo construye su nido cerca de la corriente de agua, donde la hembra coloca 2–4 huevos que incuba de manera exclusiva durante 43-44 días. Si bien a nivel mundial su situación de conservación no es alarmante, en Venezuela se considera vulnerable. Aunque su vulnerabilidad en el país podría estar determinada por el límite de su distribución, en un ave tan exigente en cuanto a su hábitat y poco tolerante a modificaciones ambientales, la destrucción e intervención que han sufrido los Andes venezolanos probablemente constituya la verdadera razón de su situación actual. FOTOGRAFÍA: Carlos Rengifo, Río Chama, Mérida. TEXTO: Carlos Verea. Revista Venezolana de Ornitología 9: 4–14, 2019 ©Unión Venezolana de Ornitólogos Monitoreo del Conoto Negro Psarocolius decumanus en un ecosistema urbano: una iniciativa de ciencia ciudadana en Caracas, Venezuela Fernando Machado-Stredel1,2, Ana M. F. Fernandes1, Fernando Riera1,3, Rafael Gianni4, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro5 y Jorge Luis Pérez-Emán1 1Laboratorio de Biología y Conservación de Aves, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. [email protected] 2Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA. 3Ecology Department, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. 4Sociedad Conservacionista Audubon de Venezuela, Caracas 1010, Venezuela. 5Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Valle de Sartenejas, Caracas, Venezuela. Resumen.– En 2016 se inició el proyecto “Conotos de Caracas”, una iniciativa de ciencia ciudadana que busca dar a conocer la situación del Conoto Negro Psarocolius decumanus en la capital de Venezuela. El Conoto Negro no parece haber sido un ave común en la ciudad de Caracas, pero en años recientes el número de registros de ocurrencia ha aumentado considerablemente. A través de un portal en línea (https://lbcaves.wixsite.com/conotosccs) se recibieron 652 reportes de individuos y/o colonias de la especie, realizados por 103 participantes desde enero de 2016 hasta marzo de 2019. 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