New records of Van Rossem’s Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) nests in the Coast of Jalisco, Mexico

We report new nesting sites for the Van Rossem’s Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) at the Agua Dulce and Xola-Paramán lagoons, in the coast of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. We first recorded the nests on 19 June, 2013 and monitored them at two-week intervals until 2 August, 2013. W...

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Main Authors: Salvador Hernández-Vázquez, Jesús Bojorques-Castro, Humberto Almanza-Rodríguez, Daniela Rodríguez-Torres, Dulce Díaz-Pereyra
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Sección Mexicana del Consejo Internacional para la Preservación de las Aves, A.C. 2015-01-01
Series:Huitzil
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Online Access:http://ojs.huitzil.net/index.php/huitzil/article/view/60
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Summary:We report new nesting sites for the Van Rossem’s Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) at the Agua Dulce and Xola-Paramán lagoons, in the coast of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. We first recorded the nests on 19 June, 2013 and monitored them at two-week intervals until 2 August, 2013. We found eight nests in the Agua Dulce lagoon and 16 in the Xola-Paramán lagoon. These new records expand the known nesting range of the Van Rossem’s Gull-billed Tern along the Pacific coast, from San Diego, California to the state of Colima in Mexico.
ISSN:1870-7459