Sicks Swift (Chaetura andrei) Science Article 1 abstract On the middle Rio das Mortes (15 o S., 52 o 15′ W. Greenwich), Mato Grosso, Brazil, I frequently observed a swift that inhabited principally the extensive groves of ‘buritf’ palms. On October 15, 1946, I located two nests of the species. One was torn from its […]
Category: South America
Notes on the Biology of Chapman’s SwiftChaetura chapmani (Aves, Apodidae)
Sicks Swift (Chaetura meridionalis) Science Article 2 abstract In the rolling terrain of the central hills of Trinidad, Frank M. Chapman collected a large series of swifts, among which were eight specimens representing a previously unknown species. These specimens, taken between March 15 and March 27, 1894, near the town of Caparo, Caroni County, were […]
The Paint-billed Crake Breeding in Costa Rica
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) Science Article 1 abstract We report a recent observation from southern Costa Rica of the Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops), a little known species from eastern and northern South America. An adult and recently hatched chick were observed at close range in wet grassy second-growth. This observation constitutes the first record of […]
The feeding ecology and digestive tract morphometry of two sympatric tinamous of the high plateau of the bolivian andes
Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the trophic niche breadth and the degree of overlap in the winter diets of two sympatric species of tinamous in the Bolivian Andes, the Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) and the Darwin?s Nothura (Nothura darwinii), by analyzing crop and gizzard contents of birds collected by sport […]
First United States Record of Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) Science Article 2 abstract On 17 February 1972 Donald Baker, then an undergraduate in the Department of Wildlife and FisheriesSciences, Texas A&M University, caught a small rail in one of his traps for furbearers, along astream south of College Station, Brazos County, in east-central Texas. The bird was brought to me […]
The feeding ecology and digestive tract morphometry of two sympatric tinamous of the high plateau of the bolivian andes
Darwins Nothura (Nothura darwinii) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the trophic niche breadth and the degree of overlap in the winter diets of two sympatric species of tinamous in the Bolivian Andes, the Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) and the Darwin?s Nothura (Nothura darwinii), by analyzing crop and gizzard contents of birds collected by sport […]
The Dwarf Tinamou (Taoniscus nanus) of Central Brazil
Dwarf Tinamou (Taoniscus nanus) Science Article 1 abstract In the last 5 yr, we have obtained some information on the Dwarf Tinamou (Taoniscus nanus) at the “Reserva Bioligica do Roncador” of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE) (approx. 15 55’S, 47 52’W), Federal District central Brazil. Except for Azara (1805), the Dwarf Tinamou […]
The biology of Dwarf Tinamou Taoniscus nanus, with notes on its breeding in captivity
Dwarf Tinamou (Taoniscus nanus) Science Article 2 abstract Dwarf Tinamou Taoniscus HGHUS was described by Temminck in 1815, based on Azara?s YnambuCarap. Its type-locality is Misiones in Paraguay, not the province of the same name in north-east Argentina, as is often and erroneously assumed. It may be extinct there, with no con?rmed recordssince 1901, although […]
Observations of breeding activity in El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi
El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) Science Article 1 abstract El Oro Parakeet is restricted to the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area5 of Ecuador, and is considered Vulnerable2. It was … Bernabe Lopez Lanus, James C Lowen, Cotinga 11 (1999), 46-47 Download article download full text (pdf)
Pyrrhura orcesi, a new parakeet from southwestern ecuador, with systematic notes on the p. melanura complex
El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) Science Article 2 abstract A new species of parakeet, Pyrrhura orcesi sp. nov., from southwestern Ecuador is described and named the El Oro Parakeet. This species is most closely related to the Maroon-tailed Parakeet (P. melanura). Pyrrhura orcesi is restricted to a narrow band of forest, between ca 600 to […]