Claudia Avendaño Mendoza

PROEVAL RAXMU · Bird Monitoring Program

We present an update on the status and distribution of birds in Guatemala relative to a previous summary (Eisermann & Avendaño 2007) and based upon a review of new published and unpublished records. During the period 2006 to 2017, 50 species were first documented in Guatemala. Another 11 species were reported for the first time but without verifiab...

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-57108-9_13 This compilation of recent data on the distribution, ecology, and conservation status of owls (Strigiformes) in Guatemala is based on an extensive literature review and numerous unpublished observations. Twenty species of owls have been recorded in Guatemala, of which 18 are resident. B...

We report the discovery of a resident population of Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis wetmorei in grassland on a high plateau of the Sierra Los Cuchumatanes in western Guatemala. We observed a nest containing a nestling, and 11 fledglings of other breeding pairs in July 2016, which represent the first confirmation of the species nesting s...

Please note that an updated chapter was published in: Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2017) The owls of Guatemala. 447-515 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Neotropical owls: diversity and conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland. This is a compilation of recent data on the distribution, ecology, and conservation status of owls (Strigiformes) in Guatemala, b...

El Área Importante para la Conservación de Aves Cerro El Amay (IBA GT006) en el departamento de Quiché, Guatemala, incluye más de 250 km2 de bosque húmedo latifoliado, lo que representa el segundo bosque nuboso más extenso en Guatemala. La avifauna del bosque nuboso en la altitud de 1.000-2.600 m, así como de áreas agrícolas en esta elevación y de...

The Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi is a globally threatened species restricted to the Pacific slope mountains of western Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. We studied the habitat use of this tanager on the southern slope of Atitlán volcano, department Suchitepéquez, Guatemala, applying distance sampling along transects in humid broadleaf forest...

The Azure-rumped Tanager (Tangara cabanisi) is a little studied and endangered species restricted to the Pacific slope mountains of Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. We studied the nesting ecology of this species on the south-eastern slope of Atitlán volcano, dpto. Suchitepéquez, Guatemala, and compiled information of other nesting sites. Thirty-two n...

Summary of the content of a compilation country by country of all IBAs existing in the Americas

The designation of Important Bird Areas (IBAs), a prioritization scheme developed by BirdLife International, is based on four quantitative ornithological criteria: 1) globally threatened spe-cies, 2) restricted-range species, 3) biome-restricted species, and/or (4) fl ocking species. A total of 21 areas in Guatemala fulfi ll international IBA crite...

The most authoritative, detailed, and updated checklist of the 725 bird species recorded in Guatemala. Also includes information about status, habitats and endemic species, along with detailed distribution maps, information on species to watch for and species of special concern.