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Ornitofauna.
CARMEN ISLAND
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

Responsible:
Joel Hernández Peña.

Advisors:
José Ignacio González Rojas,
Antonio Guzmán Velazco,
Juan Antonio García Salas.

Participant Institutions:
Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C.,
Biological Sciences Faculty, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.

Starting date: April 13, 1999.

Finish date: April 30, 2000.

Gaviota de patas amarillas ( Larus livens) Huevos de Gaviota de patas amarillas

By means of 15 minute-long counting intervals every 100 meters, 79 migratory and resident bird species were counted.

The seasonality and temporality of bird communities were determined, as well as the functional groups of each community. Also, diversity and similarity values were obtained. This study generated the information needed for the bird chapter of the book: Carmen Island’s Field Guide of Flora and Fauna.

Gaviota de patas amarillas (Larus livens) Pelícano Café (Pelecanus occidentalis) Pelícano Café (Pelecanus occidentalis)


Checklist:

1. Colimbo mayor, common loon, Gavia immer
2. Zambullidor orejudo, eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
3. Petrel rabadilla blanca, leach’s storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
4. Rabijunco pico rojo, red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus
5. Bobo pata azul, blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
6. Bobo café, brown booby, Sula leucogaster
7. Pelícano pardo, brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
8. Cormorán orejudo, double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
9. Fragata magnífica, magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
10. Garza morena, great blue heron, Ardea herodias
11. Garza blanca, great egret, Ardea alba
12. Garzeta pie dorado, snowy egret, Egretta thula
13. Zopilote aura, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
14. Pato pico anillado, ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
15. Gavilán pescador, osprey, Pandion haliaetus
16. Aguililla cola roja, red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
17. Cernícalo americano, american kestrel, Falco sparverius
18. Halcón peregrino, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
19. Chorlo pico grueso, wilson’s plover, Charadrius wilsonia
20. Ostrero americano, american oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus
21. Playero pihuiuí, willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
22. Playero alzacolita, spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia
23. Zarapito trinador, whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
24. Playero occidental, western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
25. Gaviota de bonaparte, bonaparte’s gull, Larus philadelphia
26. Gaviota paloma, heermann’s gull, Larus heermanni
27. Gaviota pico anillado, ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
28. Gaviota pata amarilla, yellow-footed gull, Larus livens
29. Gaviota californiana, california gull, Larus californicus
30. Charrán caspia, caspian tern, Sterna caspia
31. Mérgulo de craveri, craveri’s murrelet, Synthliboramphus craveri
32. Paloma ala blanca, white-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
33. Paloma huilota, mourning dove, Zenaida macroura
34. Tórtola coquita, common ground-dove, Columbina passerina
35. Búho cornudo, great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
36. Tecolote enano, elf owl, Micrathene whitneyi
37. Tecolote llanero, burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
38. Chotacabras menor, lesser nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
39. Tapacamino tevíi, common poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
40. Vencejo pecho blanco, white-throated swift, Aeronautes saxatalis
41. Colibrí cabeza violeta, costa’s hummingbird, Calypte costae
42. Zumbador rufo, rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
43. Martín-pescador norteño, belted kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon
44. Carpintero del desierto, gila woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis
45. Carpintero mexicano, ladder-backed woodpecker, Picoides scalaris
46. Mosquero californiano, pacific-slope flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis
47. Papamoscas negro, black phoebe , Sayornis nigricans
48. Papamoscas llanero, say’s phoebe, Sayornis saya
49. Papamoscas cenizo, ash-throated flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
50. Alcaudón verdugo, loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
51. Vireo de bell, bell’s vireo, Vireo bellii
52. Vireo gris, gray vireo, Vireo vicinior
53. Cuervo común, common raven, Corvus corax
54. Golondrina verde mar, violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina
55. Golondrina ala aserrada, northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
56. Baloncillo, verdin, Auriparus flaviceps
57. Sastrecillo, bushtit, Psaltriparus minimus
58. Chivirín salta roca, rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus
59. Perlita azul gris, blue-gray gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
60. Zorzal cola rufa, hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus
61. Centzontle norteño, northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
62. Capulinero negro, phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens
63. Chipe coronado, yellow-rumped warbler, Dendroica coronata
64. Chipe negro gris, black-throated gray warbler, Dendroica nigrescens
65. Chipe de tolmie, macgillivray’s warbler, Oporornis tolmiei
66. Chipe corona negra, wilson’s warbler, Wilsonia pusilla
67. Toquí cola verde, green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus
68. Gorrión de brewer, brewer’s sparrow, Spizella breweri
69. Gorrión arlequín, lark sparrow, Chondestes grammacus
70. Zacatonero garganta negra, black-throated sparrow, Amphispiza bilineata
71. Gorrión ala blanca, lark bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys
72. Gorrión corona blanca, white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys
73. Junco ojo oscuro, dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis
74. Cardenal rojo, northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
75. Picogordo tigrillo, black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
76. Tordo cabeza café, brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
77. Bolsero encapuchado, hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus
78. Pinzón mexicano, house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus
79. Jilguero dominico, lesser goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria

CURRENT

Bats.

Herpetofauna.

 

COMPLETED

Diversity and distribution of decapod crustaceans

Terrestrial mammals.

Herpetofauna.

Marine mammals

Vegetation ecology

Bioecology of the brine shrimp

Habitat use of the desert bighorn sheep

Nesting areas of the yellow-footed gull

Gaviota de patas amarillas ( Larus livens)