Sexto oficial Audubon Conteo Navideño de Aves: Tikal (GMTK) 2011
organizado por CAYAYA BIRDING
Compilado por Knut Eisermann y Claudia Avendaño, CAYAYA BIRDING, Enero 2012
Un total de 17 observadores en cinco grupos participaron en el sexto Conteo Navideños de Aves en el Parque Nacional Tikal el 14 de diciembre de 2011. El clima fue favorable, nublado en parte con lluviznas breves.
Un total de 1935 individuos de 171 especies fueron registrados. Además otras cuatro especies fueron observadas durante la semana de conteo. Las especies más abundantes con al menos 25 individuos detectados fueron (en orden descendente de abundancia): Psarocolius montezuma, Setophaga magnolia, Psilorhinus morio, Pionus senilis, Hylophilus decurtatus, Ramphastos sulfuratus, Amazona autumnalis, Hylocichla mustelina, Amazona farinosa, Setophaga ruticilla, Dumetella carolinensis, Oncostoma cinereigulare, Schiffornis turdina, Dives dives, Campephilus guatemalensis, Tityra semifasciata, Euphonia hirundinacea, Pteroglossus torquatus, Thryothorus maculipectus, Sittasomus griseicapillus, Myiozetetes similis y Mniotilta varia.
Notable fue un Morphnus guianensis visto cerca del centro arqueológico, dos individuos de Limnothlypis swainsonii, dos Cotinga amabilis, y un Leptodon cayanensis. Dos Falco deiroleucus fueron vistos en el sitio arqueológico.
El Parque Nacional Tikal es parte del Área Importante para Aves Maya-Lacandón (IBA GT001) y este Conteo Navideño de Aves apoya el monitoreo de las poblaciones de aves en esta IBA.
A continuación se presenta una lista de especies y cantidades de individuos registrados durante el sexto Conteo Navideño de Aves en Tikal (nomenclatura según AOU 1998 y suplementos, con la actualización más reciente de AOU 2011). Las especies registradas durante la semana de conteo están marcadas con (cw).
- Tinamidae
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2
- Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi 1
- Cracidae
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 19
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 16
- Phasianidae
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata 14
- Ardeidae
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum 1
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 2
- Green Heron Butorides virescens 5
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 5
- Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 6
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 8
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 4
- Accipitridae
- Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 1
- White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis 1
- Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 10
- Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis 1
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 1
- Falconidae
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 2
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 2
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 2
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 6
- Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus 2
- Rallidae
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber 4
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea 1
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 1
- Jacanidae
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa 2
- Columbidae
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis 1
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris 7
- Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa 1
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 1
- Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps 2
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana 1
- Psittacidae
- Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana 2
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis 17
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis 50
- White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons 9
- Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis 44
- Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa 38
- Cuculidae
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 22
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus 1
- Strigidae
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae 1
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 9
- Caprimulgidae
- Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 3
- Apodidae
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 3
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 1
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis 4
- Trochilidae
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris 1
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis 10
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis 1
- Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii cw
- White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida 5
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 11
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti 16
- hummingbird 1
- Trogonidae
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena 8
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus 17
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus 5
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 2
- Momotidae
- Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota 11
- Alcedinidae
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 1
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 1
- Galbulidae
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda 10
- Ramphastidae
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus 26
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus 48
- Picidae
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 6
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus 3
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus 6
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus 9
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 7
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis 29
- Thamnophilidae
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus cw
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis 6
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis 2
- Formicariidae
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis 10
- Furnariidae
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis 4
- Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 7
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina 13
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa 10
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 25
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus 1
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae 4
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster 14
- Tyrannidae
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum 1
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 4
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata 5
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 3
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus 1
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare 33
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris 16
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 12
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus 19
- Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus 6
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus 2
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius 7
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 8
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 4
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 14
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis cw
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 18
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 9
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 7
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 1
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 14
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 25
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 6
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii 1
- Tityridae
- Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina 32
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 29
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 1
- Cotingidae
- Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis 2
- Pipridae
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei 1
- Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis 18
- Vireonidae
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 23
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens 1
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 13
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps 8
- Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus 49
- Corvidae
- Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio 61
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 1
- Hirundinidae
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 17
- Troglodytidae
- Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus 26
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 2
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra 4
- White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta 13
- Polioptilidae
- Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus 13
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 8
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea 2
- Turdidae
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 1
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 42
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi 1
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis 1
- Mimidae
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 35
- Parulidae
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 5
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 10
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 3
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 6
- waterthrush Parkesia sp. 2
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 1
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 5
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 25
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii 2
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina 1
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa 18
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 3
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 22
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 36
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 63
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 1
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 6
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 1
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 1
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 13
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 6
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 6
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 6
- Thraupidae
- Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata 2
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius 15
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas 6
- Genus Incertae Sedis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps 2
- Emberizidae
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola 5
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus 2
- Cardinalidae
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis 2
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 13
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica 15
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda 23
- Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei cw
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides 1
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina 3
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 1
- Icteridae
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives 30
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas 10
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 4
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus 2
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma 228
- Fringillidae
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis 2
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea 28
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi 13
Referencias
AOU (1998) The American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
AOU (2011) Fifty-second supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 128: 600-613.
Para ver resultados de todos los Conteos Navideños de Aves en las Américas visite http://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count.
