History, distribution, and seasonal abundance of the Least Tern Sternula antillarum (Aves: Charadriiformes: Sternidae) in Brazil

Carlos, Caio J.; Fedrizzi, Carmem Elisa

doi:10.1590/s1984-46702013000200003

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“…The nearest breeding records to the north are on islands in the southern Caribbean off Venezuela (Phelps & Phelps Jr., 1958) although the species is also regular off Suriname all year round, perhaps also suggesting local breeding (Spaans, 1978b). It is unclear whether our observations reflect local breeding or boreal migrants given historic recoveries of banded, North American birds from Pará (Mestre et al, 2010), but it seems unlikely that adults of Northern Hemisphere populations would be present in May-June (Carlos & Fedrizzi, 2013). Rodrigues et al (2010) did not provide any information on the biometrics and plumage variation of the Maranhão breeding population, which should be the subject of future taxonomic study to evaluate its uniqueness.…”

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Salgado Paraense: an inventory of a forgotten coastal Amazonian avifauna

2021

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We report on the poorly-known, coastal avifauna of the Salgado Paraense (in the state of Pará, Brazil) east of the delta of the Amazonas river, combining data from recent surveys with an analysis of historical records. Three-hundred and twenty three species were recorded in the habitats inventoried: estuarine, beach and mangrove habitats, restinga, seasonally-flooded grasslands and secondary forest. Particularly noteworthy records included: the discovery of a disjunct population of Laterallus jamaicensis; a previously unrecorded staging ground for Stercorarius spp.; the second documented Brazilian record of Calidris pugnax; the first documented records in Pará for a number of marine species, including the regionally-threatened Sterna dougallii, and the rediscovery of ‘Picumnus pallidus’, a taxon of uncertain validity, all documented by archived digital vouchers. Coastal habitats represent an important contribution to local avian species-richness in Amazonia and they are theoretically better-protected by existing conservation units than neighboring terra firme habitats, yet this region’s biodiversity remains threatened by habitat loss, hunting, and major infrastructure improvements.

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History, distribution, and seasonal abundance of the Least Tern Sternula antillarum (Aves: Charadriiformes: Sternidae) in Brazil

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Salgado Paraense: an inventory of a forgotten coastal Amazonian avifauna

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