Distribución temporal de aves rapaces diurnas en la Reserva "Playón de Mismaloya", Jalisco, México

• Main Authors: Salvador Hernández Vázquez, Braulio Cesar Durand Martínez, Rodrigo Esparza Salas, Carmen Valadez González
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2000
• Subjects: Playón de Mismaloya; Jalisco; México; diurnal raptors; bird phenology; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; osprey; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a03882d1bdfe430e8b23bb446eb97ca1

Diurnal raptors were counted monthly in the "Playón de Mismaloya", reserve, Jalisco, Mexico, from November 1997 to October 1998. We identified 11 species; eight of them migrants, one resident and two resident with migrant populations. The highest increase in total number of individuals was from December to March, influenced mainly by the presence of Caracara plancus (Crested Caracara), Falco sparverius (American Kestrel) and Pandion haliaetus (Osprey). The two former species were observed frequently in open areas, where they could detect prey more easily, while ospreys were found only in estuaries, lagoons and beach, where food was available.