Seasonal variation in abundance of Blue-crowned Conures (Aratinga acuticaudata) at the Chancani Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina
Abstract
We recorded the annual variation in abundance of Blue-crowned Conures (Aratinga acuticaudata) at the Chancaní Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina. This parrot was more frequently recorded during the breeding season (August, October and December) than in the non-breeding season (March and May), possibly because of movements to more suitable feeding areas. The Chancani Reserve, a mature Chaco woodland, could be a source habitat that keeps populations stable at the regional level, as it provides suitable nest cavities, scarce in the surrounding agropastoral landscapes.
References
- ANÓNIMO.1985.ParqueNaturalProvincialyReservaForestalNaturalChancanÍ.Antecedentes,planifica-ciónyreseñadeactividades.DireccióndeÁreasNaturales;SecretaríaMinisteriodeAgricultura,Gana-deríayRecursosRenovables.Córdoba,Argentina.
- BUCHER,E.H.1992.Neotropicalparrotsasagriculturapests.En:Newworldparrotsincrisis.Solutionsfromconservationbiology,S.R.Beissingery N.F.R.Sn-ydereditores;pp.201-219.SmithsonianInstitutionPress.NewYorky Londres.
- CABIDO,M.;A.MANZUR;L.CARRANZAy C.GONZÁLEZAL-BARRACfN.1994.Lavegetacióny elmedioflsicodelChacoÁridoenlaprovinciadeCórdoba,ArgentinaCentral.Phytocoenologia24:423-460.
- CABRERA,A.1976.Regionesfitogeográficasargentinas.Enciclop.Arg.Agrie.y Jardineria.ACME.BuenosAires.2 de2 (1):1-85.
- CARRANZA,M.L.;M.R.CABIDO;A.AcoSTAyS.A.PAEZ.1992.LascomunidadesvegetalesdelParqueNatu-ralProvincialy ReservaForestalNaturalChancani,ProvinciadeCórdoba.Lilloa28:75-92.
- DEsENNE,P.yS.STRAHL.1994.SituaciónpoblacionalyjerarquizaeióndeespeciesparalaconservacióndelafamiliaPsittacidaeenVenezuela.En:Biologiay con-servacióndelospsitácidosdeVenezuela,G.Mora-les,I. Novo,D.Bigio,A.Luyy F.Rojas-Suárezedi-tores;pp.231-272.Caracas,Venezuela.
- FORSHAW,J.H.1977.Parrotsoftheworld.LandsdowneEditions.Melbourne,Australia.
- FRIEDMAN,J.&D.SMITH.1950.Acontributiontotheor-nithologyofnorthweasternVenezuela.U.S.Nat.Mus.100:411-538.
- MOSA,S.G.;J. L.GARRIDO,J. J. SAUAD&V.NUJ'IEz.1992.ThemigrationoftheTurquoise-FrontedParrot,Ama-zonaaestiva,andtheAlderParrot,Amazonatueu-mana.ManejodeFauna.PublicaciónTécnicaN°7:1-13.
- NOREs,M.&D.YZURIETA.1994.Thestatusofargentineparrots.BirdConservationInternational4:313,328.
- OpDAM,P.;R.FOPPEN;R.REUNEN&A.SCHOTMAN.1994.Thelandscapeecologicalapproaehinbirdconserva·tion:integratingthemetapopulationconceptintospa·ti alplanning.Ibis137:S 139-S146.
- ROJAS-SUÁREZ,F.1994.Situaciónactualy aspectosdelabiologiadelÑangaro(Aratingaaeuticaudataneoxe-na)enlaIsladeMargarita.En:Biologiay conser-vacióndelospsitácidosdeVenezuela,G.Morales,I.Novo,D.Bigio,A.Luyy F.Rojas-Suárezeditores;pp.57-63.Caracas,Venezuela.
- SFERCO,G.D.1995.Larelaciónespecies/áreadeavesenunambientecontinuodebosquechaqueñodelaProvinciadeCórdoba.TesisdeGraduación.CentrodeZoologiaAplicada.UniversidadNacionaldeCórdoba.
- SIMBERLOFF,D.1994.Habitatfragmentationandpopu·lationextinctionofbirds.Ibis137:SI05·S11I.
- URBAN,D.L.;R.V.Q'NEILL&H.H.JR.SHUGART.1987.Landscapeecology.BioScience,37:119-27.
- WARD,P.&A.ZAHAVI.1973.Theimportaneeofcertainassemblagesofbirdsas«informationcenters»forfood-finding.Ibis115:517-533.
- WIENS,J.A.1989.Theecologyofbirdcommunities.Vol.2.Processesandvariations.Cambridge:Cam-bridgeUniversityPress.
How to cite
Esteban Fernandez, Eugenia V. Álvarez, Mónica B. Martella (1997). Seasonal variation in abundance of Blue-crowned Conures (Aratinga acuticaudata) at the Chancani Reserve, Córdoba, Argentina. El Hornero, Vol. 14 No. 4 (1997), 259-262. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i4.977
Downloads
482Full-text views
1Formats
License: CC BY-NC 4.0