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20 Nov Fondo Embajadores de las Nubes - Conservacion de Oreophasis derbianus [Juan Cornejo ] 19 Nov new SACC list for Colombia ["James V. Remsen" ] 19 Nov Re: NEOORN-L Digest - 17 Nov 2009 to 18 Nov 2009 (#2009-292) [Roberto Schlatter ] 19 Nov White Wagtail Motacilla alba in Trinidad... [Johan Ingels ] 18 Nov Fwd: 1st World Seabird Conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ["Caio J. Carlos" ] 17 Nov RFI: Heterochromia, different colored eyes or legs in a bird [Floyd Hayes ] 17 Nov Cedar Waxwings, Bombycilla cedrorum ["Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" ] 16 Nov Revisores de manuscritos venezolanos [Floyd Hayes ] 16 Nov Avian Discography website update [shaun peters ] 16 Nov Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests [Daniel Martinez ] 16 Nov Re: information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds [Stefan Kreft ] 16 Nov Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests [Kristina Cockle ] 16 Nov Birds Perù [Alberto Masi ] 15 Nov Re: paper request: Whittaker 2002 (Wilson Bull.) - sent [Daniel Philippe ] 15 Nov paper request: Whittaker 2002 (Wilson Bull.) [RT Ridgely ] 14 Nov Looking for photo of Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra to publish in Neotropical Birding 6 [James Lowen ] 14 Nov Looking for photo of Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra to publish in Neotropical Birding 6 [James Lowen ] 13 Nov "Chachapoyas and the Utcubamba Valley" field guide [Manuel Plenge ] 13 Nov Sydney Rare Bookfair entire stock from Andrew Isles [Alberto Masi ] 12 Nov Possible split of Snowy Plover/Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) [John Kvarnbäck ] 12 Nov RFI: Color Banded Great Egrets, Ardea alba ["Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" ] 11 Nov Caldasia [Jack Eitniear ] 11 Nov Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 119 (2) addenda [Frederik Brammer ] 11 Nov Re: Paper request- Vielliard, J. 1983 [Mauro Guimarães Diniz ] 11 Nov last bird picture/illustration request for Apurimac and Choquequirao Ecotourism Field Guide (Peru) [Jan Baiker ] 10 Nov Paper request- Vielliard, J. 1983 [César Sánchez ] 10 Nov Re: Paper request: Benitez et al 2007 Condor 109(3) ["Richard Temple Jr." ] 10 Nov Paper request: Benitez et al 2007 Condor 109(3) [Scott Olmstead ] 10 Nov Re: Neolit - PNAS - Sent ["Michel, Nicole L" ] 10 Nov Re: Neolit - PNAS [Tom Koronkiewicz ] 10 Nov Neolit - PNAS [Carlos Daniel Cadena Ordonez ] 10 Nov Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... [Johan Ingels ] 10 Nov Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... ["Caio J. Carlos" ] 10 Nov Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... [Richard Prum ] 10 Nov Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... [Johan Ingels ] 10 Nov PDF request [Alberto Masi ] 9 Nov Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests [Daniel Martinez ] 9 Nov Re: help with vocalizations [Jack Eitniear ] 9 Nov Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests [Jack Eitniear ] 9 Nov help with vocalizations [Manuel Sánchez / Clandestine Bird ] 9 Nov Nidos artificiales / artificial nests [Daniel Martinez ] 9 Nov NEOLIT: Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, Vol. 178 (5) [Manuel Plenge ] 9 Nov NEOLIT: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52:3, 53:1, and 53:2 [Andy Jones ] 9 Nov Re: correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta [Alberto Masi ] 9 Nov help with vocalizations [Manuel Sánchez / Clandestine Bird ] 9 Nov Re: correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta [Kini Roesler ] 9 Nov correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta [Alberto Masi ] 9 Nov T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta [Alberto Masi ] 7 Nov Re: information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds - thanks [Stefan Kreft ] 7 Nov NEOLIT books November 2009 [Stefan Kreft ] 7 Nov PUBLICATION ON BOLIVIAN BIRDS [Ellen Paul ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Organon 34 [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Biodiversity and Conservation 18 (9) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Biological Conservation 142 (11) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Cl ub 119 (2 and 3) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Waterbirds 32 (3) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Condor 111 (3) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Oecologia 160 (4) and 161 (1) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Ecology 90 (5) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov NEOLIT: Ecología Austral, 19 (1) [Manuel Plenge ] 7 Nov Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses [Stefan Kreft ] 6 Nov Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses [Fernando Angulo Pratolongo ] 6 Nov Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses [Carlos Verea ] 6 Nov Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses [Robin Restall ] 6 Nov NEOLIT: Willson Bull.121 (3)-Sept 2009 ["Jose G. Tello" ] 6 Nov paper request...!!! [Cristián Suazo ] 6 Nov PUBLICATION ON BOLIVIAN BIRDS ["Edward H. Miller" ] 6 Nov Re: HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY [JC ] 6 Nov NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses [Jack Eitniear ] 6 Nov HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY [Carlos Rodríguez ] 6 Nov Boletin Chileno de Ornitologia n°15 [Fabrice Schmitt ] 5 Nov Fw: Urgent Information About the Gratis Books Scheme [Diego Calderon ] 5 Nov Re: Species authors [Christian Devenish ] 5 Nov Species author [Luis Sandoval ] 5 Nov Species authors [Frederik Brammer ] 5 Nov Re: Species authors [Paul Sweet ] Subject: Fondo Embajadores de las Nubes - Conservacion de Oreophasis derbianus From: Juan Cornejo <JCornejo AT CVM.TAMU.EDU> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:03:44 -0600 English version below - Se invita a investigadores y conservacionistas a solicitar apoyo del Fondo Embajadores de las Nubes. Este Fondo fue creado mediante el esfuerzo combinado de varias instituciones zoológicas, con el objetivo de generar recursos económicos que estimulen la creación y apoyen la realización de proyectos de conservación in situ del Pavón o Pavo de Cacho (Oreophasis derbianus) y su hábitat. Los proyectos han de entrar dentro de las prioridades de conservación identificadas por el Comité Internacional para la Conservación de Oreophasis derbianus y su Hábitat. En sus dos primeras convocatorias, el Fondo ha distribuido un total de us $36,000 entre ocho diferentes proyectos. Se recibirán propuestas para la tercera convocatoria (2009-2010) del Fondo entre el 1 de Octubre al 30 de Noviembre del 2009. Las propuestas serán evaluadas por un panel formado por las instituciones participantes, quien decidirá sobre la adjudicación de los fondos, reservándose el derecho a declarar la convocatoria desierta. Los proyectos seleccionados serán anunciados antes del 31 de Diciembre del 2009. Se apoyaran proyectos individuales por un máximo de us$ 5,000 al año. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Researchers and conservationists are encouraged to apply to The Cloud Ambassadors Fund. This fund was created by the combined efforts of several zoological institutions, with the objective of obtain financial resources that are to be used as stimulus for the creation and support of in situ conservation efforts of the Horned Guan (Oreophasis derbianus) and its habitat. The projects supported by these endeavors should address conservation priorities that have previously identified by the International Committee for the Conservation of the Horned Guan and its Habitat. In its two first openings the Fund has support eight projects for a total of us$ 36,000. Applications for the third opening (2009-2010) of the Fund will be received from October 1st to November 30th 2009. The project proposals will be evaluated by a panel formed by the participating institutions, and it will determine the fund’s recipient. Selected projects will be announced before December 31st 2009. Individual projects will be funded for a maximum amount of us$ 5,000 per year. Para mayor informacion y formatos de aplicacion, favor de contactar: For further details and application forms, please contact: Juan Cornejo Coordinador, Fondo Embajadores de las Nubes embajadores AT africamsafari.com.mx Subject: new SACC list for Colombia From: "James V. Remsen" <najames AT LSU.EDU> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:27 -0600 NEOORN -- SACC now has a tentative, unofficial list for Colombia (not including Isla San Andrés), submitted by the mysterious El Anónimo, in hopes to catalyze the official Colombia list team to produce the official version; now posted at: http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.html Unofficially, Colombia has the highest total list and breeding bird list of any South American country, thus presumably of any country in the world. ***************************** J. V. Remsen Museum of Natural Science Foster Hall 119 LSU Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578-2855 najamesLSU.edu Subject: Re: NEOORN-L Digest - 17 Nov 2009 to 18 Nov 2009 (#2009-292) From: Roberto Schlatter <rschlatt AT UACH.CL> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:12 -0300 DID NOT GET THE PROPER TEXT, PLEASE ARRANGE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, ROBERTO Roberto P. Schlatter, Med.Vet., Ph.D Instituto de Zoología, Fac. de Ciencias Universidad Austral de Chile Box 567, Valdivia, Chile rschlatt AT uach.cl 56 63 221408 -----Mensaje original----- De: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds [mailto:NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] En nombre de NEOORN-L automatic digest system Enviado el: jueves, 19 de noviembre de 2009 3:00 Para: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Asunto: NEOORN-L Digest - 17 Nov 2009 to 18 Nov 2009 (#2009-292) There is 1 message totalling 121 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Fwd: 1st World Seabird Conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:02 -0200 From: "Caio J. 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versión de la base de firmas de virus 4620 (20091118) __________ ESET NOD32 Antivirus ha comprobado este mensaje. http://www.eset.com Subject: White Wagtail Motacilla alba in Trinidad... From: Johan Ingels <johan.ingels AT SKYNET.BE> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:41:12 +0100 Dear NEOORN-ers, From Dr Stephanie Thyler, I heard that this last October, a White Wagtail Motacilla alba was seen in Trinidad. Has anyone more details about this observation ? Or does anyone know where I can find more information ?? Thanks in advance ! I know that a White Wagtail was already seen in Trinidad in 1987-1988... See "A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago", 2nd edition, by Richard ffrench, 1991. Yours, Johan Ingels. Dr Johan INGELS Galgenberglaan 9 B-9070 DESTELBERGEN Belgium johan.ingels AT skynet.be Subject: Fwd: 1st World Seabird Conference - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS From: "Caio J. Carlos" <cjcarlos AT BOL.COM.BR> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:02 -0200 Subject: RFI: Heterochromia, different colored eyes or legs in a bird From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:48:18 -0800 Heterochromia iridis (HI), the presence of different colored eyes in an individual bird, and heterochromia pedalis (HP), the presence of different colored legs in an individual bird, are very rare phenomena. An example of a bird with both is given here: www.flickr.com/photos/floyd_hayes/sets/72157612443090689/ I am nearly ready to submit a manuscript reviewing published case reports of HI in 5 species and HP in 3 species of birds, and reporting 15 new cases including 12 cases of HI in 6 species of birds and 4 cases of HP in 4 species of birds (one, the gull in the link above, has both). If you have encountered such a bird I would love to hear from you. Please send me a private e-mail to floyd_hayes AT yahoo.com Floyd Hayes Hidden Valley Lake, CA Subject: Cedar Waxwings, Bombycilla cedrorum From: "Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" <research AT HILTONPOND.ORG> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:29:13 -0500 We don't know anyone who doesn't like Cedar Waxwings, so we're pleased "This Week at Hilton Pond" to be able to share our photo essay about these "elegant" berry-eating birds. For some truly up-close looks at waxwings, please visit the installment for 11-17 November at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091111.html Don't forget to scroll down for a list of banded birds and recaptures, including a wily Eastern Towhee that has been around Hilton Pond a long time. We'd be interested in hearing about any sightings or behavioral observations you have for Cedar waxwings in Mexico or Central America. Happy Nature Watching! BILL ========= RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA (803) 684-5852 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ================== Subject: Revisores de manuscritos venezolanos From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:44:40 -0800 Como el editor de Journal of Caribbean Ornithology, de vez en cuando recibo manuscritos de oritologos venezolanos sobre las aves de islas venezuelas en el Caribe. Sin embargo, tengo dificultades identificar revisores. Si usted siente suficientemente calificado para revisar manuscritos sobre las aves de Venezuela, por favor mandame un mensaje de correo electronico privado. (Perdoname si hay errores en mi espanol.) As the editor of Journal of Caribbean Ornithology, I occasionally receive manuscripts from Venezuelan ornithologists on birds of Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean. However, I have had difficulty identifying reviewers. If you feel sufficiently qualified to review manuscripts on Venezuelan birds and are willing to assist me as a reviewer, please send me a private e-mail message. Floyd E. Hayes Editor in Chief Journal of Caribbean Ornithology Website: www.scscb.org or www.puc.edu Subject: Avian Discography website update From: shaun peters <recbirds AT YAHOO.CO.UK> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:15:30 +0000 Dear all, Firstly, apologies for cross-posting. I have added six titles covering birds from Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru and India. In addition, Stijn de Win has expanded his sounds page with recordings from NE India, Thailand and Taiwan, as well as the Philippines. Also, xeno-canto continues to increase in size with recordings of over 6,000 species now uploaded. The IOC discography has been updated to version 2.2 and the TiF discography to version 2.52. Finally, a reminder of the URL: http://www.aviandiscography.webs.com/ All the best, Shaun Peters UK recbirds AT yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests From: Daniel Martinez <jacamerops AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:28:17 -0800 Hola Kristina, (neo-orners) Muchas gracias, está muy interesante. Muy buena información! mi colega Juan Diego Vargas agradece también.  Saludos, Daniel Daniel Martínez A. Coordinador Programa de Monitoreo y Conservación de Aves Kèköldi Wak ka koneke, Talamanca, Costa Rica. Cell: (506) 8 858 2689 / Centro Científico Kèköldi: (506) 2 200 3265 E mail: jacamerops AT yahoo.com / daniel AT kekoldicr.org Web Site: www.kekoldicr.org --- On Mon, 11/16/09, Kristina Cockle wrote: From: Kristina Cockle Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Nidos artificiales / artificial nests To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Date: Monday, November 16, 2009, 12:02 PM Hola Daniel, Neoornitologos, y Colega Costariquena,   Puse cajas nidos en Parque Provincial de la Araucaria en la selva Atlantica de San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina. Fueron ocupadas por algunas lechuzas para anidar, todas Megascops choliba. Las medidas de las cajas no me acuerdo ahora en el ciber pero hay una descripcion en nuestro articulo:   Cockle, K., K. Martin, & K. Wiebe (2008) Availability of cavities for nesting birds in the Atlantic forest, Argentina. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl.): 269-278.    El paper se puede bajar en ingles y castellano de http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar o www.grupofalco.com.ar.   Parque de la Araucaria esta muy degradada con pocos arboles grandes y por ende pienso que debe tener pocos huecos naturales. Esta al lado del pueblo de San Pedro, y las unicas lechuzas potenciales para ocupar las cajas pienso que serian Megascops choliba y Glaucidium brasilianum.   En otros lugares donde puse cajas nidos similares, aunque un poco mas profundos, y donde habrian mas huecos naturales, las cajas no fueron ocupadas por lechuzas, a pesar de haber Strix virgata, Strix hylophila, Strix huhula, Aegolius harrisii, Megascops atricapillus, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana, Glaucidium brasilianum.   Hay una foto de una de las cajas en http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar. Cualquier cosa me preguntan.   Saludos,   Kristina           2009/11/9 Daniel Martinez   English below   Hola Neoorners,   Un colega aquí en Costa Rica está buscando información general sobre nidos artificiales para Buhos y Lechuzas y éxito de los mismos, se agradece cualquier información (artículos, manuales, etc.) que puedan brindar.       Hello Neoorners,   My colleague from Costa Rica is seeking for general info. about artificial nests for owls and their success,  We will appreciate any info (articles, protocols, manuals, etc.) you can provide.      Cheers,   Daniel M.       Daniel Martínez A. Coordinador Programa de Monitoreo y Conservación de Aves Kèköldi Wak ka koneke, Territorio Indígena Kèköldi. Talamanca, Costa Rica. Cell: (506) 8 858 2689 / Centro Científico Kèköldi: (506) 2 200 3265 E mail: jacamerops AT yahoo.com / daniel AT kekoldicr.org   -- Proyecto Selva de Pino Parana San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (3352) http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar Subject: Re: information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds From: Stefan Kreft <stefan_kreft AT GMX.DE> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:19:33 +0100 Estimados colegas, Boris Michel me pide adelantarles su agradecimiento a todos los que han contribuido en clarificar el problema en discusion! Dear colleagues, on behalf of Boris Michel, I would like to thank all contributors for their kind help in shedding light on the issue raised! Muchos saludos, best wishes Stefan Kreft ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Kreft" To: Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:24 PM Subject: [NEOORN-L] information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds > Dear all, > > a former student (M.Sc. Global Change Management) at our faculty, Boris > Michel, asks me to forward his inquiry to the list. Please feel free to > respond on NEOORN or directly to him: boris-michel AT gmx.de. Your help will > be highly appreciated - many thanks for supporting Boris. > > - un ex estudiante (maestria en Manejo del Cambio Global) me pidio > adelantar una consulta suya a la lista. Por favor, decidan libremente si > quieren responder abiertamente en NEOORN o directamente a el: > boris-michel AT gmx.de. Muchas gracias por ayudar a Boris. > > Best, muchos saludos > Stefan Kreft > > >> Dear ladies and gentlemen, >> my name is Boris Michel, and I am looking for information about the >> impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds, >> especially the ones who produce guano. It seems there is not enough guano >> left to meet the needs of Peruvian agriculture, and my task is to find >> out about the influences of climate change to the guano production and >> possible solutions for the problem. >> If you know anything about it, have any informations or articles about >> the problem, or you know somebody who could have worked about it, I would >> be very happy if you could help me. >> Thanks a lot. >> Best regards, Boris Michel >> > >> >> Estimados especialistas, >> me llamo Boris Michel, y estoy buscando informaciones sobre los impactos >> del cambio climático a las poblaciones de aves maritimos en Perú. Para >> ser exacto, los aves guanays. Parece que el número de aves ya no es >> suficiente para conseguir guano por la agricultura Peruana, y que el >> cambio climático es una razón. Mi tarea es investigar los impactos mas >> exacto, y elaborar posibilidades de solución, si posible. >> Si ustedes sepan algo sobre el tema, o conoycan alguien quien podría >> saber algo, y puedan mandarme unas informaciones (articulos o algo), >> estoy muy agradecido. >> Muchas gracias. >> Saludos cordiales, >> Boris Michel > Subject: Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests From: Kristina Cockle <kristinacockle AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:02:40 -0300 Hola Daniel, Neoornitologos, y Colega Costariquena, Puse cajas nidos en Parque Provincial de la Araucaria en la selva Atlantica de San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina. Fueron ocupadas por algunas lechuzas para anidar, todas Megascops choliba. Las medidas de las cajas no me acuerdo ahora en el ciber pero hay una descripcion en nuestro articulo: Cockle, K., K. Martin, & K. Wiebe (2008) Availability of cavities for nesting birds in the Atlantic forest, Argentina. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl.): 269-278. El paper se puede bajar en ingles y castellano de http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar o www.grupofalco.com.ar. Parque de la Araucaria esta muy degradada con pocos arboles grandes y por ende pienso que debe tener pocos huecos naturales. Esta al lado del pueblo de San Pedro, y las unicas lechuzas potenciales para ocupar las cajas pienso que serian Megascops choliba y Glaucidium brasilianum. En otros lugares donde puse cajas nidos similares, aunque un poco mas profundos, y donde habrian mas huecos naturales, las cajas no fueron ocupadas por lechuzas, a pesar de haber Strix virgata, Strix hylophila, Strix huhula, Aegolius harrisii, Megascops atricapillus, Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana, Glaucidium brasilianum. Hay una foto de una de las cajas en http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar. Cualquier cosa me preguntan. Saludos, Kristina 2009/11/9 Daniel Martinez > > English below > > Hola Neoorners, > > Un colega aquí en Costa Rica está buscando información general sobre nidos > artificiales para Buhos y Lechuzas y éxito de los mismos, se agradece > cualquier información (artículos, manuales, etc.) que puedan brindar. > > > Hello Neoorners, > > My colleague from Costa Rica is seeking for general info. about artificial > nests for owls and their success, We will appreciate any info (articles, > protocols, manuals, etc.) you can provide. > > Cheers, > > Daniel M. > > > > > > Daniel Martínez A. > Coordinador Programa de Monitoreo y Conservación de Aves > Kèköldi Wak ka koneke, Territorio Indígena Kèköldi. > Talamanca, Costa Rica. > Cell: (506) 8 858 2689 / Centro Científico Kèköldi: (506) 2 200 3265 > E mail: jacamerops AT yahoo.com / daniel AT kekoldicr.org > > > > > -- Proyecto Selva de Pino Parana San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (3352) http://pinoparana.fundacionazara.org.ar Subject: Birds Perù From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:58:52 -0800 Hi All, please have a photo or postage stamp or sketch of the - Cyanolyca viridicyana angelae Salvadori-Festa, 1899 Angela's Blue Jay - Many thanks. Alberto - Alberto Masi Subject: Re: paper request: Whittaker 2002 (Wilson Bull.) - sent From: Daniel Philippe <laurette.daniel AT ORANGE.FR> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:07:09 +0100 sent De : Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds [mailto:NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] De la part de RT Ridgely Envoyé : dimanche 15 novembre 2009 01:38 À : NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Objet : [NEOORN-L] paper request: Whittaker 2002 (Wilson Bull.) Dear NEOORN, I am looking for a pdf of Whittaker, A. 2002. A new species of Forest-Falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from Southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. Wilson Bulletin 114(4):421-445. thanks in advance, Roy T. Ridgely rrridgely AT gmail.com Subject: paper request: Whittaker 2002 (Wilson Bull.) From: RT Ridgely <rrridgely AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:38:09 +0100 Dear NEOORN, I am looking for a pdf of Whittaker, A. 2002. A new species of Forest-Falcon (Falconidae: Micrastur) from Southeastern Amazonia and the Atlantic rainforests of Brazil. Wilson Bulletin 114(4):421-445. thanks in advance, Roy T. Ridgely rrridgely AT gmail.com Subject: Looking for photo of Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra to publish in Neotropical Birding 6 From: James Lowen <lowen.james AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:18 +0000 Dear All In Neotropical Birding 6, we are publishing a short note by Robin Restall on Fiery Topaz (Topaza pyra). I'd like to include a photograph of the species alongside Robin's plate. If anyone has one and would like to see it published, please e-mail directly with a low resolution image. We can offer a credit (e.g. website, tour company) but not payment. many thanks James Lowen Editor, Neotropical Birding -- www.pbase.com/james_lowen www.neotropicalbirdclub.org/pages/neobirding.asp Subject: Looking for photo of Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra to publish in Neotropical Birding 6 From: James Lowen <lowen.james AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:01:18 +0000 Dear All In Neotropical Birding 6, we are publishing a short note by Robin Restall on Fiery Topaz (Topaza pyra). I'd like to include a photograph of the species alongside Robin's plate. If anyone has one and would like to see it published, please e-mail directly with a low resolution image. We can offer a credit (e.g. website, tour company) but not payment. many thanks James Lowen Editor, Neotropical Birding -- www.pbase.com/james_lowen www.neotropicalbirdclub.org/pages/neobirding.asp Subject: "Chachapoyas and the Utcubamba Valley" field guide From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:55:10 -0500 Neoorners, In the last years several booklets on birds have been published for different localities in Peru. We have now been advised of another one. Below the authors advice. As of this writing the booklet is only available in Lima. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Maybe this is not a post directly related to birds but it contains a source of information about them, specially to an area in Peru with almost no information about it and that can help some birdwatchers when visiting Chachapoyas in search of the Marvelous spatuletail and many other common birds of the area. The "Chachapoyas and the Utcubamba Valley - Tourism and Nature" book, written by Alejandro Tabini and Mario Rosina is already at the bookstores. This guide is more than a tourist guide of this beautiful region of Peru, since it contains useful information on how to get to the main landscapes, cultural and archaeological attractions of Chachapoyas and its surroundings. But it also has the description of the 60 most common species of birds that a curious visitor can find quiet easy, and it is illustrated with color photographs to make easier the identification. The authors have gathered lots of information and testimonies from the local people and have overturned them in this bilingual guide that will be an important contribution to the knowledge of this beautiful place. Subject: Sydney Rare Bookfair entire stock from Andrew Isles From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:11:20 -0800 Hi ALL, Alberto - Alberto Masi ----------------------------------- Hello from Andrew Isles Natural History Books. The Sydney Rare Bookfair opened last night with a very strong turnout. Last  week we sent out promotion of the fair with a preview of about 30 Bookfair  items. This email contains OUR ENTIRE BOOKFAIR STOCK of which many titles are  new into to stock and have only just appeared on our database. Only a selection  of Bookfair titles are listed in the body of this email but the entire stock is  in the attachment. ***PLEASE NOTE. We have sold a number of items which still appear on the  website as available. We have not had the oppurtunity or time to refresh our  website. 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A  magnificent set, near pristine, in the publisher's bindings, very uncommon in  this condition. AU$25000.00 [30799] Buller, Walter Lawry. A history of the birds of New Zealand. London:  1873.  Large quarto, 384 pp., photographic frontispiece, 35 handcoloured plates  by Keulemans. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt,  some minor repairs to the frontispiece, otherwise a fine clean copy.  AU$15000.00 [10626] Armstrong, Edward A. The wren. London: 1955.  Octavo, 312 pp.,  uncoloured illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. AU$400.00 New Naturalist Monograph 3. [4702] Armstrong, Edward A. The folklore of birds: an enquiry into the origin  and distribution of some magico-religious traditions. London: (1958 first  edition). Octavo, 272 pp., photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in chipped  dustwrapper. AU$300.00 New Naturalist 39 [30841] Baker, E. C. Stuart. Indian pigeons and doves. London: 1913.  Tall  octavo, 260 pp., 27 chromolithograph plates by Gronvold and Lodge. Publisher's  half morocco, the library stamps of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union  on the title page and a few others, a clean copy free of foxing AU$350.00 [20641] Campbell, Archibald James. Nests and eggs of Australian birds: including  the geographical distribution of the species and popular observations thereon.  Sheffield: 1900.  Octavo, two volumes, 1102 pp., 28 (27 of eggs)  chromolithographs by Brittlebank, photographs. Publisher's olive green cloth, a  superb set, rare in this condition. AU$2000.00 [1313] Carter, Harold B. Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820. London: 1988.  Octavo, 672  pp., illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper, owner's signature on front  endpaper. AU$250.00 This authoritative biography, complete with many previously unpublished  illustrations, is a standard reference on Sir Joseph Banks. [28131] Delacour, J. and P. Jabouille. Les oiseaux de l'Indochine Française.  Paris: 1931.  Quarto, four volumes, 1259 pp., indices, 67 chromolithographs by  H. Grönvold. Binder's green cloth, all edges speckled, an attractive clean set.  AU$1650.00 Nissen IVB 228. [21370] Ganf, Rosemary. Feathertail Glider.  1977.    Watercolour on paper, 47  cm by 31 cm, signed R. Woodford Ganf 1977, framed. AU$1850.00 This picture predates by a year the published plate of the Feathertail Glider in  volume one of Smith and Ganf's Marsupials of Australia 1980. [30882] Goldsmith, Oliver. An history of the earth, and animated nature.  London: 1779. second edition), Octavo, eight volumes, 2915 pp., 102 engraved  plates. Contemporary half calf with red label. AU$850.00 [28778] Gould, John. A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent  islands. London: 1837-1838.  Octavo,  73 handcoloured lithographs by Elizabeth  Gould. Early half calf titled "birds", lightly patterned cloth, inscription by  A. J. Campbell on blank endpaper, typescript title page and contents, the  printed and embossed stamp of the Royal Australasian Union on the half title, a  handsome copy with the figures beautifully coloured. AU$18500.00 [30017] Guilfoyle, W. R. Catalogue of plants under cultivation in the Melbourne  Botanic Gardens, alphabetically arranged. Melbourne: 1883.  Quarter calf 200  pp., uncoloured lithographed plate, four maps (two folding). Publisher's  handsome green decorated cloth, slightly split, the signature of Harold Alston  on the title page, a very good copy AU$400.00 [30800] Hooker, Joseph Dalton. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of the H. M.  Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843. Under the command of  Captain sir James Clark Ross. Part one: Flora Antartica. London: 1847.  Large  quarto, two volumes, 574 pp., coloured map, 187 handcoloured plates by William  Hood Fitch (numbered 1-198) including 13 double page plates. 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Chip Weseloh of the Canadian Wildlife Service subsequently asked me to post the following info. Please send questions or comments directly to Chip. "The Canadian Wildlife Service has colour-banded more than 1,200 young-of-the-year Great Egrets on four colonies in the Great Lakes Basin since 2000. All birds have been fitted with at least one red leg band with white alpha numerics. Reports of these birds have come from the southeastern United States and Cuba, with one report from the Azores Islands. PLEASE check all Great Egrets seen during the winter; our winter reports have been very few for the number of birds banded. Sightings should be reported to the federal Bird Banding Laboratory and to Chip Weseloh at " More info about the Fort Mill sighting and a photo of what to look for in the way of color banded Great Egrets is included at the end of my current "This Week at Hilton Pond" installment at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091101.html ========= RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA (803) 684-5852 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ================== Subject: Caldasia From: Jack Eitniear <jackeitniear AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:16:07 -0800 I am looking for some information contained in a 1971 issue (vol 11) of Caldasia. If anyone has access to this journal please contact me offlist.     Jack Eitniear San Antonio, TX "We will be known forever by the tracks we leave" Dakota Indian Saying "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion"  The Dalai Lama --- On Wed, 11/11/09, Mauro Guimarães Diniz wrote: From: Mauro Guimarães Diniz Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Paper request- Vielliard, J. 1983 To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 3:37 AM Hi, I'm also interested in this paper. I'd appreciate a copy too cheers! Mauro Mauro Guimarães Diniz +55 31 9956.4831 Endereço skipe: mauro.diniz.fauna.ibamamg   "Todo caminho da gente é resvaloso. Mas, também, cair não prejudica demais - a gente levanta, a gente sobe, a gente volta."                                       (João Guimarães Rosa) Antes de imprimir esta mensagem pense na sua responsabilidade com o meio ambiente. 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Club 119 (2) addenda From: Frederik Brammer <FPBrammer AT SNM.KU.DK> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:14:05 +0100 Dear all, Manuel Plenge recently posted the contents, but did not have complete page numbers for issue 2, nor email addresses of authors. Below, I supply that missing information. I hope it will be of use to someone. Frederik Brammer Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119 (2) Areta, J. I. 2009. Paedomorphosis in Sporophila seedeaters. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 129: 98-103. esporofila AT yahoo.com.ar Crease, A. 2009. First breeding data for Roraiman Nightjar Caprimulgus whitelyi, from south-east Venezuela. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 129: 109-115. trcrease AT gmail.com Milensky, C. N., F. A. Wilkinson, and A. P. Holland 2009. First record of Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus in Guyana. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 129: 119-120. milensky AT si.edu Subject: Re: Paper request- Vielliard, J. 1983 From: Mauro Guimarães Diniz <mauro.diniz AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:37:49 -0200 Hi, I'm also interested in this paper. I'd appreciate a copy too cheers! Mauro *Mauro Guimarães Diniz* +55 31 9956.4831 Endereço skipe: mauro.diniz.fauna.ibamamg "Todo caminho da gente é resvaloso. Mas, também, cair não prejudica demais - a gente levanta, a gente sobe, a gente volta." (João Guimarães Rosa) *Antes de imprimir esta mensagem pense na sua responsabilidade com o meio ambiente. * As informacoes contidas nesta mensagem e nos arquivos anexados sao para uso exclusivo do destinatario aqui indicado e podem conter assuntos comerciais, de propriedade intelectual ou outras informacoes confidenciais, protegidas pelas leis aplicaveis. 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Subject: last bird picture/illustration request for Apurimac and Choquequirao Ecotourism Field Guide (Peru) From: Jan Baiker <jbaiker AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:13:27 -0500 Dear NEOORNERS, I'm posting here the last bird picture/illustration request for the Ecotourism Field Guide for northern Apurimac region (Peru) that will get published in a few weeks. In the meantime I've received many more pictures of most of the around 330 species that occur in that region (thanks to the extraordinary cooperativeness of members of this group and other photographers with a flickr account etc.). I would like to underscore that I'm also interested in pictures that were taken for example during mist-netting projects (so, I don't see any problem including more pictures of birds hold in the hand of a researcher) or birds that were photographed in museum exhibitions. I'm also very interested in illustrations (paintings) of the below mentioned species, so if there are artists out there who would like to contribute to this non-profit project with their bird painting, I would be very grateful! Some comments to the list below: The most important species requests are found in bold letters. After the species' names (scientific and in English) I define what is still missing (for example the male/female bird). Don't bother to much about the subspecies mentioned in parentheses, I would also be happy to receive pictures/illustrations that are not from the mentioned subspecies; I can explain the differences in the respective text. The other ones (NOT in bold letters) would be nice to receive too but I think that's more kind of wishful thinking (I know that it's pretty hard to get good pictures of birds in flight, but may be there are some nice illustrations that somebody could provide). All below the list I attach you an e-mail posted some months ago to BirdingPeru forum (in order to explain once again what this Ecotourism Field Guide is all about). PD: Sorry to the Spanish speaking people, I messed up "perchado" with "perchando", the later, of course is the right expression ... hehehe. Best wishes and thanks a lot in advance for any quick replying to baikerj AT student.ethz.ch (unfortunately I will have to finish the bird chapter in a few days), Jan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Baiker Investigación, Áreas Naturales Protegidas y Ecoturismo Programa Regional ECOBONA INTERCOOOPERATION http://www.bosquesandinos.info en Abancay: Jirón Junín N° 526 Abancay, Apurímac, Perú Teléfono (083) 324926 Celular (claro) (083) 983765871 en Lima: Av. Ricardo Palma 857, Miraflores Lima 18, Perú Teléfono: (511) 241 4012 *Nothocercus nigrocapillus (HOODED TINAMOU) Nothoprocta taczanowskii (TACZANOWSKI'S TINAMOU) * Chloephaga melanoptera (ANDEAN GOOSE) -> in flight / volando! Lophonetta specularioides (CRESTED DUCK) -> in flight / volando! Anas puna (PUNA TEAL) -> in flight / volando Oxyura jamaicensis (RUDDY DUCK) -> in flight / volando! Plegadis ridgwayi (PUNA IBIS) -> in flight / volando! Podiceps occipitalis (SILVERY GREBE) -> in breeding plumage / en plumaje de reproduccion! Phalacrocorax brasilianus (NEOTROPIC CORMORANT) -> adult in flight / adulto volando! Nycticorax nycticorax (BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON) -> in flight / volando! Plegadis ridgwayi (PUNA IBIS) -> in flight / volando! *Circus cinereus (CINEREOUS HARRIER) -> female / hembra* Accipiter striatus (SHARP-SHINNED HAWK) -> in flight / volando! *Accipiter bicolor (BICOLORED HAWK) -> adult perched and in flight / adulto perchado y volando!* *Harpyhaliaetus solitarius (SOLITARY EAGLE) -> adult perched and in flight / adulto perchado y volando!* Geranoaetus melanoleucus (BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE) -> adult in flight / adulto volando! *Buteo leucorrhous (WHITE-RUMPED HAWK) -> adult / adulto!* Buteo albigula (WHITE THROATED HAWK) -> adult in flight / adulto volando! Buteo poecilochrous (PUNA HAWK/BUSSARD) -> adult in flight / adulto volando! Spizaetus isidori (BLACK-AND-CHESTNUT EAGLE) -> adult in flight / adulto volando! Falco sparverius (AMERICAN KESTREL) -> in flight / volando! *Falco femoralis (APLOMADO FALCON) -> female / hembra!* *Falco peregrinus (cassini/anatum) (PEREGRINE FALCON) -> male perched and male in flight / macho perchado y macho volando!* Gallinago andina (PUNA SNIPE) -> in flight / volando! *Gallinago imperialis (IMPERIAL SNIPE) -> perched and in flight / perchado y volando!* Calidris bairdii (BAIRD'S SANDPIPER) -> in flight / volando! Attagis gayi (RUFOUS-BELLIED SEEDSNIPE) -> in flight / volando! Thinocorus orbignyianus (GRAY-BREASTED SEEDSNIPE) -> in flight / volando! Columbina cruziana (CROAKING GROUND-DOVE) -> in flight / volando! *Claravis mondetoura (MAROON-CHESTED GROUND DOVE) -> perched and in flight / perchado y volando!* Metriopelia ceciliae (BARE-FACED GROUND-DOVE) -> in flight / volando! Metriopelia melanoptera (BLACK-WINGED GROUND-DOVE) -> in flight / volando! Columba livia (ROCK PIGEON) -> in flight / volando! Patagioenas maculosa (SPOT-WINGED PIGEON) -> in flight / volando! Patagioenas cayennensis (PALE-VENTED PIGEON) -> in flight / volando! Patagioenas plumbea (PLUMBEOUS PIGEON) -> in flight / volando! Zenaida auriculata (EARED DOVE) -> in flight / volando! Leptotila verreauxi (decipiens) (WHITE-TIPPED DOVE) -> in flight / volando! *Geotrygon frenata (WHITE-THROATED QUAIL- DOVE) -> perched and in flight / perchado y volando!* Aratinga mitrata (MITRED PARAKEET) -> in flight / volando! Leptosittaca branickii (GOLDEN-PLUMED PARAKEET) -> in flight / volando! Bolborhynchus lineola (BARRED PARAKEET) -> in flight / volando! *Bolborhynchus orbygnesius (ANDEAN PARAKEET) -> perched and in flight / perchado y volando! Pionus tumultuosus (SPECKLE-FACED PARROT) -> perched and in flight / perchado y volando! * Tyto alba (BARN OWL) -> in flight / volando! *Megascops choliba (TROPICAL SCREECH-OWL) -> perched / perchado!* *Megascops albogularis (WHITE-THROATED SCREECH-OWL) -> perched / perchado!* Bubo virginianus (GREAT HORNED OWL) -> in flight / volando! Glaucidium bolivianum (YUNGAS PYGMY-OWL) -> in flight / volando! Lurocalis rufiventris (RUFOUS-BELLIED NIGHTHAWK) -> in flight / volando! Caprimulgus longirostris (atripunctatus) (BAND-WINGED NIGHTJAR) -> in flight /volando! *Uropsalis segmentata (SWALLOW-TAILED NIGHTJAR) -> male perched and in flight / macho perchado y volando!* *Streptoprocne rutila (CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT) -> perched and/or in flight / perchado y/o volando!* Aeronautes andecous (peruvianus) -> in flight / volando! *Ramphomicron microrynchum (PURPLE-BACKED THORNBILL) -> female / hembra! Chalcostigma ruficeps (RUFUOUS-CAPPED THORNBILL) -> female / hembra! Oreonympha nobilis (BEARDED MOUNTAINEER) -> female / hembra! Metallura eupogon (FIRE-THROATED METALTAIL) -> perched and/or in flight / perchado y/o volando! Metallura aenocauda (SCALED METALTAIL) -> perched and/or in flight / perchado y/o volando! Coeligena torquata (insectivora/eisenmanni) (COLLARED INCA) -> female / hembra! Chlorostilbon mellisugus (BLUE-TAILED EMERALD) -> female / hembra! Andigena hypoglauca (GRAY-BREASTED MOUNTAIN TOUCAN) -> perched / perchado! Veniliornis nigriceps (nigriceps) (BAR-BELLIED WOODPECKER -> female / hembra!* Colaptes rupicola (puna) (ANDEAN FLICKER) -> in flight / volando! *Leptasthenura striata (albigularis) (STREAKED TIT-SPINETAIL) -> adult / adulto Schizoeaca vilcabambae (VILCABAMBA THISTLETAIL) -> adult / adulto Cranioleuca marcapatae (weskei) (MARCAPATA SPINETAIL) -> adult / adulto Asthenes wyatti (STREAK-BACKED CANASTERO) -> adult / adulto Phacellodomus striaticeps (STREAK-FRONTED THORNBIRD) -> adult / adulto Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii (STREAKED TUFTEDCHEEK) -> adult / adulto Anabacerthia striaticollis (MONTANE FOLIAGE-GLEANER) -> adult / adulto Chamaeza mollissima (BARRED ANTTHRUSH) -> adult / adulto Grallaria erythroleuca (RED-AND-WHITE ANTPITTA) -> adult / adulto Scytalopus parvirostris (TRILLING TAPACULO) -> adult / adulto Scytalopus urubambae (VILCABAMBA TAPACULO) -> adult / adulto Scytalopus simonsi (PUNA TAPACULO) -> adult / adulto Scytalopus sp. (nova) ("AMPAY" TAPACULO) -> adult / adulto Phyllomyias cinereiceps (ASHY-HEADED TYRANNULET) -> adult / adulto Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer (PEARLY-VENTED TODY-TYRANT) -> adult / adulto Mitrephanes olivaceus (OLIVE FLYCATCHER) -> adult / adulto Muscisaxicola juninensis (PUNA GROUND-TYRANT) -> adult / adulto Muscisaxicola cinereus (CINEREOUS GROUND-TYRANT) -> adult / adulto Cnemarchus erythropygius (RED-RUMPED BUSH-TYRANT) -> adult / adulto Ochthoeca pulchella (GOLDEN-BROWED CHAT-TYRANT) -> adult / adulto Pachyramphus albogriseus (salvini) (BLACK-AND-WHITE BECARD) -> male and female / macho y hembra! Pachyramphus validus (audax) (CRESTED BECARD) -> male / macho! Orochelidon flavipes (PALE-FOOTED SWALLOW) -> perched and/or in flight / perchado y/o volando! Orochelidon andecola (ANDEAN SWALLOW) -> in flight / volando! Cinnycerthia fulva (FULVOUS WREN) -> adult / adulto! Entomodestes leucotis (WHITE-EARED SOLITAIRE) -> adult / adulto! Turdus leucops (PALE-EYED THRUSH) -> female / hembra! Turdus nigriceps (SLATY THRUSH) -> male / macho! Creurgops dentatus (SLATY TANAGER) -> male and female / macho y hembra! Hemispingus frontalis (OLEAGINOUS HEMISPINGUS) -> adult / adulto! Hemispingus melanotis (berlepschi) (BLACK-EARED HEMISPINGUS) -> adult / adulto! Thlypopsis ornata (RUFOUS-CHESTED TANAGER) -> adulto / adulto! Dubusia taeniata (stictocephala) (BUFF-BREASTED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER) -> adult / adulto! Iridosornis jelskii (GOLDEN-COLLARED TANAGER) -> adulto / adulto! Conirostrum albifrons (sordidum) (CAPPED CONEBILL) -> male and female / macho y hembra! Diglossa albilatera (WHITE-SIDED FLOWERPIERCER) -> female / hembra! Catamenia analis (BAND-TAILED SEEDEATER) -> female / hembra! Atlapetes canigensis (CUZCO BRUSH-FINCH) -> adult / adulto Pheucticus aureoventris (terminalis) (BLACK-BACKED GROSBEAK) -> adult / adulto! Basileuterus luteoviridis (striaticeps) (CITRINE WARBLER) -> adult / adulto! Carduelis atrata (BLACK SISKIN) -> adult / adulto! * Begin forwarded message: From: Jan Baiker Date: 25. August 2009 17:23:15 GMT-05:00 To: Birdingperu AT yahoogroups.com Subject: information about avifauna of Apurimac and adjacent Cusco and Ayacucho region Dear Fellow Birders, After having spent almost 2 years in evaluating and investigating northern Apurimac region's fauna and flora I've now come to the point to resume some preliminary results in an Ecotourism Field Guide that should get published very soon (in September or October of this year). This book will be dedicated to national and international tourists and to environmental education in local schools and will include and shortly describe the most common and representative species of fauna and flora in "Saywite-Choquequirao-Ampay" Mancommunity, including also culture and tradition in northern Apurimac region. This Mancommunity includes 5 districts in northern Apurimac region: Pacobamba (Andahuaylas province), Tamburco, Huanipaca, San Pedro de Cachora and Curahuasi (all in Abancay province). Furthermore this Field Guide will also cover the hikes from Cachora or Huanipaca village respectively to the archaeological complex of Choquequirao (Santa Teresa district, Cusco region). It's part of the activities and products of ECOBONA Regional Programme of the Swiss NGO INTERCOOPERATION (www.intercooperation.ch) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC, www.deza.admin.ch/en/Home); an electronic version of this book will be available for free download on our website (www.bosquesandinos.info) and there will also be some hard copies. Apart from my own ornithological explorations in this area, and the data we obtained during some weeks of Rapid Biological Assessments (RAP) in the study area, with the help of the local people and Peruvian ornithologists (Lourdes Mosaurieta, Gustavo Ordinola, Sebastian Oré, Yisela Quispe and Jaime Valenzuela) I actually found very few data and/or literature about Apurimac's avifauna, and almost nothing about the other fauna and flora. In order to guarantee that the Ecotourism Guide will be as updated as possible, I would kindly ask to the whole Birdingperu community for providing further published or non-published data about Apurimac's birdlife (and if anyone could provide, also data about its fauna and flora in general), including also the two hikes to Choquequirao (in Cusco region). Furthermore I'm also very interested in data from nearby Ayacucho and Cusco region, or to get more specific, data from the vicinity of Pampas and upper Apurimac river valleys. The Pampas river delimits Ayacucho from Apurimac region and the Apurimac river delimits Cusco from Apurimac region and further downriver from Ayacucho region. I would like to mention that Ampay National Sanctuary (the only nature protection area in Apurimac region so far!!!) in Tamburco district will be part of this Field Guide. Most information I could obtain till now is actually from Ampay National Sanctuary. Nevertheless I would be very interested in any further data/observation from Ampay NS as well. I hope that there are people out there who would like to share their published or non-published field observations for the planned Ecotourism Field Guide that certainly will be an important step in the future conservation of Apurimac's wildlife and its diverse ecosystems. Herewith I would also like to thank to Rafael de la Colina, Jon Fjeldsa, Rainer Hostnig, Pedro Hocking, Jaime Valenzuela, Joyce Vitorino and Rob Williams for already having provided published and non-published field data about Apurimac's avifauna. In a few days I will post another call to this group. I'm currently checking from which bird species - we already registered around 160-180 species inside the Mancommunity - a good photo is still missing (for the Field Guide). So, I soon will post a list of bird species from which I don't have good photos yet. PD: Of course, for any data or photo provided and used in the Ecotourism Field Guide I will put the corresponding credits. Thanks a lot for any reply (preferably off-list to my private e-mail: baikerj AT student.ethz.ch)! Best wishes, Jan Subject: Paper request- Vielliard, J. 1983 From: César Sánchez <harpyhaliaetus AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:42 -0800 Hello all, Does someone has access to the following paper: Vielliard, J. 1983. Catálogo sonográfico dos cantos e piados dos beija-flores do Brasil, 1. Boletim do Museu de Biologia “Mello Leitaoâ€�, Serie Biologia 58:1-20. Thanks in advance CS ***************************** César Sánchez M. LSU Museum of Natural Science 119 Foster Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Subject: Re: Paper request: Benitez et al 2007 Condor 109(3) From: "Richard Temple Jr." <richardtemplejr AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:14 -0800 sent! Richard On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Scott Olmstead wrote: > Hi all, > > Would anyone be kind enough to send me a .pdf of a paper I am looking for? > > Benites, P. et. al. 2007. Color differences among closely related species > of red-breasted meadowlarks (Sturnella). Condor 109(3):605-616. > > > Thanks, > > > Scott Olmstead > > > > ------------------------------ > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it > now. > Subject: Paper request: Benitez et al 2007 Condor 109(3) From: Scott Olmstead <sparverius81 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:50 -0500 Hi all, Would anyone be kind enough to send me a .pdf of a paper I am looking for? Benites, P. et. al. 2007. Color differences among closely related species of red-breasted meadowlarks (Sturnella). Condor 109(3):605-616. Thanks, Scott Olmstead _________________________________________________________________ Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1 Subject: Re: Neolit - PNAS - Sent From: "Michel, Nicole L" <nmichel AT TULANE.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:16:41 -0600 Sent ********************************************************* Nicole Michel PhD Candidate Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 400 Boggs Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Cell: 504-261-2942 Fax: 504-862-8706 http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~nmichel ********************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds on behalf of Tom Koronkiewicz Sent: Tue 11/10/2009 3:11 PM To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Neolit - PNAS does anyone have the full text (.pdf) of this? Many thanks in advance, tomk PNAS November 10, 2009 vol. 106 no. 45 19050-19055 Migratory double breeding in Neotropical migrant birds Sievert Rohwer, Keith A. Hobson and Vanya G. Rohwer Tom Koronkiewicz SWCA Environmental Consultants 114 N. San Francisco Street Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 office 928.774.5500 ext 201 fax 928.779.2709 -----Original Message----- From: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds [mailto:NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Carlos Daniel Cadena Ordonez Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:07 PM To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: [NEOORN-L] Neolit - PNAS PNAS November 10, 2009 vol. 106 no. 45 19050-19055 Migratory double breeding in Neotropical migrant birds Sievert Rohwer, Keith A. Hobson and Vanya G. Rohwer Neotropical migratory songbirds typically breed in temperate regions and then travel long distances to spend the majority of the annual cycle in tropical wintering areas. Using stable-isotope methodology, we provide quantitative evidence of dual breeding ranges for 5 species of Neotropical migrants. Each is well known to have a Neotropical winter range and a breeding range in the United States and Canada. However, after their first bout of breeding in the north, many individuals migrate hundreds to thousands of kilometers south in midsummer to breed a second time during the same summer in coastal west Mexico or Baja California Sur. They then migrate further south to their final wintering areas in the Neotropics. Our discovery of dual breeding ranges in Neotropical migrants reveals a hitherto unrealized flexibility in life-history strategies for these species and underscores that demographic models and conservation plans must consider dual breeding for these migrants. http://www.pnas.org/content/106/45/19050.abstract?etoc -- Carlos Daniel Cadena Profesor Asociado Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes Apartado Aéreo 4976 Bogotá, Colombia Tel: (57-1) 3394949 Ext. 2072 http://evolvert.uniandes.edu.co http://evodiversidad.blogspot.com/ Co-Editor Ornitología Colombiana www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/revista.htm Subject: Re: Neolit - PNAS From: Tom Koronkiewicz <tkoronkiewicz AT SWCA.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:13 -0700 does anyone have the full text (.pdf) of this? Many thanks in advance, tomk PNAS November 10, 2009 vol. 106 no. 45 19050-19055 Migratory double breeding in Neotropical migrant birds Sievert Rohwer, Keith A. Hobson and Vanya G. Rohwer Tom Koronkiewicz SWCA Environmental Consultants 114 N. San Francisco Street Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 office 928.774.5500 ext 201 fax 928.779.2709 -----Original Message----- From: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds [mailto:NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Carlos Daniel Cadena Ordonez Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:07 PM To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: [NEOORN-L] Neolit - PNAS PNAS November 10, 2009 vol. 106 no. 45 19050-19055 Migratory double breeding in Neotropical migrant birds Sievert Rohwer, Keith A. Hobson and Vanya G. Rohwer Neotropical migratory songbirds typically breed in temperate regions and then travel long distances to spend the majority of the annual cycle in tropical wintering areas. Using stable-isotope methodology, we provide quantitative evidence of dual breeding ranges for 5 species of Neotropical migrants. Each is well known to have a Neotropical winter range and a breeding range in the United States and Canada. However, after their first bout of breeding in the north, many individuals migrate hundreds to thousands of kilometers south in midsummer to breed a second time during the same summer in coastal west Mexico or Baja California Sur. They then migrate further south to their final wintering areas in the Neotropics. Our discovery of dual breeding ranges in Neotropical migrants reveals a hitherto unrealized flexibility in life-history strategies for these species and underscores that demographic models and conservation plans must consider dual breeding for these migrants. http://www.pnas.org/content/106/45/19050.abstract?etoc -- Carlos Daniel Cadena Profesor Asociado Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes Apartado Aéreo 4976 Bogotá, Colombia Tel: (57-1) 3394949 Ext. 2072 http://evolvert.uniandes.edu.co http://evodiversidad.blogspot.com/ Co-Editor Ornitología Colombiana www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/revista.htm Subject: Neolit - PNAS From: Carlos Daniel Cadena Ordonez <ccadena AT UNIANDES.EDU.CO> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:06:40 -0500 PNAS November 10, 2009 vol. 106 no. 45 19050-19055 Migratory double breeding in Neotropical migrant birds Sievert Rohwer, Keith A. Hobson and Vanya G. Rohwer Neotropical migratory songbirds typically breed in temperate regions and then travel long distances to spend the majority of the annual cycle in tropical wintering areas. Using stable-isotope methodology, we provide quantitative evidence of dual breeding ranges for 5 species of Neotropical migrants. Each is well known to have a Neotropical winter range and a breeding range in the United States and Canada. However, after their first bout of breeding in the north, many individuals migrate hundreds to thousands of kilometers south in midsummer to breed a second time during the same summer in coastal west Mexico or Baja California Sur. They then migrate further south to their final wintering areas in the Neotropics. Our discovery of dual breeding ranges in Neotropical migrants reveals a hitherto unrealized flexibility in life-history strategies for these species and underscores that demographic models and conservation plans must consider dual breeding for these migrants. http://www.pnas.org/content/106/45/19050.abstract?etoc -- Carlos Daniel Cadena Profesor Asociado Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes Apartado Aéreo 4976 Bogotá, Colombia Tel: (57-1) 3394949 Ext. 2072 http://evolvert.uniandes.edu.co http://evodiversidad.blogspot.com/ Co-Editor Ornitología Colombiana www.ornitologiacolombiana.org/revista.htm Subject: Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... From: Johan Ingels <johan.ingels AT SKYNET.BE> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:03:23 +0100 Dear Rick, It is a chick or a young bird... Johan. Van: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds [mailto:NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] Namens Richard Prum Verzonden: dinsdag 10 november 2009 20:54 Aan: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Onderwerp: Re: [NEOORN-L] Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... What's a pullus? Rick ___________________________ Johan Ingels wrote: Dear NEOORN-ers, Although this nightjar is wide-spread throughout Middle and most of South America, little seems to be known about its breeding biology... Has anyone among you ever seen a published photo of a pullus or pulli of the Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus ? Or ever seen a publication in which the colour pattern is described ?? Yours, Johan Ingels. Dr Johan INGELS Galgenberglaan 9 B-9070 DESTELBERGEN Belgium johan.ingels AT skynet.be 00 32 9 228 61 71 Subject: Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... From: "Caio J. Carlos" <cjcarlos AT BOL.COM.BR> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:59:16 -0200 Subject: Re: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... From: Richard Prum <richard.prum AT YALE.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:54:25 -0500 Subject: Pullus / pulli of Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus... From: Johan Ingels <johan.ingels AT SKYNET.BE> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:26:51 +0100 Dear NEOORN-ers, Although this nightjar is wide-spread throughout Middle and most of South America, little seems to be known about its breeding biology... Has anyone among you ever seen a published photo of a pullus or pulli of the Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus ? Or ever seen a publication in which the colour pattern is described ?? Yours, Johan Ingels. Dr Johan INGELS Galgenberglaan 9 B-9070 DESTELBERGEN Belgium johan.ingels AT skynet.be 00 32 9 228 61 71 Subject: PDF request From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0800 Hi All  ! Please have the PDF: - - Nores, M.& D. Yzurieta. 1979. Una nueva especie y dos nuevas subespecies de aves (Passeriformes). Boletín de Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 61:4–8.  - Thanks. Best Alberto Subject: Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests From: Daniel Martinez <jacamerops AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:46:28 -0800   Great! Jack,  thank you very much.   Daniel      Daniel Martínez A. Coordinador Programa de Monitoreo y Conservación de Aves Kèköldi Wak ka koneke, Territorio Indígena Kèköldi. Talamanca, Costa Rica. Cell: (506) 8 858 2689 / Centro Científico Kèköldi: (506) 2 200 3265 E mail: jacamerops AT yahoo.com   --- On Mon, 11/9/09, Jack Eitniear wrote: From: Jack Eitniear Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Nidos artificiales / artificial nests To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:03 PM A quick search resulted in:   Nest-box and natural-cavity use in three mid-south forest habitats WC McComb, RE Noble - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1981 [BOOK] The eastern screech owl: life history, ecology, and behavior in the suburbs and countryside FR Gehlbach, 2008 - books.google.com ... 4 Eastern Screech Owl Explorations, 1967-75 At the start I scattered nine nest boxes over 135 hectares (ha) of Wood- way (suburban Waco), McLennan County, Texas ... Nest life of the Screech Owl AR Sherman - The Auk, 1911 - jstor.org IN LARGE boxes put up for the accommodation of Woodpeckers lived the Screech Owls from whose nest lives these studies were made. It was in one of these soap-boxes, nailed against the trunk of a willow tree that the first of ... Eastern Screech Owls in suburbia: a model of raptor urbanization FR Gehlbach - Raptors in human landscapes: adaptations to built and …, 1996 - books.google.com ... 2: 1809-1813. —. 1994a. Nest-box versus natural-cavity nests of the eastern screech-owl: an explora- tory study./. Raptor Res. 28: 154-157. —. 1994b. ...   … by nest box relocation: differential effect on Tengmalm's Owl nests and artificial nests GA Sonerud - Ornis Scandinavica, 1993 - jstor.org Rohwer, S. 1986. Selection for adoption versus infanticide by replacement "mates" in birds. - Current Ornithol. 3: 353- 395. Waterman, J., Desrochers, A. and Hannon, S. 1989. A case of polyandry in the Black-capped Chickadee. - ... hole shift in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus as defence against nest predation … GA Sonerud - Journal of Animal Ecology, 1985 - jstor.org ... This was expected at the first control of the second clutch, since both the earlier clutches of Tengmalm's owl in this nest box had been preyed upon, in 1974 ... Cited by 99 - Related articles - All 3 versions [PDF] ►Clutch size and breeding success in relation to nest-box size in Tengmalm's owl Aegolius … EK Korpimaeki - HOLARCT. ECOL., 1985 - 80.57.161.240 Clutch size and breeding success was related to nest-box size in 215 nests of Teng- malm's owl in the Kauhava region, western Finland in 1966-82, In vole peak years, but not in other years, mean clutch size was positively correlated ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 6 versions Nest-box and natural-cavity use in three mid-south forest habitats WC McComb, RE Noble - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1981 - jstor.org ... The ideal artificial screech owl cavity would be a box ... tree with lianas, and with the box entrance facing ... of natural cavities and 49 inspections of nest boxes. ... Cited by 46 - Related articles [CITATION] Mate and nest–site fidelity in Ural and Tawny Owls P Saurola - Biology and conservation of northern forest owls. …, 1987 Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 2 versions A 12-year study of nest box utilization by black-bellied whistling ducks RE McCamant, EG Bolen - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1979 - jstor.org ... Of 112 barn owl nests in boxes, 77% were initiated between September and April (Otteni et al. 1972). However, the debris accumulated ... Cited by 25 - Related articles Competitive and predatory interactions among raptors: an observational and experimental … H Hakkarainen, E Korpimaki - Ecology, 1996 - jstor.org ... Results Field experiment Nest-box occupancy.—Of the five Ural Owl terri- tories studied, only one (20%) was occupied by Teng- malm's Owls, whereas six of ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions Selection for Nest-Hole Shift and Tactics of Breeding Dispersal in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius … - â–ºutu.fi [PDF]  E Korpimaki - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1987 - jstor.org ... Korpimaki, E. (1985a). Clutch size and breeding success in relation to nest-box size in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus. Holarctic Ecol Jack Eitniear San Antonio   Subject: Re: help with vocalizations From: Jack Eitniear <jackeitniear AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:05:38 -0800 Cornell has a cut of this species as we used it years ago in Honduras. Jack Eitniear San Antonio  Yellow-eared Toucanet / S.spectabilis   Subject: Re: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests From: Jack Eitniear <jackeitniear AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:03:11 -0800 A quick search resulted in:   Nest-box and natural-cavity use in three mid-south forest habitats WC McComb, RE Noble - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1981 [BOOK] The eastern screech owl: life history, ecology, and behavior in the suburbs and countryside FR Gehlbach, 2008 - books.google.com ... 4 Eastern Screech Owl Explorations, 1967-75 At the start I scattered nine nest boxes over 135 hectares (ha) of Wood- way (suburban Waco), McLennan County, Texas ... Nest life of the Screech Owl AR Sherman - The Auk, 1911 - jstor.org IN LARGE boxes put up for the accommodation of Woodpeckers lived the Screech Owls from whose nest lives these studies were made. It was in one of these soap-boxes, nailed against the trunk of a willow tree that the first of ... Eastern Screech Owls in suburbia: a model of raptor urbanization FR Gehlbach - Raptors in human landscapes: adaptations to built and …, 1996 - books.google.com ... 2: 1809-1813. —. 1994a. Nest-box versus natural-cavity nests of the eastern screech-owl: an explora- tory study./. Raptor Res. 28: 154-157. —. 1994b. ...   … by nest box relocation: differential effect on Tengmalm's Owl nests and artificial nests GA Sonerud - Ornis Scandinavica, 1993 - jstor.org Rohwer, S. 1986. Selection for adoption versus infanticide by replacement "mates" in birds. - Current Ornithol. 3: 353- 395. Waterman, J., Desrochers, A. and Hannon, S. 1989. A case of polyandry in the Black-capped Chickadee. - ... hole shift in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus as defence against nest predation … GA Sonerud - Journal of Animal Ecology, 1985 - jstor.org ... This was expected at the first control of the second clutch, since both the earlier clutches of Tengmalm's owl in this nest box had been preyed upon, in 1974 ... Cited by 99 - Related articles - All 3 versions [PDF] ►Clutch size and breeding success in relation to nest-box size in Tengmalm's owl Aegolius … EK Korpimaeki - HOLARCT. ECOL., 1985 - 80.57.161.240 Clutch size and breeding success was related to nest-box size in 215 nests of Teng- malm's owl in the Kauhava region, western Finland in 1966-82, In vole peak years, but not in other years, mean clutch size was positively correlated ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 6 versions Nest-box and natural-cavity use in three mid-south forest habitats WC McComb, RE Noble - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1981 - jstor.org ... The ideal artificial screech owl cavity would be a box ... tree with lianas, and with the box entrance facing ... of natural cavities and 49 inspections of nest boxes. ... Cited by 46 - Related articles [CITATION] Mate and nest–site fidelity in Ural and Tawny Owls P Saurola - Biology and conservation of northern forest owls. …, 1987 Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 2 versions A 12-year study of nest box utilization by black-bellied whistling ducks RE McCamant, EG Bolen - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1979 - jstor.org ... Of 112 barn owl nests in boxes, 77% were initiated between September and April (Otteni et al. 1972). However, the debris accumulated ... Cited by 25 - Related articles Competitive and predatory interactions among raptors: an observational and experimental … H Hakkarainen, E Korpimaki - Ecology, 1996 - jstor.org ... Results Field experiment Nest-box occupancy.—Of the five Ural Owl terri- tories studied, only one (20%) was occupied by Teng- malm's Owls, whereas six of ... Cited by 48 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions Selection for Nest-Hole Shift and Tactics of Breeding Dispersal in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius … - â–ºutu.fi [PDF]  E Korpimaki - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1987 - jstor.org ... Korpimaki, E. (1985a). Clutch size and breeding success in relation to nest-box size in Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus. Holarctic Ecol Jack Eitniear San Antonio   Subject: help with vocalizations From: Manuel Sánchez / Clandestine Bird <clandestine.bird AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:26:27 -0500 Hi NeoOrners, Please can you help with some vocalizations in Mp3 format: Yellow-eared Toucanet / S.spectabilis Chocó Woodpecker / V.chocoensis Black-billed Mountain-Toucan / Andigena nigrirostris Many thanks in advance...I can not discharge from Xeno Canto.... Sorry for this short and "quick" requiremment regards... -- Manuel Sánchez Clandestine Bird / Pájaro Clandestino "Responsible Birding" / "Aviturismo Responsable" Skype: manuelito_sanchez e-mail: manuel AT clandestinebird.com P.O.Box: 17-17-2014 www.clandestinebird.com -- Manuel Sánchez Clandestine Bird / Pájaro Clandestino "Responsible Birding" / "Aviturismo Responsable" Skype: manuelito_sanchez e-mail: manuel AT clandestinebird.com P.O.Box: 17-17-2014 www.clandestinebird.com Subject: Nidos artificiales / artificial nests From: Daniel Martinez <jacamerops AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:58:51 -0800   English below   Hola Neoorners,   Un colega aquí en Costa Rica está buscando información general sobre nidos artificiales para Buhos y Lechuzas y éxito de los mismos, se agradece cualquier información (artículos, manuales, etc.) que puedan brindar.       Hello Neoorners,   My colleague from Costa Rica is seeking for general info. about artificial nests for owls and their success,  We will appreciate any info (articles, protocols, manuals, etc.) you can provide.      Cheers,   Daniel M.       Daniel Martínez A. Coordinador Programa de Monitoreo y Conservación de Aves Kèköldi Wak ka koneke, Territorio Indígena Kèköldi. Talamanca, Costa Rica. Cell: (506) 8 858 2689 / Centro Científico Kèköldi: (506) 2 200 3265 E mail: jacamerops AT yahoo.com / daniel AT kekoldicr.org   Subject: NEOLIT: Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, Vol. 178 (5) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:32:56 -0500 Neoorners, The publications below is a must for those working mainly on birds from Peru and Ecuador. To a lesser extent but not less important from Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Mlíkovský, Jiří 2009. Types of birds in the collections of the Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. Part 3: South American birds.* *Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, Vol. 178 (5): 17-180. Can be downloaded from: http://www.nm.cz/publikace/archiv.php?id=1 Abstract. The Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (MIZ) currently contains types of 258 species of South American birds, incl. 103 holotypes. Holotypes of further 45 species-group taxa, and all syntypes of further 51 species-group taxa were lost in the past. Further 10 species-group taxa are represented only by paratypes in the MIZ. Publications and/or label data indicated that the MIZ has types of further 36 species-group taxa, but arestudy showed that these specimens have no type status. In addition, specimens deposited in the MIZ were found labeled with 33 unpublished species-group names, which have no standing in zoological nomenclature and the relevant specimens have no type status. A restudy of the available material and relevant publications led to the following results: (1) Type series of *Podiceps taczanowskii *Berlepsch & Sztolcman, *Pseudocolaptes boissennautii flavescens *Taczanowski & Berlepsch, and *Geothlypis aequinoctialis peruviana *Taczanowski were found to include specimens from different taxa. Accordingly, lectotypes were designated to fix the taxonomic meaning of these names. (2) The following taxa were synonymized: *Elainea squamiceps *Taczanowski and *Elainea gracilis *Taczanowski with *Elainea chiriquensis albivertex *Pelzeln, *Empidonax minor *Sztolcman with *Legatus leucophaius leucophaius *(Vieillot), *Campylorhamphus procurvoides brasilianus *Sztolcman with *Campylorhamphus falcularius *(Vieillot), and *Buarremon taczanowskii *Sclater & Salvin with *Atlapetes schistaceus mystacalis *(Taczanowski). (3) Spelling of [*Thamnophilus caerulescens*] *melanchrous *Sclater & Salvin was corrected (from *melanochrous*). (4) A subspecies of the Fork-tailed Woodnymph should be known as *Thalurania furcata tschudii *Gould, not as *Thalurania furcata jelskii *Taczanowski. (5) Ecuadorian Yellow-bellied Seedeaters should be known as *Sporophila nigricollis olivacea *(Berlepsch & Taczanowski), not as *Sporophila nigricollis vivida *(Hellmayr). (6) The author of *Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii *is Lesson, not de Lafresnaye. (7) The author of the following species-group taxa is Berlepsch alone, not Berlepsch and Taczanowski: *Calliste pulchra*, *Chlorophanes spiza exsul*, *Dendrornis erythropygia aequatorialis*, *Gouldia conversi aequatorialis*, *Parula pitiayumi pacifica*, *Turdus ignobilis maculirostris*, and *Vireosylvia chivi griseobarbata*. (8) Type series were defined for many species-group nominal taxa. (9) Publication dates were corrected for many species-group names. Subject: NEOLIT: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52:3, 53:1, and 53:2 From: Andy Jones <ajones AT CMNH.ORG> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:41:21 -0500 Hi NEOORNers: As usual, I include some papers of general phylogenetics/Neotropical interest as well as the strictly Neotropical ornithology papers. E-mail me for PDFs. ajones [at] cmnh [dot] org Andy ----------------------------------- 52:3 Zink, Pavlova, Drovetski, Wink, and Rohwer. Taxonomic status and evolutionary history of the Saxicola torquata complex Fregin, Haase, Olsson, and Alström. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown. 53:1 Kennedy, Valle, and Spencer. The phylogenetic position of the Galápagos Cormorant Dávalos and Porzecanski. Accounting for molecular stochasticity in systematic revisions: Species limits and phylogeny of Paroaria 53: 2 Fuchs, Pasquet, Coloux, Fjeldså, and Bowie. A new Indo-Malayan member of the Stenostiridae (Aves: Passeriformes) revealed by multilocus sequence data: Biogeographical implications for a morphologically diverse clade of flycatchers Parra, Remsen, Alvares-Rebolledo, and McGuire. Molecular phylogenetics of the hummingbird genus Coeligena Mata, Fontana, Maurício, et al. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the eastern Tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus, Eleoscytalopus): Cryptic diversification in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Sanín, Cadena, Maley, Lijtmaer, Tubaro, and Chesser. Paraphyly of Cinclodes fuscus (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Implications for taxonomy and biogeography -- Andy Jones, Ph.D. William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology and Head of Department of Ornithology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106 http://www.cmnh.org/site/researchandcollections_Ornithology.aspx Subject: Re: correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:40:09 -0800 I'd be glad if you can tell me birth and death date of  Dario Yzurieta, if you know, and the birthdate of the other, Tito Narosky, still living. I would need it for my ornithology timeline.   Thank you in advance and best regards. --- On Mon, 11/9/09, Kini Roesler wrote: From: Kini Roesler Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:06 PM Alberto,   The one with the hat is the late Dario Yzurieta and Tito Narosky is the one with black hair and moustache (he is quite retired and now is working with sea snails, although he keeps re-editing his book).   Best!   Kini On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Alberto Masi wrote: Excuse me. - Hi All, In the book  "Guia... Aves de Argentina y Uruguay" by T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta (1989) the last cover introduces a photo with both the authors. Please,  who is it the physical subject of dx and sn in the photo? Thanks. Alberto www.scricciolo.com/Nuovo_Neornithes/Narosky_Yzurieta.htm   Alberto Masi 43100 Parma Italia -- Ignacio "Kini" Roesler Grupo FALCO www.grupofalco.com.ar Neotropical Bird Club - Argentina representative www.neotropicalbirdclub.org Seriema Nature Tours - Tour Leader www.seriematours.com info AT seriematours.com roesler AT seriematours.com Subject: help with vocalizations From: Manuel Sánchez / Clandestine Bird <clandestine.bird AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:22:57 -0500 Hi NeoOrners, Please can you help with some vocalizations in Mp3 format: Yellow-eared Toucanet / S.spectabilis Chocó Woodpecker / V.chocoensis Black-billed Mountain-Toucan / Andigena nigrirostris Many thanks in advance...I can not discharge from Xeno Canto.... Sorry for this short and "quick" requiremment regards... -- Manuel Sánchez Clandestine Bird / Pájaro Clandestino "Responsible Birding" / "Aviturismo Responsable" Skype: manuelito_sanchez e-mail: manuel AT clandestinebird.com P.O.Box: 17-17-2014 www.clandestinebird.com Subject: Re: correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta From: Kini Roesler <kiniroesler AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:06:38 -0300 Alberto, The one with the hat is the late Dario Yzurieta and Tito Narosky is the one with black hair and moustache (he is quite retired and now is working with sea snails, although he keeps re-editing his book). Best! Kini On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Alberto Masi wrote: > Excuse me. > - > Hi All, > In the book "Guia... Aves de Argentina y Uruguay" by T. Narosky and > D.Yzurieta (1989) the last cover introduces a photo with both the authors. > Please, who is it the physical subject of dx and sn in the photo? Thanks. > Alberto > www.scricciolo.com/Nuovo_Neornithes/Narosky_Yzurieta.htm > > > Alberto Masi > 43100 Parma > Italia > > > > -- Ignacio "Kini" Roesler Grupo FALCO www.grupofalco.com.ar Neotropical Bird Club - Argentina representative www.neotropicalbirdclub.org Seriema Nature Tours - Tour Leader www.seriematours.com info AT seriematours.com roesler AT seriematours.com Subject: correct link, T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:47:52 -0800 Excuse me. - Hi All, In the book  "Guia... Aves de Argentina y Uruguay" by T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta (1989) the last cover introduces a photo with both the authors. Please,  who is it the physical subject of dx and sn in the photo? Thanks. Alberto www.scricciolo.com/Nuovo_Neornithes/Narosky_Yzurieta.htm   Alberto Masi 43100 Parma Italia Subject: T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta From: Alberto Masi <scricciolo AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:14:32 -0800 Hi All, In the book  "Guia... Aves de Argentina y Uruguay" by T. Narosky and D.Yzurieta (1989) the last cover introduces a photo with both the authors. Please,  who is it the physical subject of dx and sn in the photo? Thanks. Alberto www.scricciolo.com/Nuovo_Neornithes/Prova - T_ Narosky and D_Yzurieta.htm Alberto Masi 43100 Parma Italia Subject: Re: information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds - thanks From: Stefan Kreft <stefan_kreft AT GMX.DE> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:43:29 +0100 Dear Eveling, thanks a lot for your help. As Boris assures me, Mariano Valverde turned out to be very helpful - as is the NEOORN community! Saludotes Stefan Kreft ----- Original Message ----- From: Eveling Tavera To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds Dear Stefan, I believe you should put in contact Boris with Mariano Valverde (a peruvian biologist, specialist in guano birds). Please let him know also that I will send him, his email contact. My best, -- BSc. Eveling Tavera Fernandez CORBIDI Sta Rita 105 of 202 Huertos de San Antonio, SURCO Lima - Peru T: 51-1-996534247 2009/11/2 Stefan Kreft Dear all, a former student (M.Sc. Global Change Management) at our faculty, Boris Michel, asks me to forward his inquiry to the list. Please feel free to respond on NEOORN or directly to him: boris-michel AT gmx.de. Your help will be highly appreciated - many thanks for supporting Boris. - un ex estudiante (maestria en Manejo del Cambio Global) me pidio adelantar una consulta suya a la lista. Por favor, decidan libremente si quieren responder abiertamente en NEOORN o directamente a el: boris-michel AT gmx.de. Muchas gracias por ayudar a Boris. Best, muchos saludos Stefan Kreft Dear ladies and gentlemen, my name is Boris Michel, and I am looking for information about the impacts of climate change on the populations of Peruvian sea birds, especially the ones who produce guano. It seems there is not enough guano left to meet the needs of Peruvian agriculture, and my task is to find out about the influences of climate change to the guano production and possible solutions for the problem. If you know anything about it, have any informations or articles about the problem, or you know somebody who could have worked about it, I would be very happy if you could help me. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Boris Michel Estimados especialistas, me llamo Boris Michel, y estoy buscando informaciones sobre los impactos del cambio climático a las poblaciones de aves maritimos en Perú. Para ser exacto, los aves guanays. Parece que el número de aves ya no es suficiente para conseguir guano por la agricultura Peruana, y que el cambio climático es una razón. Mi tarea es investigar los impactos mas exacto, y elaborar posibilidades de solución, si posible. Si ustedes sepan algo sobre el tema, o conoycan alguien quien podría saber algo, y puedan mandarme unas informaciones (articulos o algo), estoy muy agradecido. Muchas gracias. Saludos cordiales, Boris Michel Subject: NEOLIT books November 2009 From: Stefan Kreft <stefan_kreft AT GMX.DE> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:35:30 +0100 Hi all, good news especially for those working with the Argentinean avifauna. Best wishes Stefan Kreft BIRDS OF ARGENTINA VOLUME 1: PLATES & MAPS and the South-West Atlantic Mark Pearman Argentina is one of South America's premier birding destinations, encompassing a wide range of habitats from lush rainforests and vast pampas grasslands to the extensive wetlands of the Pantanal ...... Birds of Argentina 1. 480 pp, illus. ISBN: 140810699X. Price:GBP34.99 Due April 2010 softcover BIRDS OF ARGENTINA VOLUME 2: SPECIES ACCOUNTS and the South-West Atlantic Mark Pearman Argentina is one of South America's premier birding destinations, encompassing a wide range of habitats from lush rainforests and vast pampas grasslands to the extensive wetlands of the Pantanal ...... Birds of Argentina 2. 416 pp. ISBN: 1408125110. Price:GBP29.99 Due April 2010 softcover BIRDS OF ARGENTINA VOLUMES 1 & 2 and the South-West Atlantic Mark Pearman Argentina is one of South America's premier birding destinations, encompassing a wide range of habitats from lush rainforests and vast pampas grasslands to the extensive wetlands of the Pantanal ...... Birds of Argentina 3. 896 pp, 150 col plates; 100 maps. ISBN: 140812517X. Price:GBP55 Due April 2010 softcover THE BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA, PART 5 Gazetteer and Bibliography DC Siegel and SL Olson Birds of the Republic of Panama 5. 516 pp, 1 col photo. ISBN: 0931130174. Price:GBP52.50 2008 hardcover SONIDOS DE AVES DE ARGENTINA Y AREAS ADJACENTES, VOLUME 1 - PATAGONIA Bird Sounds of Argentina and adjacent areas, Vol 1 - Patagonia, Antarctic and the South Atlantic Islands This collection of high quality MP3 recordings features 600 sounds of 160 bird species from Patagonia, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. ...... ISBN: 1898665214. Price:GBP29.99* 2009 DVD-ROM ************************************************** Stefan Kreft, Ph.D. candidate biology private address: Urbanstrasse 28A, Seitenflügel 4. OG rechts D-10967 Berlin, Germany Tel +49-30-69582639 Cel +49-0163-9892750 Fax (only inside Germany) 012120-282200 E-mail stefan_kreft AT gmx.de Visit the site: www.groms.de/groms/work25/redner.html ************************************************** Subject: PUBLICATION ON BOLIVIAN BIRDS From: Ellen Paul <ellen.paul AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:01:21 -0500 I have this book, I've read it (that may seem rather an odd comment to anyone who hasn't seen the number of books in this house, because of course you would read your books), and enjoyed it thoroughly. I also had the wonderful good fortune to meet Mel Carriker, the author, and spend several pleasant afternoons with him before he passed away a year or so ago. He contacted me back in 2003, offering to donate copies of his first book, Vista Nieve, in English and in Spanish, to the silent auction at the Neotropical Ornithological Congress held in Chile. We were delighted to accept his offer, and they were extremely popular. Later, he gave me all the remaining copies of the Spanish edition, which I was pleased to send to those who requested them. Diego Calderon, Tim (my husband), and I were supposed to have lunch with Mel after a birding trip to Delaware. When we arrived, we learned that he was in the hospital, having suffered a stroke. He died a day or two later. Meeting Mel was one of the true joys that birds have brought to my life (apart from the intense joys of the birds themselves) and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in ornithology - that it was done this way, so recently, will ground those of you who spend more time in the lab than in the field. Ellen Ellen Paul Executive Director The Ornithological Council Email: ellen.paul AT verizon.net "Providing Scientific Information about Birds" http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET" Edward H. Miller wrote: > The following notice has been posted on http://www.phthiraptera.org/; I offer it > here, spelling mistakes and all: > > "Experiences of an Ornithologist Along the Highways and Byways of Boliva. > Collecting Birds in an Isolated, Magnificent Land in the Nineteen Thirties. By > Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr. Co-edited by his son Melbourne R. Carriker and > Robert C. Dalgleish. Published by AuthorHouse. 452 pp. Many black and white > photographs. Bird in color on cover. Price: softcover (ISBN 1420882901) $13.50, > electronic copy (1420883526) $5.95. Available from bkorders AT authorhouse.com > > An extraordinarily vivid account by intrepid ornithologist Melbourne Armstrong > Carriker, Jr. of his three expeditions in Bolivia collecting birds for the > Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, travelling from the torrid tropic > jungles to the frozen mountain valleys. He collected a total of 8,705 bird > specimens, including some new to science, and many new species of bird lice. > These species are listed in two extensive appendices in the book. > > The author's flair for narration, perceptive observations, memory of detail, > fondness of people, knowledge of Spanish and of South America, and ability to > get along with Latin Americans, enrich his writing. His lively, colorful, > descriptive, often humorous, piquant accounts make highly entertaining reading. > He succeeded in transmiting to the reader his own special pleasure in > exploration, especially of the high mountains, which he loved, and his keen > enjoyment of congenial people. At the same time he did not minimiize the > disappointments and hardships that were almost daily companions, and these, > too, come across vividly, sometimes poignantly. Incredibly, Carriker survived > his travels without major accidents, though he did experience several close > calls. He held strong opinions, which he did not hesitate to express; and was > strong-minded, a characteristic that was often helpful to him in close > adversarial situations. > > Carriker was one of the great early naturalists of Central and Northern South > America. His long time colleague, Dr. K. C. Emerson of the Smithsonian > Institution, once commented of him that changes in ecolgy, laws, and concerns > for environment probably would not permit another person to duplicate his > collecting efforts. He was also exceptional in that he was not only an expert > in the study of tropical bird fauna, but also of bird chewing lice." > > Sincerely, > Ted Miller > Subject: NEOLIT: Organon 34 From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:53:17 -0500 Neoorners, Browsing the web I came upon the paper below. It was published four years ago, so it was a real surprise. It is in French and with my total lack of knowledge of the language, I can only surmise that it is more historical and of interest to scholars of Peruvian and Neotropical ornithological history. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Daszkiewicz, Piotr 2005. Quelques remarques sur l’Ornithologie du Pérou – La première monographie de la Zoologie Néotropicale. Organon, 34: 73-95. PDF available from: maplenge AT hotmail.com First paragraph: Le premier volume de l’*Ornithologie du Pérou* a été imprimé à Rennes en 1884. Cet ouvrage est caractéristique pour la zoologie polonaise du XIXe siècle. C’est un travail d’équipe: des chercheurs de haut niveau qui travaillaient hors du circuit universitaire. Le premier scientifique informé par WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Taczanowski (1819–1890) du projet fut un autre zoologiste: Benedykt Dybowski (1833–1930), d’abord condamné à mort, et ensuite déporté en Sibérie, un triste symbole de la situation de la science polonaise. Ce fut un livre publié en France, un pays qui fut au XIXe siècle, le plus important centre d’émigration politique polonaise. C’est une oeuvre exclusivement créée grâce à des fonds privés, une évidence pour des chercheurs venant d’un pays privé de ses propres institutions scientifiques. C’est une monographie qui a pour su- jet la nature du Pérou, un pays particulièrement accueillant pour les scientifiques et les ingénieurs polonais. L’*Ornithologie du Pérou *n’a jamais été un sujet d’étude historique. Il est donc intéressant de se rappeler de cet ouvrage et de réfléchir sur les circonstances de sa création, sur le rôle qu’il a joué et qu’il joue toujours dans la zoologie néotropicale. Subject: NEOLIT: Biodiversity and Conservation 18 (9) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:37:47 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen this reference in NEOLIT. Those needing a copy should contact the author. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Mordecai, Rua S., Robert J. Cooper, and Rebeca Justicia 2009. A threshold response to habitat disturbance by forest birds in the Choco Andean corridor, northwest Ecuador. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18: 2421-2431. E-mail: stobr AT warnell.uga.edu Abstract: Understanding how organisms use disturbed habitats and how that use can be increased is a pivotal question in conservation biology. We analyzed the relationship between upper canopy cover, a measure of disturbance, and habitat occupancy and use by 18 forest bird species in northwest Ecuador. From May 22 to June 28, 2006 we conducted five, 10-min 50 m-radius point counts at each of the 28 sites (140 total) representing a gradient of habitat disturbance from 1,285 to 1,787 m in elevation. Both habitat occupancy and use showed strong threshold responses at 21–40% upper canopy cover with the probability of occupancy increasing from about 0 to 1 and emigration (the probability that a species would stop using the site during the study period) decreasing from about 1 to 0. Bird surveys ended near the beginning of the driest time of year and high levels of emigration in more disturbed areas imply that forest birds stopped using these areas as the dry season approached, possibly due to a shift in food resources. Patterns of habitat use and occupancy suggest that disturbed habitat in the region (which is primarily abandoned pasture) may only be valuable to forest birds after a specific level of regeneration and during certain times of the year. Subject: NEOLIT: Biological Conservation 142 (11) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:18:44 -0500 Neoorners, Only one paper in Biological Conservation. Those needing a copy should contact the author. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Bakermans, Marja H., Andrew C. Vitz, Amanda D. Rodewald, Carlos G. Rengifo 2009. Migratory songbird use of shade coffee in the Venezuelan Andes with implications for conservation of cerulean warbler. Biological Conservation, 142: 2476-2483. E-mail: bakermans.1 AT osu.edu Abstract: Although previous studies have demonstrated high use of shade coffee plantations by Neotropical migratory birds, we still have a poor understanding of the suitability of shade coffee plantations as habitat on the wintering grounds. We studied density, body condition, and survivorship of Neotropical migrants, with emphasis on cerulean warbler (*Dendroica cerulea*), in primary forest and shade coffee plantations in Venezuela. We worked in three primary forest sites and three shade coffee plantations on the western slope of the Cordillera de Mérida of the Andes Mountains. At each site, we surveyed migrants with distance-based line transects and mist-netted and banded migrants during November–February 2005/06 and 2006/07. In addition, we estimated apparent monthly survival for cerulean warbler based on 29 color-banded individuals. Densities of migrants were 3–14× higher in shade coffee plantations than primary forest sites, even after accounting for differences in detectability. Apparent monthly survival of cerulean warblers was estimated at 97% and overwinter persistence was similarly high. In addition, cerulean warblers demonstrated high between-season fidelity, with 65% of the birds banded the first year being resighted during the second year. Interestingly, immature birds returned at nearly half the rate as did adults. Banding data indicated that body condition increased significantly as the season progressed for cerulean warblers, Tennessee warblers (*Vermivora peregrina*), and American redstarts (*Setophaga ruticilla*). Collectively, these data provide evidence that shade coffee plantations offer high quality wintering habitat for Neotropical migrants, including cerulean warblers. Subject: NEOLIT: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Cl ub 119 (2 and 3) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:09:00 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen these papers in NEOLIT. Please be advised that my copy of 119 (2) probably got lost in the mail, consequently the page numbers are tentative. Also, I do not have the e-mail of the authors. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 119 (2) Areta, J. I. 2009. Paedomorphosis in *Sporophila* seedeaters. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 129: 98-??. [98 to 103 or 104] Crease, A. 2009. First breeding data for Roraiman Nightjar *Caprimulgus whitelyi*, from south-east Venezuela. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 129: 109-???. [109 to 115 or 116] Milensky, C. N., F. A. Wilkinson, and A. P. Holland 2009. First record of Todd’s Nightjar *Caprimulgus heterurus* in Guyana. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 129: 119-???. [119 only or 119 to 120] Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 119 (3) Cabot, José, and Tjitte de Vries 2009. A new subspecies of Gurney’s Hawk *Buteo poecilochrous*. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 129: 149-164. E-mail: cabot AT ebd.csic.es Rego, Marco Antonio, Sidnei Dantas, Edson Guilherme, and Paulo Martuscelli 2009. First records of Fine-barred Piculet *Picumnus subtilis* from Acre, western Amazonia. Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 129: 182-185. E-mail: pyroderus AT yahoo.com.br Stopiglia, Renata, Lorian C. Straker, and Marcos A. Raposo 2009. Kinglet Calyptura *Calyptura cristata* (Vieillot, 1818): documented record for the state od São Paulo and taxonomic status of the name *Pipra tyrannulus*Wagler, 1830. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 129: 185-188. E-mail: stopiglia AT mn.ufrj.br Subject: NEOLIT: Waterbirds 32 (3) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:35:15 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen these papers in NEOLIT. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Castillo-Guerrero, José Alfredo, Guillermo Fernández, Guillermina Arellano, and Eric Mellink 2009. Diurnal abundance, foraging behavior and habitat use by non-breeding Marbled Godwits and Willets at Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, México. Waterbirds, 32: 400-427. E-mail: emellink AT cicese.mx Abstract: Seasonal variation in abundance, time activity budgets and foraging behavior of non-breeding Marbled Godwits (*Limosa fedoa*) and Willets (*Tringa semipalmata*) were compared at four sites at the Laguna Ojo de Liebre—Guerrero Negro saltworks complex, Baja California, Mexico. Habitat use varied between species, seasons and sites. Marbled Godwits (182 ± 44.1 individuals per site) were more abundant than Willets (70 ± 16.1 individuals per site), reflecting their overall pattern in northwestern Mexico. Overall abundance diminished throughout the season (270 ± 69 individuals per site in Oct–Nov, 85 ± 21 in Dec–Jan and 60.2 ± 24 in Feb–Mar), although it remained high at mudflat. Consistent with bill length, Willets foraged mostly by pecking, while Marbled Godwits did so mostly by probing (proportion of pecks: 0.95 ± 0.17 and 0.4 ± 0.27, respectively). Marbled Godwits changed their time activity budgets through the wintering season: time devoted to vigilance changed from 8–23% in Oct–Nov, to 0.4–8% in Feb–Mar whereas time devoted to feeding changed from 12–40% in Oct–Nov to 59–74% in Feb–Mar. This pattern seems to reflect a change in priorities; surviving early in the season and accumulating energy to migrate, later. In both species, differences in use of habitat appeared to be related to site characteristics such as substrate hardness and risk of predation. The mudflat was the site most used and the saltmarsh, the least used. Some individuals in both species used the more risky saltmarsh, but increased the time devoted to vigilance. Thus, habitat quality for non-breeding shorebirds depended on both benefits and costs for foraging birds, and habitat choice by specific individuals was complex and probably involved condition- or state-dependent tradeoffs that balanced metabolic requirements, safety priorities, and, perhaps, social status or dominance. Kushlan, James A. 2009. Feeding repertoire of the Boat-Billed Heron (*Cochlearius cochlearius*). Waterbirds, 32: 408-414. E-mail: jkushlan AT earthlink.net Abstract: The Boat-billed Heron's (*Cochlearius cochlearius*) atypical bill has inspired a half-century of literature addressing its possible ecological and evolutionary implications. Based on a review of this literature and results of a field study conducted in San Blas, Mexico, it can be concluded that the Boat-billed Heron is nocturnal, visuallyfeeding, with a limited and simple feeding repertoire and diet. The heron forages by standing on branches and roots and by walking slowly in shallow water capturing fish and shrimp by lunging and by scooping the surface of the water with its bill. Except for scooping, the feeding repertoire is unexceptional and moreover is typical of other herons that feed by perching on low-hanging branches. Similarly, its food is similar to other nocturnal herons feeding in the same place. Herons obtained about 60 prey items per day. Thus the outlandish bill appears not to be detrimental to the bird's foraging successfully in a manner typical of herons using similar habitat. The bill has been shown to be used in social signaling, which may be its primary contemporary function. Based on available information the exceptional bill of the Boat-billed Heron appears to have few, if any, systematic or ecological implications. Kushlan, James A. 2009. Foraging and plumage coloration of the Galapagos Lava Heron (*Butorides Striata* Sundevalli). Waterbirds, 32: 415–422. E-mail: jkushlan AT earthlink.net Abstract: The Lava Heron (*Butorides striata sundevalli*) is a distinctively dark-plumaged heron that feeds along the rocky intertidal shoreline of the Galapagos Islands. The open shoreline used by the Lava Heron differs markedly from the dense swamps used by most populations of *Butorides*. Larva Herons feed by standing and by walking slowly at the water's edge, averaging only three steps per minute and catching primarily fish, crabs and prawns. Lava Heron foraging is characterized not only by its use of open shoreline, but by an extreme dependence on standing feeding behavior, frequent shifting of feeding sites following the tidal flux across a broad intertidal zone, and importance of crabs in the diet; but overall its foraging does not differ significantly from that used by *Butorides*elsewhere. The fundamental *Butorides* foraging strategy appears to have accommodated the habitat shift from dense bushes to open shoreline. Individuals maintain separate feeding territories, with the nest being placed within the territory of one of the pair. Feeding success was 0.12 prey per minute. In that nesting production is low contrasted with other populations, it appears that food may overall be limiting. The Galapagos population differs from South American Striated Herons (*Butorides striata striata*) in having a longer and stouter bill, a feature that correlates with the importance of crabs in the diet. Although known for its distinctive dark color, plumage ranges from all black to light grey, similar to South American birds. The dark color has been assumed to provide camouflage against the similarly colored shoreline, but its specific function has not been explained. Dark ventral plumage likely provides camouflage from active fish and crab prey. Dark dorsal plumage likely provides camouflage on the dark shoreline from above. Although the Galapagos lacks predators, four bird species steal prey from herons, suggesting that the dark plumage of Lava Herons may function to provide camouflage against piratical birds. Whereas the complex plumage patterns of most *Butorides*populations renders those birds cryptic within their usual densely vegetated habitat, dark plumage is similarly cryptic along the exposed dark shoreline of the Galapagos. Casaux, Ricardo J., Cecilia Y. Di Prinzio, Maria L. Bertolin, and Maria A. Tartara 2009. Diet of the Neotropic Cormorant *Phalacrocorax olivaceus* at West Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Waterbirds, 32: 444–449. E-mail: rcasaux AT dna.gov.ar Abstract: A total of 124 pellets (regurgitated casts) produced by the Neotropic Cormorant (*Phalacrocorax olivaceus*) were collected monthly between January 2004 and November 2005 from a roosting site at Rosario Lake Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Analyses of the samples showed that fish were the most frequent and important prey by number, followed by crustaceans and molluscs. The three fish species inhabiting Rosario Lake were represented in the diet which suggests that this bird is a generalist feeder. However, cormorants positively selected for Patagonian Silverside and Rainbow Trout, which might be related to their foraging strategy and/or to the conspicuousness of potential prey. The estimated annual fish intake by cormorants at Rosario Lake ranged between 2.3–3.7 tons of fish or 16,000–26,000 individuals. The impact produced by the Neotropic Cormorant on recreational fish resources and local fish farms appears negligible. Subject: NEOLIT: Condor 111 (3) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:30:29 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen these papers in NEOLIT. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru García-Trejo, Erick A., Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros, Ma. del Coro Arizmendi, and Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza 2009. Molecular systematics of the Red-Bellied and Golden-Fronted Woodpeckers. Condor, 111: 442-452. E-mail: eagt AT hp.fciencias.unam.mx Abstract: The Red-bellied Woodpecker species group (*Melanerpes* *carolinus*and relatives) is composed of five morphologically similar species whose limits have been unclear. The relationship of the Golden-fronted Woodpecker (*M*. *aurifrons*) to the remainder of the group is particularly uncertain. We used mitochondrial DNA sequences to examine the phylogeny of this group and its close relatives. We sequenced 872 bp, including fragments of the genes for ND2, ND3, COIII, and tRNAmet, of 11 species of *Melanerpes*. We constructed trees from combined sequences by using the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference approaches. We found that *M*. *aurifrons* is not monophyletic but rather consists of two clades, one comprising tropical populations (*M. santacruzi*), the other, consisting of northern populations, being sister to *M*. *carolinus*. The Caribbean species, *M*. * superciliaris*, is sister to the *carolinus-aurifrons* clade. The group as a whole appears to have diversified into multiple lineages in response to several episodes of vicariance, perhaps associated with glacial-interglacial cycles. As a result of these findings, major taxonomic changes in the group are needed. Durães, Renata 2009. Lek structure and male display repertoire of Blue-Crowned Manakins in eastern Ecuador. Condor, 111: 453-461. E-mail: rduraes AT ucla.edu Abstract: Among lek-breeding manakins (Pipridae), courtship repertoires are extremely diverse and have played a central role in establishing phylogenetic relationships within the family. Behaviorally, *Lepidothrix* is among the least known genera in the family, with brief accounts published for only two of the eight species. Here, I describe the lek structure, territory characteristics, vocalizations and behavioral display elements of the Blue-crowned Manakin (*Lepidothrix coronata coronata*) in eastern Ecuador. From 2003 to 2006, I located all leks in two 100-ha study plots (average of 13.5 leks 100 ha-1) and recorded behavior at individual territories in ten leks. Males displayed solitarily or at exploded leks with up to seven individual territories of ~0.1 ha; within a lek, territory centers were separated by about 90 m. Males in definitive and predefinitive plumage (2 years and older) held stable territories, whereas first-year, female-plumaged males did not hold stable territories but sometimes associated loosely with territorial males. I noted 4 vocalizations and 11 male display behaviors during solitary and group displays involving other males and females, revealing a repertoire considerably more diverse than previously documented. Simeone, Alejandro , Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand, Ronnie Reyes-Arriagada, Micah Halpern, Jean Dubach, Roberta Wallace, Klemens Pütz, and Benno Lüthi 2009. Heterospecific pairing and hybridization between wild Humboldt and Magellanic Penguins in southern Chile. Condor, 111: 544-550. E-mail: asimeone AT unab.cl Abstract: The Humboldt (*Spheniscus humboldti*) and Magellanic (*S. magellanicus*) Penguins overlap over 1100 km along the coast of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, and much has been hypothesized about hybridization between them. We visited Puñihuil and Metalqui islands, southern Chile (41-42° S), where both species form mixed colonies; these are also the Humboldt Penguin's southernmost colonies. We observed one mixed pair attending chicks and two adults of intermediate color pattern, one of which tended a chick at a nest. Additionally, on the basis of analysis of 30 blood samples of Humboldt Penguins from the Puñihuil colony, we report the first documented Humboldt × Magellanic Penguin hybrid. Judged from the pattern of restriction fragments, this bird had a Magellanic dam and a Humboldt sire. We sequenced mitochondrial and nuclear copies independently to confirm these results. We suggest that hybridization at Metalqui and Puñihuil is encouraged by the low abundance of the Humboldt Penguin rather than by failed mate recognition. Sturge, Rachel J., Frode Jacobsen, Bryan B. Rosensteel, Richie J. Neale, and Kevin E. Omland 2009. Colonization of South America from Caribbean Islands confirmed by molecular phylogeny with increased taxon sampling. Condor, 111: 575-579. E-mail: rsturge1 AT umbc.edu Abstract: A previous phylogeny of New World orioles (*Icterus*) suggested a possible example of island-to-mainland colonization. Using two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome *b* and ND2), that study showed that 43 of the recognized species/ subspecies are divided into three clades (A, B, C). Because of a lack of fresh tissue, however, two key taxa--the South American Orange-crowned Oriole (*I. auricapillus*) and the Caribbean Hispaniola Oriole (*I.** dominicensis dominicensis*)--were missing from that analysis. To complete the phylogeny, we sequenced both genes for these taxa and reconstructed a well-supported phylogeny via parsimony and maximum-likelihood analyses. The addition of *I. d. dominicensis* to the phylogeny confirms that the Greater Antillean Oriole (*I.** dominicensis*) is polyphyletic, and taxonomic revision of this species complex is warranted. Also, the placement of *I. auricapillus* and *I.** d. dominicensis* within clade A has important implications for biogeography. The revised phylogeny implies that clade A orioles colonized mainland South America from Caribbean islands. Orioles thus provide a striking example of reverse colonization that contradicts the traditional assumption in island biogeography of mainland-to-island colonization. Subject: NEOLIT: Oecologia 160 (4) and 161 (1) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:20:43 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen these papers in NEOLIT. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Christianini, Alexander V., and Paulo S. Oliveira 2009. The relevance of ants as seed rescuers of a primarily bird-dispersed tree in the Neotropical cerrado savanna. Oecologia, 160: 735-745. E-mail: pso AT unicamp.br Abstract: The scale at which seed dispersal operates has many implications for the spatial patterns of plant recruitment and diversity. We investigated the effect of short- (ants) and long-distance (birds) seed dispersal of the fleshy-fruited melastome, *Miconia rubiginosa*, in the Brazilian savanna. We estimated the contribution of dispersal vectors to the removal of the fruit crop from the canopy (birds), and once seeds have reached the cerrado floor (ants) over two fruiting seasons. Birds (13 species) removed up to 23.7% of the fruit crop from the crown, but dropped a substantial proportion of fruits beneath the parent plant. Birds removed a greater proportion of fruits from trees producing large fruit crops, as predicted by the fruit crop size hypothesis. However, up to 18.9% of the fruit crop fell beneath the parent plant as ripe fruit. Most fallen fruits were removed by ants (seven genera), which are likely to play a relatively important role in terms of the quantity of seeds dispersed, especially for plants producing small fruit crops (a conceptual model is presented). Birds and ants did not influence seed germination, but they differ in terms of the spatial scale of dispersal and deposition patterns. Ants probably play an important role in the local population dynamics of *Miconia*, whereas birds are responsible for long-distance dispersal associated with the colonization of new patches and metapopulation dynamics. By removing seeds from bird droppings, ants may also reshape at a finer scale the seed rain generated by primary dispersers. Indeed, seedlings and saplings of *Miconia* are more frequently found around leaf-cutter ant nests than in control areas away from ant nests or around large *Miconia* trees. The quantitative component of dispersal effectiveness by ants acting as “rescuersâ€� of seeds that fail to be dispersed, or fall under parent trees, is probably more important than currently recognized in other systems. Martínez del Rio, Carlos, Pablo Sabat, Richard Anderson-Sprecher, and Sandra P. Gonzalez 2009. Dietary and isotopic specialization: the isotopic niche of three *Cinclodes* ovenbirds. Oecologia, 161: 149-159. E-mail: cmdelrio AT uwyo.edu Abstract: By comparing the isotopic composition of tissues deposited at different times, we can identify individuals that shift diets over time and individuals with constant diets. We define an individual as an isotopic specialist if tissues deposited at different times have similar isotopic composition. If tissues deposited at different times differ in isotopic composition we define an individual as an isotopic generalist. Individuals can be dietary generalists but isotopic specialists if they feed on the same resource mixture at all times. We assessed the degree of isotopic and dietary specialization in three related Chilean bird species that occupy coastal and/or freshwater environments: *Cinclodes oustaleti*, *Cinclodes patagonicus*, and *Cinclodes nigrofumosus*. *C. oustaleti* individuals were both isotopic and dietary generalists. Tissues deposited in winter (liver and muscle) had distinct stable C (δ13C) and stable N isotope ratio (δ15N) values from tissues deposited in the summer (wing feathers) suggesting that birds changed the resources that they used seasonally from freshwater habitats in the summer to coastal habitats in the winter. Although the magnitude of seasonal isotopic change was high, the direction of isotopic change varied little among individuals. *C. patagonicus* included both isotopic specialists and generalists, as well as dietary specialists and generalists. The isotopic composition of the feathers and liver of some *C. patagonicus* individuals was similar, whereas that of others differed. In *C. patagonicus*, there were large inter-individual differences in the magnitude and the direction of seasonal isotopic change. All individuals of *C. nigrofumosus* were both isotopic and dietary specialists. The distribution of δ13C and δ15N values overlapped broadly among tissues and clustered in a small, and distinctly intertidal, region of δ space. Assessing individual specialization and unraveling the factors that influence it, have been key questions in animal ecology for decades. Stable isotope analyses of several tissues in appropriate study systems provide an unparalleled opportunity to answer them. Subject: NEOLIT: Ecology 90 (5) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:14:22 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen this paper in NEOLIT. Although of Caribbean birds it may be of interest. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Temeles, Ethan J., Carolyn R. Koulouris, Sarah E. Sander, W. John Kress 2009. Effect of flower shape and size on foraging performance and trade-offs in a tropical hummingbird. Ecology, 90, No. 5: pp. 1147-1161. [West Indies] E-mail: ejtemeles AT amherst.edu Abstract: Matches between the bills of hummingbirds and the flowers they visit have been interpreted as examples of coadaptation and feeding specialization. Observations of birds feeding at flowers longer or shorter than their bills combined with a lack of experimental evidence for foraging trade-offs, however, fail to support these interpretations. We addressed these inconsistencies by considering a seldom-studied dimension of hummingbird–flower relationships, the shape of bills and flowers, through experiments on the Purple-throated Carib, *Eulampis jugularis*, and its major food plant, *Heliconia*, in the eastern Caribbean. Bills of male *E. jugularis* are considerably shorter and straighter than bills of females. We examined foraging performances and trade-offs during visits to natural heliconias and 34 artificial flowers of differing length and curvature. Supporting predictions based on matches between bill and flower morphology, handling times of females were significantly shorter than those of males at the long, curved flowers of a green morph of *H. bihai*. Contrary to predictions, handling times of males were not significantly shorter than handling times of females at the short flowers of *H. caribaea*. At artificial flowers, maximum extraction depths of females were significantly longer than maximum extraction depths of males at all curved flowers, but not at straight flowers. Handling times of females were significantly shorter than handling times of males at the longest artificial flowers for all curvatures, whereas handling times of males were significantly shorter at short, straight, artificial flowers, but only while hover-feeding without a perch. Within each sex, handling times were inversely related to bill length at long flowers for all shapes. Taken together, these performance trade-offs suggest that the long, curved bills of females are adapted for feeding from long, curved flowers, whereas the short bills of males are adapted for hover-feeding from short, straighter flowers. In addition, the finding that differences in feeding performance occur at the extremes of floral phenotypes suggests that the evolution of bill morphology may be driven by a small subset of the flowers visited by a hummingbird species. Subject: NEOLIT: Ecología Austral, 19 (1) From: Manuel Plenge <plenge.manuel AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:08:40 -0500 Neoorners, I have not seen this paper in NEOLIT. Manuel A. Plenge Lima, Peru Cozzani, Natalia, and Sergio M. Zalba 2009. Estructura de la vegetación y selección de hábitats reproductivos en aves del pastizal pampeano. Ecología Austral, 19: 35-44. [Argentina] Download: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_issuetoc&pid=1667-782X20090001&lng=es&nrm=iso Abstract: La transformación acelerada de los pastizales naturales en tierras destinadas a actividades agrícolas y ganaderas afecta de manera particular a las aves de pastizal, cuya reproducción depende de forma estricta de estos ambientes. En este trabajo estudiamos las especies de aves que anidan en el Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist, ubicado al sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Durante tres temporadas reproductivas realizamos búsquedas intensivas de nidos, registramos las características de los sitios donde estaban construidos y evaluamos las preferencias de las distintas especies por sectores de pajonales cerrados (dominados por Paspalum quadrifarium y Cortaderia selloana) o por áreas de flechillar (pastizales dominados por especies de Stipa y Piptochaetium). Hallamos 214 nidos construidos en matas de pasto o en el suelo, correspondientes a 12 especies. El 76.65% de los nidos se hallaban en sectores de pajonal, pese a que los pajonales representaban solo el 7.75% del área de trabajo, lo cual refleja una preferencia significativa por estos ambientes. Resultó llamativa la abundancia reducida de nidos de especies como Ammodramus humeralis, Cistothorus platensis y Anthus correndera y la ausencia total de otras, como la perdiz colorada (Rhynchotus rufescens), todas ellas aves obligadas de pastizal, asociadas fundamentalmente a ambientes de flechillar. Nuestros resultados podrían reflejar una vulnerabilidad particular de las aves que anidan en los flechillares, los ambientes más afectados en su estructura por el efecto del pastoreo de grandes herbívoros. Subject: Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses From: Stefan Kreft <stefan_kreft AT GMX.DE> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:41:40 +0100 Jack and others, the German journal Vogelwarte on a regular basis publishes the references plus abstracts of dissertations from Germany, which I have been posting on NEOORN since around 2006. - I remember that Ornitologia Colombiana does something similar, even including graduate theses, of I am not wrong. Any service of this kind provides added value to NEOORN, I think. Best wishes Stefan Kreft ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Eitniear To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:14 PM Subject: [NEOORN-L] NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses NEOORN readers We all know a significant number of Masters Theses and Doctorate Dissertations do not get published yet contain some pretty useful information. Any chance we could add these to NEOLIT on NEOORN?? Any thoughts on this? Jack Eitniear director/CSTB Inc. editor/TOS Publications Subject: Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses From: Fernando Angulo Pratolongo <chamaepetes AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:02:26 -0800 Jack, Manuel Plenge did a compilation of peruvian birds literature (including theses) for 2008. You can access it at http://www.birdingperu.com/upload/picsfiles/Boletin%20UNOP%20Vol%204%20Nº%202.pdf Best, fap --- On Fri, 11/6/09, Carlos Verea wrote: From: Carlos Verea Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 5:59 PM Jack: Check http://www.uvovenezuela.org/biblio-gris.html. There, we have created the section "gray bibliography" (Bibliografía gris) listing all thesis and disserttation from Venezuela. Perhaps, we could develop a similar list for each country available at NEOORN. Greetings, Carlos Verea   2009/11/6 Robin Restall Jack, That would be a wonderful resource if possible. Great idea! Robin On 11/6/09, Jack Eitniear wrote: > > NEOORN readers > > We all know a significant number of Masters Theses and Doctorate > Dissertations do not get published yet contain some pretty useful > information. Any chance we could add these to NEOLIT on NEOORN??  Any > thoughts on this? > > Jack Eitniear > director/CSTB Inc. > editor/TOS Publications > > > > > -- Carlos Verea Director Unión Venezolana de Ornitólogos Av. Abraham Lincoln, Edif. Gran Sabana Urb. El Recreo, Caracas, VENEZUELA Correo-e: cverea AT cantv.net, cverea AT gmail.com Teléf.: +58-212-7615631           +58-212-9636869           +58-412-2636869 Subject: Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses From: Carlos Verea <cverea AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:29:40 -0430 Jack: Check http://www.uvovenezuela.org/biblio-gris.html. There, we have created the section "gray bibliography" (Bibliografía gris) listing all thesis and disserttation from Venezuela. Perhaps, we could develop a similar list for each country available at NEOORN. Greetings, Carlos Verea 2009/11/6 Robin Restall > Jack, That would be a wonderful resource if possible. Great idea! Robin > > On 11/6/09, Jack Eitniear wrote: > > > > NEOORN readers > > > > We all know a significant number of Masters Theses and Doctorate > > Dissertations do not get published yet contain some pretty useful > > information. Any chance we could add these to NEOLIT on NEOORN?? Any > > thoughts on this? > > > > Jack Eitniear > > director/CSTB Inc. > > editor/TOS Publications > > > > > > > > > > > -- Carlos Verea Director Unión Venezolana de Ornitólogos Av. Abraham Lincoln, Edif. Gran Sabana Urb. El Recreo, Caracas, VENEZUELA Correo-e: cverea AT cantv.net, cverea AT gmail.com Teléf.: +58-212-7615631 +58-212-9636869 +58-412-2636869 Subject: Re: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses From: Robin Restall <robinrestall AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:42:10 -0400 Jack, That would be a wonderful resource if possible. Great idea! Robin On 11/6/09, Jack Eitniear wrote: > > NEOORN readers > > We all know a significant number of Masters Theses and Doctorate > Dissertations do not get published yet contain some pretty useful > information. Any chance we could add these to NEOLIT on NEOORN?? Any > thoughts on this? > > Jack Eitniear > director/CSTB Inc. > editor/TOS Publications > > > > > Subject: NEOLIT: Willson Bull.121 (3)-Sept 2009 From: "Jose G. Tello" <jtello AT AMNH.ORG> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:40:12 -0500 The Wilson Journal of Ornithology Sep 2009 : Volume 121 Issue 3 1) Observations on the Breeding Biology of the Silky-Tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus sericocaudatus mengeli) Fiona A. Wilkinson pg(s) 498–505 Abstract I found 15 nests of the Silky-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus sericocaudatus mengeli) from 1994 to 2004 at Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Perú. Females and males shared incubation and brooding duties with females on the nest during the day and males on at night. Nest relief occurred between 0300–0600 and 1800–2100 hrs. Two-egg clutches were placed on bare ground or on leaf-litter in more mature strands of forest. The semi-precocial young were mobile within 24 hrs of hatching and remained in the area with an adult through the fledgling stage. Both males and females feigned injury during incubation and brooding if disturbed. Three nesting sites were used for 5 years and another for 10 years, suggesting strong site fidelity and possibly a strong pair bond among long-lived individuals. 2) Incubation in Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) Patricia L. R. Brennan pg(s) 506–511 Abstract I monitored Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) clutches between February and May 2000–2002 at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, and describe observations on incubation behavior and nest attendance. Incubation lasted 17 days and began after the clutch was completed. Nest attendance during monitoring was high: birds were incubating during 249 nest checks at all incubation stages. Only five of 18 incubating birds that were monitored (34,282 min) with video and photographic cameras left the nest for a combined 257 min. There was no pattern to time of day or length of time when incubating birds left the nest. DNA from seven incubating birds was used to identify gender and all were males. All birds that sat on clutches defended their eggs and subsequent chicks, but were not recorded standing up to turn their eggs. High nest attendance and reduced parental activity at the nest may reduce nest detection by predators. 3) Breeding Seasons, Molt Patterns, and Gender and Age Criteria for Selected Northeastern Costa Rican Resident Landbirds Jared D. Wolfe, Peter Pyle, and C. John Ralph pg(s) 556–567 Abstract Detailed accounts of molt and breeding cycles remain elusive for the majority of resident tropical bird species. We used data derived from a museum review and 12 years of banding data to infer breeding seasonality, molt patterns, and age and gender criteria for 27 common landbird species in northeastern Costa Rica. Prealternate molts appear to be rare, only occurring in one species (Sporophila corvina), while presupplemental molts were not detected. Most of our study species (70%) symmetrically replace flight feathers during the absence of migrant birds; molting during this period may limit resource competition during an energetically taxing phase of the avian life-cycle. 4) Foraging Behavior of Tufted Tit-Tyrants (Anairetes parulus) in Semiarid Northcentral Chile Andrew Engilis Jr. and Douglas A. Kelt pg(s) 585–592 Abstract We studied foraging behavior of Tufted Tit-Tyrants (Anairetes parulus) in Matorral (shrubland) habitat of northcentral Chile. This species is a generalist insectivore feeding in most shrubs of Matorral habitat at our study site, although they favored three of the dominant plant species. Their foraging is typical of small tyrannid flycatchers, using rapid perch gleans coupled with hover gleans and supplemented by flycatching. They use relatively long search periods (3–5 sec) followed by rapid gleans, which is typical for small tyrannids. Their active foraging (3.1 ± 1.8 prey attacks/min) coupled with a longer search time distinguishes them from parids or regulids of the Holarctic with which they often are compared. They generally forage singly or in pairs and aggressively defend what appears to be foraging territories in winter and summer. Densities of Tufted Tit-Tyrants at our study site were higher than reported in other studies from Chile and Argentina, presumably reflecting resource availability. 5) Eggs, Nests, and Incubation Behavior of the Moustached Wren (Thryothorus genibarbis) in Manu National Park, Perú Gustavo Adolfo Londoño pg(s) 623–627 Abstract The genus Thryothorus is a wide spread genera in the Neotropics and nesting information is known for 85% of the species. I found four nests of the Moustached Wren (Thryothorus genibarbis) that were dome and bulky ball-like structures with a side entrance. All nests contained two white eggs with reddish-brown blotches. Daily nest attentiveness was 58.0% and average egg temperature was 32.5° C. Incubation behavior varied among nests and also throughout the incubation period, especially during early stages. 6) First Description of Nests and Eggs of the White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) Mercival R. Francisco pg(s) 628–630 Abstract I describe nests and eggs of the White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera) in Brazil. Nests (n = 5) were cup-shaped and built of thin grass roots and spider web silk with thin walls allowing eggs and young to be seen through them. Nests were in trees (2.5–4.5 m above ground) and close to water. Eggs (n = 3) were white with black and brown spots concentrated at the large end and measured 19.2 × 13.0 (1.7 g), 18.7 × 13.3 (1.8 g), and 18.8 × 13.9 mm (1.8 g). Both parents fed nestlings, but only females incubated. The White-bellied Seedeater is not presently endangered, but many local populations have been extirpated because of intense commercial trapping and habitat loss. Additional knowledge on the ecology and breeding biology of seedeaters is urgently needed for development of effective conservation plans. 7) A Nest of the Marble-Faced Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus) with Comparative Comments on Nests of Related Genera Harold F. Greeney pg(s) 631–634 Abstract Pogonotriccus bristle tyrants are a small group of flycatchers for which few data on nest architecture are available. I describe the nest of Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant (P. ophthalmicus) from eastern Ecuador. The nest was an oven-shaped, mossy ball with a hooded side entrance attached by the back to the trunk of a large tree. I discuss aspects of nest architecture, composition, and placement which may prove useful for resolving phylogenetic hypotheses within the Leptopogon-Pogonotriccus-Pseudotriccus clade of pipromorphine flycatchers. These characters, in particular nest attachment and construction, support a close relationship between Pogonotriccus, Pseudotriccus, and Corythopis. The switch from draping material to stuffing material during construction may be a key innovation uniting these genera. 8) Description of the Nest and Eggs of the Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris) Luis Sandoval and Abraham Gallo pg(s) 635–637 Abstract The Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris) is endemic to the Osa Peninsula on the south Pacific coast of Costa Rica. There is little knowledge of the natural history and especially the reproductive habits of this species. We describe the nest and eggs of the Black-cheeked Ant Tanager based on observations of three nests near Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. The nests and eggs were similar to other species of Habia supporting previous work suggesting relationships within Habia. -- Jose G. Tello Assistant Professor Department of Biology Long Island University 1 University Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 718-488-1470; Fax: 718-488-1465 E-mail: jose.tello AT liu.edu Research Associate Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024-5192 Phone: 212-769-5579; Fax: 212-769-5759 E-mail: jtello AT amnh.org Subject: paper request...!!! From: Cristián Suazo <biosuazo AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:56:07 -0200 Hi NEOORNers, I don't know if someone can help me to find the article: Ward P, Zahavi A (1973) The importance of certain assemblages of birds as ‘information-centres’ for food-finding. Ibis, 115: 517–534. From already thank you, -- Cristián G. Suazo Universidad Austral de Chile Valdivia CHILE Subject: PUBLICATION ON BOLIVIAN BIRDS From: "Edward H. Miller" <tmiller AT MUN.CA> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:09:02 -0330 The following notice has been posted on http://www.phthiraptera.org/; I offer it here, spelling mistakes and all: "Experiences of an Ornithologist Along the Highways and Byways of Boliva. Collecting Birds in an Isolated, Magnificent Land in the Nineteen Thirties. By Melbourne A. Carriker, Jr. Co-edited by his son Melbourne R. Carriker and Robert C. Dalgleish. Published by AuthorHouse. 452 pp. Many black and white photographs. Bird in color on cover. Price: softcover (ISBN 1420882901) $13.50, electronic copy (1420883526) $5.95. Available from bkorders AT authorhouse.com An extraordinarily vivid account by intrepid ornithologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. of his three expeditions in Bolivia collecting birds for the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, travelling from the torrid tropic jungles to the frozen mountain valleys. He collected a total of 8,705 bird specimens, including some new to science, and many new species of bird lice. These species are listed in two extensive appendices in the book. The author's flair for narration, perceptive observations, memory of detail, fondness of people, knowledge of Spanish and of South America, and ability to get along with Latin Americans, enrich his writing. His lively, colorful, descriptive, often humorous, piquant accounts make highly entertaining reading. He succeeded in transmiting to the reader his own special pleasure in exploration, especially of the high mountains, which he loved, and his keen enjoyment of congenial people. At the same time he did not minimiize the disappointments and hardships that were almost daily companions, and these, too, come across vividly, sometimes poignantly. Incredibly, Carriker survived his travels without major accidents, though he did experience several close calls. He held strong opinions, which he did not hesitate to express; and was strong-minded, a characteristic that was often helpful to him in close adversarial situations. Carriker was one of the great early naturalists of Central and Northern South America. His long time colleague, Dr. K. C. Emerson of the Smithsonian Institution, once commented of him that changes in ecolgy, laws, and concerns for environment probably would not permit another person to duplicate his collecting efforts. He was also exceptional in that he was not only an expert in the study of tropical bird fauna, but also of bird chewing lice." Sincerely, Ted Miller -- Dr. Edward H. Miller, Professor Biology Department Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NL A1B 3X9 CANADA (1-709-737-4563) http://www.mun.ca/biology/tmiller/index.php Subject: Re: HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY From: JC <jcdelascasas AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:28:12 -0500 Estimado Carlos se consigue nuevo o usado entra a: www.bioweb.com.co/amazon.htm Un saludo! JC El 6 de noviembre de 2009 11:39, Carlos Rodríguez escribió: > Amig AT s, > > Necesito el libro de Vuilleumier y Monasterio, High Altitude Tropical > Biogeography. Saben dónde lo puedo conseguir? > Saludos, > > Carlos Antonio Rodríguez > > > -- Juan Carlos De Las Casas Biólogo - Investigador Corporación Sentido Natural - SN www.sentidonatural.org JCdelascasas AT gmail.com M:+57-300-5567826 Bogotá - Colombia. Subject: NEOLIT adding dissertations and theses From: Jack Eitniear <jackeitniear AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:14:56 -0800 NEOORN readers   We all know a significant number of Masters Theses and Doctorate Dissertations do not get published yet contain some pretty useful information. Any chance we could add these to NEOLIT on NEOORN??  Any thoughts on this?   Jack Eitniear director/CSTB Inc. editor/TOS Publications   Subject: HIGH ALTITUDE TROPICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY From: Carlos Rodríguez <colibricetrero AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:39:35 -0800 Amig AT s, Necesito el libro de Vuilleumier y Monasterio, High Altitude Tropical Biogeography. Saben dónde lo puedo conseguir?Saludos, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez Subject: Boletin Chileno de Ornitologia n°15 From: Fabrice Schmitt <avoldoiseaux AT YAHOO.FR> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:01:59 -0300 Neoorn, The last issue of the Boletin Chileno de Ornitologia has just been published, and is available for free at: http://www.aveschile.cl/BCHO/Web/BCHO15.html Content: Efecto del fuego en la comunidad de aves de bosque en la Reserva Nacional Malleco A. M. Venegas, S. Varela & C. Estades pp. 1-7 Nidificación y crecimiento de la tortolita cuyana (o cuculí) (Columbina picui) en Chile Central M. Marín pp. 8-16 Contribuciones breves Nuevos sitios de nidificación para cuatro especies de aves marinas en la Provincia de Osorno, Centro-sur de Chile J. Cursach, J. Vilugrón, C. Tobar, J. Ojeda, J. Rau, C. Oyarzún & O. Soto pp. 17-22 Nuevos datos sobre la distribución de Passeriformes en el norte de Chile D. González-Acuña, K. Ardiles, T. Welkner & A. Cicchino pp. 23-28 Nuevos Avistamientos de Playero Semipalmado (Calidris pusilla) y Playero Occidental (Calidris mauri) en Chile Central F. Schmitt & R. Barros pp. 29-34 Avifauna de Isla Guafo R. Reyes-Arriagada, P. Campos-Ellwanger & R. P. Schlatter pp. 35-43 Nuevos registros de aves nidificantes en islas desventuradas, Chile insular J. E. Aguirre, F. Johow, H. Seeger, J. C. Johow & M. Rubio pp. 44-55 Best, Fabrice Fabrice Schmitt Manu Expeditions - Birding Tours www.Birding-In-Peru.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabrice-schmitt/ Subject: Fw: Urgent Information About the Gratis Books Scheme From: Diego Calderon <tocsdiegocalderon AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:47:28 -0500 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Urgent Information About the Gratis Books Scheme Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:04:23 +0000 From: NHBS Customer Services Reply-To: customer.services AT nhbs.co.uk To: manakin00 AT hotmail.com If this email does not display correctly, click here to view it as a web page NHBS Environment Bookstore Dear Mr Diego Calderon, The Gratis Books Scheme The Gratis Books Scheme provides ecology and conservation books to those outside Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand who would otherwise be unable to obtain them. The simple purpose of this scheme is to spread ecological knowledge as widely as possible. 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Email the way you want it - scanned for viruses and unwanted content by the Email Protection Agency If you consider this email spam, please forward it to spam AT epagency.net Subject: Re: Species authors From: Christian Devenish <chrisdevenish AT YAHOO.CO.UK> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:13:02 +0000 Hi, The BirdLife global checklist is a single downloadble excel file which has species author in a separate column, a very easy way of looking up multiple species. http://www.birdlife.info/docs/SpcChecklist/Checklist_v2_June09.zip Cheers, Christian ________________________________ From: Frederik Brammer To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Sent: Thu, 5 November, 2009 15:59:06 Subject: [NEOORN-L] Species authors Hola Luis If you want something you can check when you don't have access to the internet, you may consider downloading all or some of the volumes of the classic "Check-list of birds of the world" by J. L. Peters and others: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14581 Apart from the author and year of the description of all species and subspecies of birds of the world, for which Howard & Moore 3 (Dickinson 2003) is more recent (and therefore includes such taxa described lately), "Peters" provides the references for the descriptions, so that you can look for them if you wish. If you are only interested in the (full) names of the authors, I think the web site indicated by Pepe Tello and Van Remsen is the best online source. Suerte, Frederik Brammer ________________________________ From: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds on behalf of Paul Sweet Sent: Thu 11/5/2009 9:40 PM To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Species authors Howard & Moore Vol 3 is a useful single volume reference At 03:28 PM 11/5/2009, you wrote: Hello Neoorners I would like to know where can I to obtain the names of the authors that describe the bird species Alguien sabe donde puedo conseguir los nombres de los autores que describieron las especies de aves. Thanks in advance Muchas gracias de antemano Luis Sandoval Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica ¡Encuentra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina! http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology Division of Vertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 sweet AT amnh.org Tel 212 769 5780 Fax 212 769 5759 Cell 718 757 5941 Skype:pablodulce Subject: Species author From: Luis Sandoval <dendrortyx AT YAHOO.COM.MX> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:09:40 -0800 Thanks for your help Luis Sandoval Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica Encuentra las mejores recetas en Yahoo! Cocina. http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ Subject: Species authors From: Frederik Brammer <FPBrammer AT SNM.KU.DK> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:59:06 +0100 Hola Luis If you want something you can check when you don't have access to the internet, you may consider downloading all or some of the volumes of the classic "Check-list of birds of the world" by J. L. Peters and others: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14581 Apart from the author and year of the description of all species and subspecies of birds of the world, for which Howard & Moore 3 (Dickinson 2003) is more recent (and therefore includes such taxa described lately), "Peters" provides the references for the descriptions, so that you can look for them if you wish. If you are only interested in the (full) names of the authors, I think the web site indicated by Pepe Tello and Van Remsen is the best online source. Suerte, Frederik Brammer ________________________________ From: Bulletin Board for Ornithologists working with Neotropical Birds on behalf of Paul Sweet Sent: Thu 11/5/2009 9:40 PM To: NEOORN-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU Subject: Re: [NEOORN-L] Species authors Howard & Moore Vol 3 is a useful single volume reference At 03:28 PM 11/5/2009, you wrote: Hello Neoorners I would like to know where can I to obtain the names of the authors that describe the bird species Alguien sabe donde puedo conseguir los nombres de los autores que describieron las especies de aves. Thanks in advance Muchas gracias de antemano Luis Sandoval Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica ¡Encuentra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina! http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology Division of Vertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 sweet AT amnh.org Tel 212 769 5780 Fax 212 769 5759 Cell 718 757 5941 Skype:pablodulce Subject: Re: Species authors From: Paul Sweet <sweet AT AMNH.ORG> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:40:27 -0500 Howard & Moore Vol 3 is a useful single volume reference At 03:28 PM 11/5/2009, you wrote: >Hello Neoorners > >I would like to know where can I to obtain the >names of the authors that describe the bird species > >Alguien sabe donde puedo conseguir los nombres >de los autores que describieron las especies de aves. > >Thanks in advance > >Muchas gracias de antemano > >Luis Sandoval >Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica > > > > >¡Encuentra las mejores recetas >con Yahoo! Cocina! >http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ Paul Sweet Collection Manager Department of Ornithology Division of Vertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 sweet AT amnh.org Tel 212 769 5780 Fax 212 769 5759 Cell 718 757 5941 Skype:pablodulce