Observaciones recientes de aves en el oasis de La Purísima, Baja California Sur, México

Abstract

THE SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BIRDS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT OASIS LA PURISIMA, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR (26°11'56"N:112°04'47"W) IS HERE PRESENTED. THE AREA WAS VISITED FROM NOVEMBER 2 TO 5, 1998. SIXTY SPECIES, BELONGING IN FOURTEEN ORDERS AND THIRTY TWO FAMILIES WERE OBSERVED. ADDED TO OTHER SPECIES MENTIONED IN THE LITERATURE, THE NUMBER OF RECENT RECORDS RISES TO 91. TWENTY FOUR OF THE SPECIES HERE REPORTED, HAD NOT BEEN RECENTLY OBSERVED; OF THESE, EIGHTEEN WERE WATER BIRDS AND SIX WERE LAND BIRDS. LA PURISIMA IS THE OASIS WITH THE HIGHEST SPECIES RICHNESS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. SIX SPECIES ARE INCLUDED IN SOME PROTECTION CATEGORY BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, WHICH REMARKS THE NEED TO CONSIDER ALL THE OASIS OF THE REGION IN THE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.