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Panama - Canal Zone and Guides: Ernesto Carman Eagle-Eye Tours the Darien - January 2019 Kyle Horner BIRD SPECIES Seen/ Common Name Latin Name Heard TINAMOUS 1 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui H 2 Great Tinamou Tinamus major H DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1 GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS 4 Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps 1 NEW WORLD QUAIL 5 Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis H GREBES 6 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1 FRIGATEBIRDS 7 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 1 CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 8 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 1 ANHINGAS 9 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1 PELICANS 10 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 1 HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Rufescent Tiger-Heron 1 11 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1 12 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 1 13 Great Egret Ardea alba 1 14 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 1 15 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 1 16 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 1 17 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 18 Green Heron Butorides virescens 1 19 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 1 NEW WORLD VULTURES Cathartes burrovianus 1 20 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 1 21 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1 22 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 1 OSPREY 23 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 24 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii 1 25 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 1 26 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 1 27 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris 1 28 White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis 1 29 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 1 30 Gray-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus 1 31 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 1 32 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 1 RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 33 White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis 1 Page 1 of 8 Panama - Canal Zone and Guides: Ernesto Carman Eagle-Eye Tours the Darien - January 2019 Kyle Horner BIRD SPECIES Seen/ Common Name Latin Name Heard 34 Gray-cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus 35 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus 1 36 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 1 PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 37 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 1 38 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 39 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1 STILTS AND AVOCETS 40 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 1 JACANAS 41 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana 1 SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 42 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1 43 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1 44 Willet Tringa semipalmata 1 45 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS 46 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 1 47 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 1 PIGEONS AND DOVES 48 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 1 49 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas squamosus 1 50 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis 1 51 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris H 52 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 1 53 Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa 1 54 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 1 CUCKOOS 55 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 1 56 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia 1 57 Greater Ani Crotophaga major 1 58 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 1 BARN-OWLS 59 Barn Owl Tyto alba H OWLS Crested Owl 1 60 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata 1 61 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 1 62 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata 1 NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES 63 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 1 POTOOS 64 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 1 65 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 1 SWIFTS 66 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura 1 67 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis 1 HUMMINGBIRDS Page 2 of 8 Panama - Canal Zone and Guides: Ernesto Carman Eagle-Eye Tours the Darien - January 2019 Kyle Horner BIRD SPECIES Seen/ Common Name Latin Name Heard 68 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 1 69 Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus 1 70 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 1 71 Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris 1 72 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis 1 73 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti 1 74 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis 1 75 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeocroa cuvierii 1 76 Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei 1 77 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 1 78 White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii 1 79 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia 1 80 (Violet-)crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica 1 81 Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis 1 82 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia edward 1 83 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 1 84 Violet-capped Hummingbird Goldmania violiceps 1 85 Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Lepidopyga coeruleogularis 1 86 Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie 1 TROGONS 87 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena 1 88 Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus 1 89 White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus 1 90 Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus 1 91 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus 1 MOTMOTS 92 Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens 1 93 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii 1 94 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum 1 KINGFISHERS 95 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 1 96 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 1 97 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea 1 PUFFBIRDS 98 White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus 1 99 Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis 1 100 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus 1 101 Barred Puffbird Nystalus striolatus H 102 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis 1 TOUCANS 103 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus 1 104 Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus 1 105 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus 1 WOODPECKERS 106 Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus 1 107 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani 1 108 Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus 1 Page 3 of 8 Panama - Canal Zone and Guides: Ernesto Carman Eagle-Eye Tours the Darien - January 2019 Kyle Horner BIRD SPECIES Seen/ Common Name Latin Name Heard 109 Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus 1 110 Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes puntigula 1 111 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 1 FALCONS AND CARACARAS 112 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus H 113 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 1 114 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans H 115 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1 116 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 1 PARROTS 117 Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis 1 118 Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis 1 119 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 1 120 Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis 1 121 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa 1 TYPICAL ANTBIRDS 122 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus 1 123 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 1 124 Black-crowned (Western Slaty-) AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha 1 125 Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps 1 126 Checker-throated Antwren Epinecrophylla fulviventris 1 127 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris 1 128 Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis 1 129 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina 1 130 Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps H 131 White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes H 132 Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul 1 133 Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis 1 134 Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides 1 135 Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani 1 OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS 136 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 1 137 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 1 138 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae1 139 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans 1 140 Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus 1 141 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 1 142 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 1 TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 143 Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus 1 144 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum 1 145 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 1 146 Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii 1 147 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata 1 148 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster 1 149 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 1 150 Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus H Page 4 of 8 Panama - Canal Zone and Guides: Ernesto Carman Eagle-Eye Tours the Darien - January 2019 Kyle Horner BIRD SPECIES Seen/ Common Name Latin Name Heard 151 Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus H 152 Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum 1 153 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 1 154 Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus 1 155 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 1 156 Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis 1 157 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus 1 158 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus 1 159 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 1 160 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 1 161 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 1 162 Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis 1 163 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 1 164 Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor 1 165 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 1 166 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 1 167 Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis 1 168 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 1 169 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 1 170 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 1 171 Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus 1 172 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 1 173 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana 1 COTINGAS 174 Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata 1 175 Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii 1 176 Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus 1 MANAKINS 177 White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera 1 178 Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata 1 179 Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus 1 180 Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis H TITYRAS AND ALLIES 181 Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 1 182 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 1 183 Cinnamon Becard
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    Genetics and Molecular Biology, 36, 1, 70-73 (2013) Copyright © 2013, Sociedade Brasileira de Genética. Printed in Brazil www.sbg.org.br Short Communication Nucleolar organizer regions in Sittasomus griseicapillus and Lepidocolaptes angustirostris (Aves, Dendrocolaptidae): Evidence of a chromosome inversion Marcelo de Oliveira Barbosa1, Rubens Rodrigues da Silva1, Vanessa Carolina de Sena Correia1, Luana Pereira dos Santos1, Analía del Valle Garnero2 and Ricardo José Gunski2 1Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Biologia e Saúde Pública, Laboratório de Genética, Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil. 2Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil. Abstract Cytogenetic studies in birds are still scarce compared to other vertebrates. Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae) are part of a highly specialized group within the Suboscines of the New World. They are forest birds exclusive to the Neo- tropical region and similar to woodpeckers, at a comparable evolutionary stage. This paper describes for the first time the karyotypes of the Olivaceous and the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper using conventional staining with Giemsa and silver nitrate staining of the nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NORs). Metaphases were obtained by fibular bone mar- row culture. The chromosome number of the Olivaceous Woodcreeper was 2n = 82 and of the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, 2n = 82. Ag-NORs in the largest macrochromosome pair and evidence of a chromosome inversion are described herein for the first time for this group. Keywords: cytogenetics, woodcreepers, Ag-NOR, chromosomal inversion. Received: August 28, 2012; Accepted: November 23, 2012. Brazil is home to approximately 1801 species of birds macrochromosomes of Pitangus sulphuratus, Mimus (CBRO) and is closely rivaled by Colombia and Peru in saturninus (Passeriformes) and Guira guira terms of biodiversity.