Avifauna de la región oriente de la sierra de Huautla, Morelos, México

Abstract

WE PRESENT A LIST OF THE BRDS OF THE EASTERN REGION OF THE SIERRA DE HUAUTLA, MORELOS, FROM CONTINUOUS FIELD OBSERVATIONS, FROM MARCH 1998 TO DECEMBER 2000. WE RECORDED 177 SPECIES REPRESENTING 42 FAMILIES AND 17 ORDERS. THIS LIST INCLUDES STATUS, RELATIVE ABUNDANCCE, HABITAT AND GUILDS OF ALL SPECIES. THIS RESIDENT BIRDS WERE 60.45%, MIGRANTS 32.76% AND TRANSIENTS 6.77%. RARE SPECIES WERE 26.55%, SCARE 22.03% AND ABUNDANT 6.21%. FORTY-NINE SPECIES ARE INSECTIVOROUS, 36 CARNIVOROUS. THE HABITAT WITH HIGHER SPECIES RECORD WAS TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST (57). TWENTY-FOUR ARE CONSIDERED THREATENED AND 23 ARE EMDEMIC TO MEXICO.