The parks and gardens present in Lima City form important urban ecosystems which given the wealth of biological species can be considered as wildlife refuges as well as being part of observation circuits for urban birds. El Parque de las Leyendas stands out for presenting a large number of wild bird species, 45 recorded during the years 2016 to 2018. The family's with high levels of representation are Thraupidae (13%), Tyrannidae (11%), Columbidae (9%) and Ardeidae (9%). 26 species are coastal birds (Zc); 17 species are from the sierra (mountain) zone (Zsi); 31 species from the jungle zone (Zse); and 36 species are cosmopolitan (Zi). Among the species that stand out most is the White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocyna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) "Divagant" species (V) for the country, Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) vagrant species for the Parque de las Leyendas, (V) and Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758), species vagrant for the PLL. Information is presented on the diversity of wild birds, seasonality, abundance and state of conservation.
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