Conteo Navideño de Aves: Antigua 2013
Compilado por Knut Eisermann y Claudia Avendaño, CAYAYA BIRDING, Enero 2014
El quinto Conteo Navideño de Aves en Antigua Guatemala se realizó el 27 de diciembre de 2013. Un total de 15 observadores divididos en tres grupos contaron aves en Finca El Pilar, Finca Filadelfia, y Cerro Alux.
Un total de 962 aves de 117 especies fueron detectadas. Además, dos especies más fueron registradas durante la semana de conteo. Las especies más abundantes con más de 20 indivíduos fueron (en orden descendente de abundancia): Patagioenas fasciata, Notiochelidon pileata, Quiscalus mexicanus, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus, Ptiliogonys cinereus, Psaltriparus minimus, Setophaga townsendi, Cardellina pusilla, Oreothlypis peregrina, Myadestes occidentalis, Campylorhynchus zonatus, Hylocharis leucotis, Coragyps atratus y Aratinga strenua.
Siete especies fueron registradas por primera vez en el Conteo Navideño de Aves en Antigua: Bolborhynchus lineola, Aeronautes saxatalis, Anabacerthia variegaticeps, Tityra semifasciata, Catharus ustulatus, Turdus assimilis y Amblycercus holosericeus. Varias especies de aves de rango restringido de las tierras altas del norte de Centro América fueron registradas durante el Conteo Navideño de Aves, incluyendo Campylopterus rufus, Lampornis viridipallens, Atthis ellioti, Aspatha gularis, Cyanocorax melanocyaneus, Notiochelidon pileata, Troglodytes rufociliatus, Turdus rufitorques y Melanotis hypoleucus.
Antigua es parte del Área Importante para Aves Antigua Guatemala (IBA GT016) y este Conteo Navideño de Aves es una herramienta simple para monitorear las poblaciones de aves en esta IBA.
A continuación se presenta una lista de especies y números de individuos registrados durante el quinto Conteo Navideño de Aves en Antigua Guatemala (nomenclatura según AOU 1998 y suplementos, con la más reciente actualización de AOU 2013). Las especies registradas durante la semana de conteo están marcadas con (cw).
- Cracidae
- Highland Guan Penelopina nigra 10
- Odontophoridae
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys 1
- Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 22
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1
- Accipitridae
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3
- Buteo sp. 1
- Columbidae
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 57
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 5
- Inca Dove Columbina inca 3
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 2
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 9
- Strigidae
- Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma 2
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 2
- Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens (cw)
- Caprimulgidae
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae 3
- Apodidae
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 1
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 2
- Trochilidae
- Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus 8
- Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 10
- Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens 6
- Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus 2
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 4
- Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti 1
- Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus 5
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus 1
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala 5
- Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 3
- White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis 25
- hummingbird 1
- Trogonidae
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus 5
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 4
- Momotidae
- Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis 4
- Ramphastidae
- Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 6
- Picidae
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 12
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 8
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 6
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus 2
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 6
- Falconidae
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 1
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 4
- Psittacidae
- Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua 21
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola 9
- Furnariidae
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis 6
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 1
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus 3
- Tyrannidae
- Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus 3
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus 4
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax 8
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 1
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 2
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 2
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens 3
- Empidonax spec. 2
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 12
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 1
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 5
- Tityridae
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 1
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae 3
- Vireonidae
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 5
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni 1
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 3
- Vireo sp. 2
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys 1
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 2
- Corvidae
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus 47
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 8
- Hirundinidae
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 20
- Black-capped Swallow Notiochelidon pileata 54
- Aegithalidae
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 35
- Troglodytidae
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon 4
- Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus 16
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus 28
- Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus 8
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 19
- Turdidae
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 6
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis 29
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris 2
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii 1
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 2
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus 2
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi 4
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis 2
- Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques 10
- Mimidae
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus 5
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 1
- Ptilogonatidae
- Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus 47
- Peucedramidae
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus 2
- Parulidae
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 2
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 6
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa 6
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina 32
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 8
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 1
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 35
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis 2
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 5
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli 6
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 33
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons 2
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 9
- Incertae Sedis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps 2
- Emberizidae
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola 1
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula 4
- Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Arremon brunneinucha 6
- White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha 3
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 1
- Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus 8
- Cardinalidae
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 2
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 6
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata 1
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 2
- Icteridae
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives 3
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 49
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri (cw)
- Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus 1
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 1
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 3
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus 1
- Fringillidae
- Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima 2
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus 6
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 1
- Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei 4
- Passeridae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2
Referencias
AOU (1998) The American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
AOU (2013) Fifty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 130: 558-571.
Para ver resultados de todos los Conteos Navideños de Aves en las Américas visite http://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count.