Extensión del área de distribución de aves en el oeste de Guerrero, México

Abstract

THE PRESENT WORK IS A LISTING OF THE SPECIES OF BIRDS PRESENT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE STATE OF GUERRERO, AREGION THAT HAS BEEN POORLY SURVEYED AVIFAUNISTICALLY. THE SAMPLING SITES INCLUDED TWO COASTAL LAGOONS, A PATCH OF SEMIDECIDUOUS TROPICAL FOREST, A PATCH OF CLOUD FOREST AND PINE-OAK FOREST. IN THIS LISTING WE INCLUDE 44 SPECIES OF COASTAL LAGOONS, 19 OF TROPICAL OF SEMIDECIDUOUS FOREST, 15 OF CLOUD FOREST AND 47 PINE-OAK FOREST, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN THE LITERATURE OF GUERRERO WEST OF ACAPULCO, AN EXTENSION OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION AREAS APPROXIMATELY 200 KM. THE FIRST STATE RECORDS FOR SEVERAL SPECIES OF AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL BIRDS, AS WELL AS NEW LOCATIONS FOR SPECIES OF GREAT CONSERVATION INTEREST LIKE EUPHERUSA POLIOCERCA, ARE ALSO ANNOTATED.