Thomas S. Schulenberg's research while affiliated with Ithaca College and other places

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... Further observations are desirable to verify if the nest shape we observed is common to the species or an individual variation. However, there is a report that the nest of D. devillei appeared to be domed (Schulenberg and Kirwan 2020) and may resemble the one described here for D. ochropyga; however, the nest of the former species also needs confirmation. In terms of nest material, D. ochropyga differs from other Drymophila because we found no green mosses in the construction and ornamentation of its nest. ...
... Cinnamon Hummingbirds (Amazilia rutila) are medium-sized (4-6 g). Their sexes are similar, and their plumage is completely cinnamon with bronze-green upperparts (Arizmendi et al. 2020a). Lastly, the Goldencrowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps) is a small (2-3 g) hummingbird endemic to western Mexico. ...
... The pheasant cuckoo, a non-migratory El Salvador resident is by contrast a forest species, frequenting forest understory in lowland evergreen and deciduous forest, and riverine forest, feeding on insects (Lowther, 2020b). The lesser ground-cuckoo, also an El Salvador resident is more of a generalist, frequenting forest, savanna and shrubland (Payne, 2005;Soberanes-González et al., 2020c). The yellow-billed cuckoo is similarly a resident generalist of forest, savanna and shrubland habitats. ...
... Los trabajos desarrollados por Tashían (1952), Goodnight y Goodnight (1956), Paynter (1957), Nocedal (1981) y Rangel-Salazar y Vega-Rivera (1989), en conjunto reportan 235 especies de aves. Recientemente Rangel-Salazar (1990) reporta 235 especies, incluyendo un nuevo registro para México y dos para Chiapas, y Howell (1989) reporta el primer registro para México del tapacaminos cola corta Lurocalis semitorquatus. El presente trabajo añade 86 especies (36.6% de 235 y 29% de 296) que no habían sido reportadas para la zona Lacandona, agregando 3 nuevos Aves registros de aves migratorias para el Estado de Chiapas; Charadrius semipalmatus, Dendroica caerulescens y Dendroica pinus. ...