Pacific coast avifauna /

Pacific coast avifauna, no. 6, 13, 20, 28, 30, 36, issued as ten volume indexes to Condor.

The Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna.

Ceased publication with v. 5, no. 5, June 1st 1927.

Avifauna italica. Elenco delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di passaggio in Italia, colla loro sinonimia volgare e con notizie più specialmente intorno alle migrazioni ed alla nidificazione.

Afterward published, with additions, as "Primo resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta ornitologica in Italia. Pte. 1".

Avifauna italica. Elenco sistematico delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di passaggio in Italia ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Avifauna Neerlandica. Lijst der tot dusverre in Nederland in wilden staat waargenomen vogelsoorten,

Mode of access: Internet.

The avifauna of Louisiana, with an annotated list of the birds of the State

Cover-title.

Avifauna in guerra. Impressioni ornitologiche.

Bibliographical footnotes.

A late Pleistocene predator-accumulated avifauna from Kids Cave, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

A fossil deposit excavated from the floor of Kids Cave, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, is interpreted as having been primarily accumulated by New Zealand falcon Falco novaeseelandiae, with some contribution by Haast's eagle Harpagornis moorei. The fauna is rich: 3699 bones represented 41 bird species, two frog species, unspecified geckoes and skinks, and one bat species. Fossil deposition was mainly within the Last Glacial Maximum from about 22,000 cal yr bp to about 15,000 cal yr bp, with a marked change in sediment characteristics at the onset of the LGM's coldest period. Chronological control is given by three Uranium-series dates for a speleothem and radiocarbon AMS dating of four avian eggshell samples and one bone. The fauna is the first extensive predator accumulation of LGM age described from the West Coast of the South Island, and it indicates a palaeoenvironment of a mosaic of shrublands with forest patches. The onset of the coldest part of the LGM (Aurora 3 glacial advance, 19,500 - 19,000 cal yrs bp) saw marked climate cooling/drying affecting the site, but the avifauna indicates that although open-country taxa became more common in this period, some forest persisted nearby throughout the remainder of the LGM.

Comparación de la avifauna acuática de cuatro sitios en la Península San Juan del Gozo, Bahía de Jiquilisco, El Salvador

De Octubre a Febrero del 2011 se llevó a cabo una investigación en la que se realizaron observaciones de las aves acuáticas en el departamento de Usulután, en el sector sur occidente de la Bahía de Jiquilisco, Península de San Juan en los sitios: Cañón El Rico, Laguna San Juan del Gozo, Palacio de los Aves, Canal San Juancito. Se registraron un total de 31 especies de aves acuáticas, que pertenecen a Catorce familias, correspondientes a seis órdenes: Ciconiiformes, Charadriiformes, Pelecaniformes, Anseriformes, Coraciiformes y Passeriformes. El mayor número de especies observadas se registró dentro de cuatro sitios de muestreo Canal San Juancito, seguido de Palacio de las Aves, Laguna de San Juan del Gozo y Cañón El Rico. En los cuatro sitios muestreados según la presencia o ausencia, de las especies observadas, se encontraron cinco especies en cuatro sitios, tres especies en tres sitios, doce especies en dos sitios y diez en un solo sitio. Del total de las especies observadas solamente cuatro de ellas se encuentran en peligro de extinción y amenazadas para nuestro país. Según los índices de biodiversidad de Shannon resulto mayor para Laguna San Juan del Gozo con ( H: 1.96), sin embargo el valor más alto de riqueza de Margalef se alcanza en el Canal San Juancito (2.89), seguido de Palacio de las Aves (1.93), Laguna San Juan del Gozo (1.90) y Cañón El Rico el valor más bajo (1.41). Los sitios muestreados son utilizadas para el descanso, alimentación y anidación de las aves residentes y migratorias. Todas las especies que se encontraron en los cuatros sitios son las más abundantes en el área de estudio como se ha determinado en los cuadros de cada una de las estaciones de cada sitio de muestreo como se muestra en los anexos. Lo que indica la preferencia que tienen estas especies a los diferentes tipos de hábitat que se encuentran en la zona

Diversidad alfa y beta de la avifauna diurna en la zona de amortiguamiento del Área Natural Protegida Colima, Cuscatlán

Las 189 áreas Naturales que se encuentran establecidas para el territorio Salvadoreño, se han convertido en los últimos albergues de unpotencial genético y ambiental para la biodiversidad. alrededor de estos espacios se encuentran zonas de donde se utilizan los recursos de diversas formas, estas áreas circundantes que no pertenecen al área naturales se conocen como zonas de amortiguamiento y las actividades que se desarrollam en éstas no deberian de representar una amenaza, son espacios de transición entre el área protegida y el entorno,que permiten aminorar el efecto directo del medio hacia adentro y hacia afuera. En El Salvador no hay estudios que determinen cuáles son las especies de avifauna que transitan en la zona de Colima, ni como éstas se comportan. Las aves se encuentran entre los grupos faunísticos vertebrados más diversos y abundantes por su ubicuidad, adapatación y grado de sensibilidad a las perturbaciones antrópicas, se encuentran especies que presentan una gran resiliencia o plasticidad de los cambios, entre ellos: territoriales, atmosféricos y poblacionales que ocurren en dichas zonas.

The impact of abandoned/disused marble quarries on avifauna in the anticline of Estremoz, Portugal: does quarrying add to landscape biodiversity?

Although the extractive operations of quarrying are often considered environmental threats, there is some evidence that abandoned quarries may have a significant positive impact on biodiversity by enhancing habitat quality for several species. In Estremoz Anticlinal, SE Portugal, many of the existing marble quarries have been inactive for decades and were abandoned without any restoration project in progress. The impact of quarry abandonment on avifauna diversity was assessed relative to reference conditions using adjacent rural fields as control areas. No significant differences were found in within-community diversity (alpha diversity) between abandoned quarries and reference sites. However, several dissimilarity indices showed a clear divergence in species composition between abandoned quarries and reference sites. Furthermore, statistically significant differences in species compositions were found between quarries abandoned for different periods. Over time, species composition becomes more similar to that observed in reference sites, reflecting ecological succession and landscape resilience to quarrying. Nevertheless, the studied quarrying landscape exhibited higher gamma and beta diversity than the former traditional landscape; thus, our results suggest that abandoned quarries, rather than damaging and destroying niches, can promote new ecological niches and significantly diversify rural landscapes.

The impact of abandoned/disused marble quarries on avifauna in the anticline of Estremoz, Portugal: does quarrying add to landscape biodiversity?

Although the extractive operations of quarrying are often considered environmental threats, there is some evidence that abandoned quarries may have a significant positive impact on biodiversity by enhancing habitat quality for several species. In Estremoz Anticlinal, SE Portugal, many of the existing marble quarries have been inactive for decades and were abandoned without any restoration project in progress. The impact of quarry abandonment on avifauna diversity was assessed relative to reference conditions using adjacent rural fields as control areas. No significant differences were found in within-community diversity (alpha diversity) between abandoned quarries and reference sites. However, several dissimilarity indices showed a clear divergence in species composition between abandoned quarries and reference sites. Furthermore, statistically significant differences in species compositions were found between quarries abandoned for different periods. Over time, species composition becomes more similar to that observed in reference sites, reflecting ecological succession and landscape resilience to quarrying. Nevertheless, the studied quarrying landscape exhibited higher gamma and beta diversity than the former traditional landscape; thus, our results suggest that abandoned quarries, rather than damaging and destroying niches, can promote new ecological niches and significantly diversify rural landscapes.

Aves da Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, estado de São Paulo, Brasil

O cerrado é um dos biomas mais ameaçados no mundo, apresentando algumas das maiores taxas de destruição causadas principalmente pela agropecuária. Poucos estudos têm avaliado a diversidade local de aves no cerrado, especialmente em áreas marginais desse bioma. A Estação Ecológica de Itirapina (EEI) contém um dos últimos remanescentes de campos naturais e cerrados do estado de São Paulo. Um levantamento das aves desta unidade de conservação, feito tanto por observações casuais como sistemáticas entre 1998 e 2007, e complementado por revisão de literatura, revelou que 231 espécies apresentaram ocorrência recente na área. Desse total, 38 espécies (16,4%) encontram-se na lista de espécies ameaçadas para o estado de São Paulo e/ou são endêmicas do Cerrado, um alto número quando comparado com outras áreas de cerrados paulistas ou mesmo em relação ao Brasil Central. Tal fato reforça a importância da EEI em relação à conservação da avifauna e demonstra que a mesma está mantendo sua função de conservar a biodiversidade. Adicionalmente, ao longo dos 10 anos de estudo foram detectadas várias ameaças à EEI, e neste sentido são recomendadas aqui algumas sugestões de manejo que consideramos essenciais para essa unidade de conservação manter ou mesmo aumentar sua diversidade de aves.

Boracéia Biological Station: an ornithological review

Boracéia Biological Station, near the city of Salesópolis, SP, is located in one of the most well-defined centers of endemism in eastern Brazil - the Serra do Mar Center. While the station was established only in 1954 under the auspices of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, the avifauna of this locality had already attracted the attention of ornithologists by the 1940s, when the first specimens were collected. Here we describe the ornithological history of the Boracéia Biological Station with a review of all the bird species recorded during more than 68 years, including recent transect and mist-netting records. Boracéia's records were found in museums, literature and unpublished reports that totaled 323 bird species when recent data is also considered. Of these, 117 are endemic to the Atlantic forest and 28 are threatened in the state. Although there are a few doubtful records that need to be checked, some species are the only sightings in the state. Boracéia includes a recently discovered species near the station site and is extremely important for the conservation of Atlantic forest birds.