The Tocantins-Araguaia Basin as a migratory route and a wintering area of Falco peregrinus (Aves, Falconidae)

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia
• Main Authors: Dornas, Túlio, Menq, Willian, Junqueira, Tiago, Santos, Estevão F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Falco peregrinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03546074; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF03546074.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03546074/fulltext.html

Abstract The Peregrine Falco peregrinus , is an Nearctic migrant to Brazil where its status in central Brazil is still poorly known. Herein we present a compilation of records of the species from the state of Tocantins and comment on its use of a wintering site in the state of Goiás. These records show that the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin is a migration route for the species, and therefore a mid-continental migration route through the interior of South America.