Birds from the Azores: An updated list with some comments on species distribution

Barcelos, Luís; Rodrigues, Pedro; Bried, Joël; Mendonca, Enesima P.; Gabriel, Rosalina; Borges, Paulo A. V.

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“…REAGENT Taxon sampling Our sampling focuses on the native resident terrestrial birds from the four main archipelagos that make up Macaronesia -Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira (Figure 1, Table S2). We based the taxon lists for each of the archipelagos on recent checklists (Refs [41][42][43], Avibase (http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org) and African Bird Club (https://www.africanbirdclub.org). For each taxon from each archipelago we aimed to sample individuals from the archipelago as well as from the taxon's closest relatives outside the archipelago.…”

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Equilibrium Bird Species Diversity in Atlantic Islands

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Half a century ago, MacArthur and Wilson proposed that the number of species on islands tends toward a dynamic equilibrium diversity around which species richness fluctuates [1]. The current prevailing view in island biogeography accepts the fundamentals of MacArthur and Wilson's theory [2] but questions whether their prediction of equilibrium can be fulfilled over evolutionary timescales, given the unpredictable and ever-changing nature of island geological and biotic features [3-7]. Here we conduct a complete molecular phylogenetic survey of the terrestrial bird species from four oceanic archipelagos that make up the diverse Macaronesian bioregion-the Azores, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Madeira [8, 9]. We estimate the times at which birds colonized and speciated in the four archipelagos, including many previously unsampled endemic and non-endemic taxa and their closest continental relatives. We develop and fit a new multi-archipelago dynamic stochastic model to these data, explicitly incorporating information from 91 taxa, both extant and extinct. Remarkably, we find that all four archipelagos have independently achieved and maintained a dynamic equilibrium over millions of years. Biogeographical rates are homogeneous across archipelagos, except for the Canary Islands, which exhibit higher speciation and colonization. Our finding that the avian communities of the four Macaronesian archipelagos display an equilibrium diversity pattern indicates that a diversity plateau may be rapidly achieved on islands where rates of in situ radiation are low and extinction is high. This study reveals that equilibrium processes may be more prevalent than recently proposed, supporting MacArthur and Wilson's 50-year-old theory.

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“…About 15 out of the 21 breeding species are common with more than 100 individuals recorded in the three sites. Based on the Barcelos et al (2015) classification of vagrant species, in the three sites we found: 45 occasional migrants, 21 regular migrants, 17 occasional wintering taxa and 26 regular wintering taxa. The Palearctic taxa dominate the community of birds (52 taxa), whereas Holarctic (28 taxa) and Nearctic (25 taxa) have similar but with half of the frequency.…”

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“…Of all observed species, three are not referred to in Barcelos et al (2015), which is the most recent update on the list of Azorean birds: Aythya americana (Eyton 1838), Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck 1815) and Tringa brevipes (Vieillot 1816). One species is a new record for Terceira Island: Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus 1758).…”

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“…The Azorean Avifauna has been described in several publications, the most recent being Rodrigues et al (2010), Rodebrand (2012) and Barcelos et al (2015). Despite the fact that the Azorean list of breeding birds is short (37 species breeding and seven occasionally nesting; Rodrigues et al 2010), as a consequence of dramatic extinction events (Rando et al 2013, Alcover et al 2015, Rando et al 2017), those publications added numerous records of non-breeding landbird and waterbird species, particularly occasional migrant and wintering species.…”

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Biota from the coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal): Part 3 – Birds

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Barreiros²,

Brito³

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The data presented here come from field observations of Aves between August 2013 and October 2018 as part of a LIFE research project aiming to preserve and restore three coastal wetlands from Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal). Systematic monthly observations were carried out for five years in order to provide a checklist and monitoring of bird species and subspecies observed in three sites: Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP). Main objectives were to determine their ornithological richness while also adding data to the overall knowledge of Azorean Avifauna and to monitor seasonal and between-year variation on species abundance.During a five-year observation period (2013-2018), a total of 82,985 birds belonging to 108 species/subspecies were observed. From this, 16,663 were in PPV, 11,793 from PBJ and 54,529 from PPCP. The total richness was 55, 40 and 85, respectively. Three species are first records for the Azores:Aythyaamericana(Eyton, 1838);Chlidoniasleucopterus(Temminck, 1815) andTringabrevipes(Vieillot, 1816). One species is a new record for Terceira Island:Lophodytescucullatus(Linnaeus, 1758).

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“…The three coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória municipality are a case in point, well worth restoration and habitat protection. The areas, studied during the LIFE-CWR Project – Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP) – are best known for their birds (Barcelos et al 2015; Dias 2018; Goulart et al 2019); however, they harbour other important and interesting biological groups, such as molluscs and arthropods (Martins and Borges 2019), plants and lichens (Elias et al 2019).…”

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Biota of coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores): Part 2 - Bryophytes

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Pimentel²,

Claro

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During the LIFE-CWR project "Ecological Restoration and Conservation of Praia da Vitória Coastal Wet Green Infrastructures", there was the opportunity to undertake a systematic record of bryophytes at Paul da Praia da Vitória (PPV), Paul do Belo Jardim (PBJ) and Paul da Pedreira do Cabo da Praia (PPCP), three coastal wetland areas of Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal). The objective of the study was to perform a biodiversity assessment, comparing the three sites at two different moments, before and after the implementation of several conservation measures. This project also contributed to improve the knowledge of Azorean bryophyte diversity at both local and regional scales, including the recording of two new taxa for the Azores and three new taxa for Terceira Island. This paper reports the results of the first extensive survey of bryophyes of the three coastal wetland areas of Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal). The identification of a total of 504 samples, 240 collected in 2013 and 2016 (before the LIFE-CWR intervention) and 265 in 2017 and 2018 (after the intervention), resulted in a list of 58 species of bryophytes (one hornwort, eight liverworts and 48 mosses). These include two new records for the Azores (Bryumklinggraeffii, Ptychostomumbornholmense), three new records for Terceira Island (Bryumtenuisetum, Dicranellahowei, Trichostomumcrispulum) and at least 15 new records for the municipality of Praia da Vitória (e.g., Cephaloziellahampeana). Some species that had not been recorded on the island since 1937 (e.g., Fissidenscrispus) were collected during this study, as well as a Macaronesian endemic liverwort (Radulawichurae), an Iberian-Macaronesian liverwort (Frullaniaazorica) and a moss species with European distribution (Ptychomitriumnigrescens). From the recorded species, only one moss (Leptophascumleptophyllum), of subtropical origin, is considered invasive in Europe.

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Birds from the Azores: An updated list with some comments on species distribution

Cited by 14 publications

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Equilibrium Bird Species Diversity in Atlantic Islands

Equilibrium Bird Species Diversity in Atlantic Islands

Biota from the coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória (Terceira, Azores, Portugal): Part 3 – Birds

Biota of coastal wetlands of Praia da Vitória (Terceira Island, Azores): Part 2 - Bryophytes

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