Checklist of the Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean

Ardea

T.G. Prins²  J. Wattel²  J.H. Reuter²  A.O. Debrot³  V. Nijman¹ 

[1] 1 Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, the Netherlands 3 Oxford Brookes University, School of Social Sciences and Law, Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford OX3 OBP, UK;1 Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, the Netherlands;2 CARMABI Foundation, Piscaderabaai z/n, P.O. Box 2090, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

关键词: Zoogeography;   

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学科分类：动物科学

来源: Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie/Netherlands Ornithological Union

【 摘 要 】

WepresentanupdatedchecklistofthebirdsoftheislandsofAruba,CuraçaoandBonaire,andtheisletsofKleinCuraçaoandKleinBonaire,southernCaribbean,andcomparethiswithearlierchecklists(K.H.Voous,Stud.FaunaCuraçaoCarib.Isl.7:1–260,1957;Ardea53:205–234,1965;BirdsoftheNetherlandsAntilles,1983).Theavifaunalcompositionofthethreemainislandsisrelativelysimilar(similaritycoefficientsof74–78%forresidentsand65–73%formigrants)whereasthetwoisletsare,orwereinthepast,inhabitedmainlybyseabirds.Thetotalnumberofrecordedresidentspeciesfortheseislandshasincreasedfrom115(1957)to168(2006),andofmigrantsfrom117(1957)to236(2006).ThisincreasewasmostprominentfortheislandofAruba(residentsfrom34to56,migrantsfrom28to166),andleastforCuraçao(residentsfrom42to57,migrantsfrom55to168).HistoricallyKleinCuraçaowasanimportantnestingsiteforseabirds,i.e.boobies,gullsandterns,butminingofguanointhe19thcenturysignificantlyloweredtheornithologicalvalueoftheislet.KleinBonairesufferedheavilyfromthepresenceofgoatsbutisslowlyrecoveringfollowingtheirremovalandtheislet'sinclusion.

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