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NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF THE MOLLENDO DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST PERU
Author(s) -
Hughes R. A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1970.tb00095.x
Subject(s) - geography , caerulea , ecology , fishery , biology
Summary An account is given of the geography and ecology of the Mollendo district, Southwest Peru, followed by a systematic list of the species recorded there over a period of 16 years' residence. The following species are recorded, apparently for the first time, from the south coast of Peru: Pachyptila belcheri, P. desolata, Florida caerulea, Butorides striatus, Bubulcus ibis, Plegadis chihi, Himantopus himantopus, Micropalama himantopus, Chaetura pelagica, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Riparia riparia and Pheucticus chrysopeplus .