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0 Conservación Colombiana – Número 21 – Octubre 2014 ©2013 Número 21 • octubre 2014 ©2013 Fundación ProAves • Bogotá Colombia ISSN 1900–1592 ©2013 Fundación 0 Conservación Colombiana – Número 21 – octubre 2014 Conservación Colombiana Journal for the diffusion of biodiversity conservation activities in Colombia. Revista de difusión de acciones de conservación de la biodiversidad en Colombia. ISSN 1900–1592. Non–profit entity no. S0022872 – Commercial Chamber of Bogotá ISSN 1900–1592. Entidad sin ánimo de lucro S0022872 – Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá. Edición Octubre 2014. Publicado 1 de diciembre de 2014. Conservación Colombiana es una revista científica publicada por la Fundación ProAves, institución que tiene como misión “proteger las aves silvestres y sus hábitat en Colombia a través de la investigación, acciones de conservación puntuales y el acercamiento a la comunidad”. El propósito de la revista es divulgar las acciones de conservación que se llevan a cabo en Colombia, para avanzar en su conocimiento y en las técnicas correspondientes. El formato y tipo de los manuscritos que se publican es variado, incluyendo reportes de las actividades de conservación desarrolladas, resultados de las investigaciones y el monitoreo de especies amenazadas, proyectos de grado de estudiantes universitarios, inventarios y conteos poblacionales, planes de acción o estrategias desarrolladas para especies particulares, sitios o regiones y avances en la expansión de la red de áreas protegidas en Colombia. Conservación Colombiana está dirigida a un público amplio, incluyendo científicos, conservacionistas y personas en general interesadas en la conservación de las especies amenazadas de Colombia y sus hábitats. Fundación ProAves de Colombia www.ProAves.org Dirección: Carrera 20 No. 36–61, La Soledad, Bogotá Teléfonos: +57–1–2455134 / 57–1–3403239; Fax: +57–1–340 3285 Fotografía portada / Cover photograph Perija Brush-Finch –Atlapetes nigrifrons - Reserva Natural de Aves Chamicero de Perijá, Cesar, Serranía de Perijá, Colombia A. Quevedo / ProAves. Editor General: Oswaldo Cortés. Equipo editorial: Thomas Donegan, Paul Salaman, Alonso Quevedo y Juan Carlos Verhelst-Montenegro Permisos y derechos de autor Toda reproducción parcial o total de esta obra está prohibida sin el permiso escrito de los autores y de la Fundación ProAves. Conservación Colombiana está cobijada por la ley colombiana de derechos de autor, Ley 23 de 1982, Ley 44 de 1993 y Decisión 351 de la Comisión del Acuerdo de Cartagena de 1993. Conservación Colombiana es publicada gracias al apoyo de nuestros donantes: Conservación Colombiana – Número 21 - octubre de 2014 1 Contenidos –– Contents Conservación Colombiana 21 Revision of the status of bird species occurring or reported in Colombia 2014 Revisión del estatus de las especies de aves que han sido reportadas en Colombia 2014 3-11 Thomas Donegan, Alonso Quevedo, Juan Carlos Verhelst, Oswaldo Cortés, Andrea Pacheco & Paul Salaman Vocal and plumage differentiation of Perijá Brush-Finch Atlapetes (latinuchus) nigrifrons and Mérida Brush-Finch Atlapetes (albofrenatus) meridae from putative related or conspecific taxa 12-29 Diferenciación en vocalizaiones y plumajes de Atlapetes (latinuchus) nigrifrons y Atlapetes (albofrenatus) meridae de taxones considerados como relacionados o co-especificos Thomas Donegan, Alonso Quevedo, Trevor Ellery & Paul Salaman First record of Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis in Colombia Primer registro de Forpus coelestis en Colombia 30-32 Dušan M. Brinkhuizen & Tuomas Seimola Identification of Henicorhina Wood-Wrens in the San Lucas mountain range Identificación de cucaracheros del género Henicorhina en la Serranía de San Lucas 33-38 Thomas Donegan & Paul Salaman Densidad poblacional de Titi Cabeciblanco Saguinus oedipus en la Reserva Natural de las Aves (RNA) “Tití Cabeciblanco”, El Carmen del Darién Population density of the Cotton-headed Tamarin Saguinus oedipus in the bird nature reserve RNA “Tití 39-45 cabeciblanco”, El Carmen del Darién Juliett M. Gonzalez Estudio del programa de educación ambiental “Escuelas Amigas de las Aves” de la Fundación ProAves en el municipio de Jardín, Antioquia Study of the environmental education programme “Schools Friends of the Birds” of Fundación ProAves, 46-51 in the municipality of Jardín, Antioquia Ana Cristina Velásquez Idarrag & Johanna Villa Diaz Restaurando el Cerro Majuy, Cota, Cundinamarca: entre biodiversidad y escenarios vivos de aprendizaje. 52-57 Restoring Cerro Majuy, Cota, Cundinamarca: between biodiversity and live teaching scenarios Yonier Alexander Orozco Marín Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva and Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii: a discussion of two difficult cases of potential records for Colombia based on museum specimens Petrochelidon fulva y Tyrannus couchii: una discusión de dos casos difíciles de registros potenciales 58-62 para Colombia, con base en especímenes de museos Yojanan Lobo–y–HenriquesJC Instructions for authors 63-65 Instrucciones para autores 2 Conservación Colombiana – Número 21 – octubre 2014 Revision of the status of bird species occurring or reported in Colombia 2014 Revisión del estatus de las especies de aves que han sido reportadas en Colombia 2014 Thomas Donegan1, Alonso Quevedo1, Juan Carlos Verhelst1,2, Oswaldo Cortés1, J. Andrea Pacheco1,4 & Paul Salaman1,2,3 1 Fundación ProAves, Cra. 20 #36–61, Bogotá, Colombia. Email: [email protected] 2 Project BioMap, Bird Group, the Natural History Museum, Tring, HP23 6AP, United Kingdom 3 Rainforest Trust, 25 Horner St. Warrenton, VA 20186. 4 CORALINA, Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina Abstract The following species are added to Colombia's bird checklist: Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis (sight record, Nariño), Couch’s Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) (lost specimen, Providencia), Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) (recently described subspecies, Antioquia) and Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (photograph, San Andrés). Proposed splits are accepted of Sclerurus Leaftossers (with three species in Colombia: andina, obscurior and peruviana), Bicolored Antbirds Gymnopithys leucaspis / bicolor and Three-striped Warblers Basileuterus tristriatus / tacarcunae. Photographs and sonograms are presented of some of these split taxa. Colombian subspecies occidentalis of Great-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus maximiliani is lumped into Large-billed Seed-Finch O. crassirostris.Several amendments to genus and species names, English names and linear order are made, following recent publications. As a result of these changes, the Colombian checklist again increases again, to 1,911 species (excluding escapes), of which 1,835 are documented by 'confirmed' records on the mainland. Keywords: Colombia, birds, checklist, taxonomy, species. Resumen Las siguientes especies se agregan al listado de aves de Colombia: Forpus coelestis (registro visual, Nariño), Tyrannus couchii (especimen perdido, Providencia), Myiopagis olallai (subespecie recientemente descrita, Antioquia) y Passerina ciris (foto, San Andrés). Se reconocen las separaciones propuestas de Sclerurusen tres especies presentes en Colombia (andina, obscurior y peruviana) y además Gymnopithys leucaspis / bicolor y Basileuterus tristriatus / tacarcunae.. Se presentan fotografías y sonogramas de algunas de dichas especies separadas. La subespecie colombiana occidentalis de Oryzoborus maximiliani se fusiona con O. crassirostris. Se realizaron varias modificaciones a los nombres de géneros y especies, nombres en inglés y el orden del listado. A raíz de estos cambios, el listado Colombiano aumentó nuevamente a 1,911 especies (excluyendo especies exóticas), de las cuales 1,835 han sido confirmadas con registros en el continente. Palabras clave: Colombia, aves, listado, taxonomía, especies Introduction Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai This is the 14th year of the National checklist to the Birds New subspecies coopmansi is confirmed in Colombia by of Colombia, a list which has grown steadily with sound recordings and specimens (Cuervo et al. 2014). research linked to the publication of four edtions of the This relatively recently described flycatcher is a long checklist (Salaman et al. 2001, 2008b, 2009, 2010), three overdue addition to the Colombian list. However, few field guide editions (McMullan et al. 2010, 2011, would have expected a new taxon or the first confirmed McMullan & Donegan 2014) and annual updates localities to come from Antioquia (although see Cuervo (Salaman et al. 2008a, Donegan et al. 2009a, 2010a, et al. 2008a,b) and San Lucas. It seems plausible that 2011, 2012, 2013a). The checklist will be available various different species are involved, but we understand online in the near future. This paper sets out details of the authors’ caution in ranking coopmansi and other taxa further changes to the Colombian list since our last as subspecies due to the lack of sound recordings from update was published in November 2013. Many (but not the Perijá range. The vocal affinities between the San all) of these changes are reflected in McMullan & Lucas and Antioquia populations also require further Donegan (2014). investigation. Species added Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis Yojanan Lobo–y–HenriquesJC (2014)'s reports a lost Added as known in Colombia only from observations specimen from isla Providencia in this edition. Because (Obs) on account of Brinkhuizen & Seimola (2014)'s there is no photograph or other corroborating data records in this edition. relating to the specimen, which has been lost, museum Conservación Colombiana – Número
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