Birds of Bosque Protector Jerusalem, Guayllabamba Valley, Ecuador

By

Cadena-Ortiz, Héctor
Varela, Santiago
Bahamonde-Vinueza, Daniela
Freile, Juan F
Bonaccorso, Elisa

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-10-16

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1770--7

Subjects

Andes , Conservation , Dry Forest , Neotropics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1770

 

Abstract

The Ecuadorian inter-Andean dry valleys are highly affected by human intervention. Currently, less than 5% of the original vegetation cover of these valleys remains on creeks and hillsides. Bosque Protector Jerusalem (1,110 ha), in the upper Guayllabamba River valley, protects the largest remnants of inter-Andean dry forest in Ecuador. Here, we present data derived from two recent studies (from 2009 to 2013), as well as information collected by other authors in previous studies, between the years 2002 and 2009. We present a unified list of 75 species of birds, accounts for species of particular interest, new distributional records, and considerations about the conservation of the study area.