Additions to the avifauna of two localities in the southern Rupununi region, Guyana

By

O'Shea, Brian J
Wilson, Asaph
Wrights, Jonathan K

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-7-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

113--120

Subjects

Birds , Conservation , ecotourism , Guiana Shield , inventory , Neotropics , savanna

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.113

 

Abstract

We report new records from ornithology surveys conducted at Kusad Mountain and Parabara savanna in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region during October and November 2013. Both localities had existing species lists based on surveys conducted in 2000, but had not been formally surveyed since. We surveyed birds over 15 field days, adding 22 and 10 species to the existing lists for Kusad and Parabara, respectively. Our findings augment prior knowledge of the status and distribution of birds in this region of the Guiana Shield. The southern Rupununi harbors high avian diversity, including rare species such as Rio Branco Antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria), Hoary-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis kollari), Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis), and Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus), which are likely to continue to draw tourism revenue to local communities if their habitats remain intact.