Primer registro de Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha para Cuba

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Eneider Pérez
Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, CITMA, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Patricia Rodríguez
Daysi Rodríguez
Alain Parada
Centro de Investigaciones de Eco- sistemas Costeros, CITMA Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Omilcar Barrios
Flora y Fauna, MINAGRI Camaguey, Cuba

Edwin Ruiz
Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales, CITMA Villa Clara, Cuba

Resumen: En Cayo Felipe de Barlovento fue encontrado nidificando un individuo de Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha dentro de una colonia de S. s. aciflavida. Este hecho constituye el primer registro de la subespecie para Cuba y su observación más al norte dentro de su rango de distribución en el Caribe. 


Palabras claves: Cuba, primer registro, Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha


Abstract: First record of Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha for Cuba- We found a breeding individual of Cayenne Tern (Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha) associated with a nesting colony of Sandwich Terns (S. s. acu- flavida) on Felipe de Barlovento Key. This represents the first report of the subspecies for Cuba and the northern most observation for the subspecies in the Caribbean.


Keywords: Cuba, first record, Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha

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Vol. 18 (2005)
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Eneider Pérez, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, CITMA, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

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