ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAS SECAS, GULF OF CHIRIQUÍ, PANAMÁ

George Angehr; Rosabel Miró; Esther Carty; Venicio Wilson; Jan Axel Cubilla

Submitted July 15, 2021

Published 2021-07-14

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2021): Tecnociencia

ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAS SECAS, GULF OF CHIRIQUÍ, PANAMÁ

George Angehr⁺⁻
Rosabel Miró⁺⁻
Esther Carty⁺⁻
Venicio Wilson⁺⁻
Jan Axel Cubilla⁺⁻

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Angehr, G., Miró, R., Carty, E., Wilson, V. and Cubilla, J. A. (2021) “ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAS SECAS, GULF OF CHIRIQUÍ, PANAMÁ”, Tecnociencia, 23(2), pp. 194–220. Available at: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/tecnociencia/article/view/2277 (Accessed: 18 August 2024).

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Abstract

Studies of the avifauna of Panama’s many islands have made important contributions to the development of the theory of island biogeography. In addition, the islands of Panama’s Pacific coast, with 38 described endemic subspecies of birds, show significant diversification at the subspecific level and as such are an important repository of biodiversity. Although some islands and island groups such as Coiba and the Pearl islands have received substantial study, there is little information on some smaller groups. We report here the first systematic study of the birds of the Islas Secas, a small archipelago in the Gulf of Chiriquí, including 5 large (25-166 ha) and many smaller islands. On 3 visits from October 2016 to April 2017, we recorded 66 species, including 10 species of seabirds, 8 species of coastal or freshwater habitats, and 48 species of land birds. The latter include 18 species that breed in the archipelago and 30 species of migrants or vagrants. We recorded breeding by 2 marine species, Magnificent Frigatebird and Brown Booby. The islands merit further study, particularly with respect to whether some of the endemic subspecies of Coiba also occur there.

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