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Densities and habitat preferences of Andean cloud-forest birds in pristine and degraded habitats in north-eastern Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

W. Cresswell ,
M. Hughes ,
R. Mellanby ,
S. Bright ,
P. Catry ,
J. Chaves ,
J. Freile ,
A. Gabela ,
H. Martineau  and
R. Macleod
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W. Cresswell
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
M. Hughes
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
R. Mellanby
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
S. Bright
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
P. Catry
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
J. Chaves
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
J. Freile
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
A. Gabela
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
H. Martineau
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
R. Macleod
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
F. Mcphie
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
N. Anderson
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
S. Holt
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
S. Barabas
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
C. Chapel
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
T. Sanchez
Affiliation:
Project Guandera, Glasgow University Expedition 1997, IBLS, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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The montane cloud-forests of the north-central Andes and the montane grassland and transitional elfin forest of the central Andean páramo contain a high diversity of bird species including several restricted range and uncommon species. Little is known of how densities of Andean cloud-forest species are affected by habitat degradation. Bird densities within pristine and degraded habitats at the Guandera Biological Reserve, Carchi province, Ecuador were recorded over a 10-week period. Densities were calculated for 48 species; where densities could be compared, 69% of species occurred at a higher density in pristine habitats. Pristine forest had the highest species richness with 72 species and páramo contained 44 species. In total, 26% of pristine forest species were only found in pristine forest, 39% of páramo species only in páramo, 13% of farmland species only in farmland and there were no exclusively secondary scrub species; 47% of species found in pristine forest, and 50% found in páramo were found in both secondary scrub and farmland. Restricted range species recorded at Guandera included the Carunculated Caracara Phalcobenus carunculatus, Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi, Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni, Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons, Masked Mountain-tanager Buthraupis wetmorei and Black-backed Bush-tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni. Three further species that occurred at Guandera of relatively local occurrence were the Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca, Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera and Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera. Of these nine species at least five used degraded habitats, while three occurred only in pristine treeline habitats.

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Research Article
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Bird Conservation International , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 129 - 145
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1999

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