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

Publications (362)

Citations

... Greeney et al (2015b) suggested that hummingbird preference for nesting on thin branches could be a response to non-aerial predators. Similar evidence has been reported for Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus; , Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida; Arizmendi et al. 2020b), and Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii; Bündgen and Kirwan 2020), who build their nests near the ground (0.5 to 2 m above ground) and use thin branches for support. ...
... Species with more specialist requirements include the ruddy quail-dove, which is a forest and woodland species (Kuecker et al., 2020), and the whitefaced quail-dove (Soberanes- González et al., 2020a). Red-billed pigeons, which frequent dry forests in Central America (Stiles & Skutch, 1989;Dunn, 2011). ...
... 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. ...
... Rivoli's hummingbird is a resident species that favors mountain regions, as are the garnet-throated hummingbird, the violet sabrewing and the wine-throated hummingbird. By contrast, the white-bellied emerald and cinnamon hummingbird favor lowland forest (Stiles & Skutch, 1989;Arizmendi et al., 2020). ...
... 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. ...