Notes on the avifauna of Tabasco
Por:
Winker K., Weiss S.A., Trejo P. J.L., Escalante P. P.
Publicada:
1 ene 1999
Resumen:
Tabasco, a Mexican state nearly half the size of the country of Costa Rica, lies juxtaposed between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Yucatan Peninsula. This state hosts a diverse Neotropical resident avifauna, is a significant wintering area for Nearctic-Neotropic migrants, and has important biogeographic significance. Surprisingly little recent ornithological study has occurred in Tabasco; the last major publication treats data from 1939. Field work in March 1996 and recent specimens add nine species to the state list: Caprimulgus vociferus, Chaetura vauxi, Campylopterus excellens, Empidonax albigularis, Thryothorus modestus, Turdus infuscatus, Myadestes unicolor, Limnothlypis swainsonii, and Vermivora ruficapilla. The status of 26 other species is discussed. Further evidence of lowland forests being used as temporary refugia by birds from higher elevations is also considered.
Filiaciones:
Winker K.:
Conservation and Research Center, NZP, Smithsonian Institution, 1500 Remount Rd., Front Royal, VA 22630, United States
Univ. of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960, United States
Weiss S.A.:
Div. Academica de Cie. Biologicas, Univ. Juarez Auton. de Tabasco, Km 0.5 Car. Villahermosa-Cardenas, Villahermosa, Tabasco 86000, Mexico
Trejo P. J.L.:
Div. Academica de Cie. Biologicas, Univ. Juarez Auton. de Tabasco, Km 0.5 Car. Villahermosa-Cardenas, Villahermosa, Tabasco 86000, Mexico
Escalante P. P.:
Instituto de Biología, Depto. de Zoología, Univ. Nac. Auton. de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, México, DF 04510, Mexico
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