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| Trainees during the first bird monitoring course in the Chelemhá Reserve, Yalijux Mountain. See more photos. |
Since July 2006 farmers from villages adjacent to the Chelemhá and K’anti Shul Reserves are being trained to conduct bird counts in the cloud forest of both nature reserves. See Part I: Introduction and Methods for the methodology of this training. Previous studies showed a high importance of the Yalijux Mountain for conservation (Eisermann 1999, Eisermann & Schulz 2002, Renner 2003, Renner et al. 2006). Several bird species endemic to the northern Central American highland were reported. A population interchange of Resplendent Quetzals (Pharomachrus mocinno) was also evidenced between the Sierra de las Minas mountain range and the Yalijux mountain (Paiz 1996).
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Information from previous studies:
| Most abundant species (dominance >1%) of the cloud forest, based on line transect counts (Eisermann & Schulz 2005) |
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Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys (Troglodytidae) Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (Thraupidae) Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus (Tyrannidae) Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens (Tyrannidae) Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii (Turdidae) Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus (Trochilidae) Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus (Troglodytidae) Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli (Parulidae) Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha (Emberizidae) Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus (Tyrannidae) Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata (Columbidae) Black Robin Turdus infuscatus (Turdidae) Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis (Dendrocolaptidae) Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami (Trochilidae) Mountain Robin Turdus plebejus (Turdidae) Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor (Turdidae) Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis (Turdidae) ‡ Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla (Parulidae) Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens (Trochilidae) Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus (Trogonidae) Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola (Psittacidae) Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo (Corvidae) Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula (Emberizidae) Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima (Thraupidae) Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus (Picoidae) Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno (Trogonidae) |
| ‡ Nearctic-Neotropical Migrant. |
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Eisermann, K. (1999) Avifaunistisch-ökologische Untersuchungen in einer Nebelwaldregion Guatemalas als Grundlage für die Entwicklung eines Biomonitoringprogramms. (Avifaunistic-ecological research in a cloud forest region of Guatemala as a base for the development of a biomonitoring program). Thesis, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany.
Eisermann, K. & U. Schulz (2002) Ermittlung von Vogel-Zielarten für ein Regenwaldschutzprojekt. (Ascertainment of bird target species for a rain forest conservation project.) Beiträge für Forstwirtschaft und Landschaftsökologie 36: 14-17.
Eisermann, K. & U. Schulz (2005) The bird community of a high-altitude cloud forest in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Revista de Biología Tropical 53: 577-594.
Paiz, M. C. (1996) Migraciones estacionales del Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno mocinno de la llave) en la Sierra de las Minas y sus alrededores: implicaciones para su conservación. Tésis Univ. del Valle de Guatemala.
Renner, S. (2003) Structure and diversity of cloud forest bird communities in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, and implications for conservation. Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Renner, S. C., M. Waltert & M. Mühlenberg (2006) Comparison of bird communities in primary vs. young secondary tropical montane cloud forest in Guatemala. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 1545-1575.
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