Non-passerine birds from Laguna Melincué Ramsar Site, Santa Fe province, Argentina

By

Romano, Marcelo
Barberis, Ignacio Martín
Luppi, Marcelo
Pagano, Fernando

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-11-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1799--7

Subjects

agroecosystems , Laguna Melincué Ramsar Site , Pampas , waterbirds , Wetlands

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1799

 

Abstract

We present a waterbird inventory of the Laguna Melincué Ramsar Site in southern Santa Fe province, Argentina. We record 109 species from 28 families of non-passerine birds, including the 14 Nearctic species, four southern austral migrant species, three northern austral migrants, 17 partial migrants, and two altitudinal migrants. The eight most abundant species belong to different families and trophic groups. Thirty-six species were observed nesting or rearing chicks. This baseline knowledge of non-passerine birds will be useful to assist future conservation studies in this highly threatened area.