Primeros registros de anidación del pato friso (Anas strepera) en México

Abstract

NESTING GADWALLS (ANAS STREPERA) IN NORTHWESTERN BAJA CALIFORNIA AT A RESERVOIR LOCATED BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LEYES DE REFORMA AND HEROES DE LA INDEPENDENCIA (MAY 2001) AND AT LAGUNITA EL CIPRES, NEAR THE CITY OF ENSENADA (MAY-JULY 2001) REPRESENT THE FIRST NESTING RECORD OF THIS SPECIES IN MEXICO. CONSIDERING THESE RECORDS AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, IT IS LIKELY THAT THE GADWALL IS NOW A REGULAR BREEDER IN NORTHWESTERN BAJA CALIFORNIA REGION.