Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico — John Shaqi
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoKlaas, Erwin E.
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Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Klaas, Erwin E.
Birds -- Yucatan Peninsula
_Stelgidopteryx ruficollis_ Audubon: Rough-winged Swallow.--Previous
records indicate that three subspecies of this species occur on the
Yucatán Peninsula (Paynter, 1955a:209). One of these, _S. r. ridgwayi_,
is resident. _S. r. serripennis_, representing the breeding population
occurring from British Columbia and New Hampshire over much of the
United States to central California, central Texas, and the Gulf
states, has been taken on the peninsula in winter. Paynter referred two
specimens taken in late September and three January-taken specimens to
_S. r. stuarti_, the highland race that breeds from the mountains of
southern Veracruz to Guatamala.
Allan R. Phillips had identified two immature individuals (40694 and
40712) from Pisté as _S. r. stuarti_; one specimen from Puerto Juarez
also is an immature and is nearly identical to those from Pisté. Two
adults from Pisté (40691 and 40710) are noticeably darker dorsally than
the immatures but are molting extensively and their identification to
subspecies is equivocal. Two other adults (40706 and 40715) were
prepared as skeletons.
Although mid-July seems early for _S. r. stuarti_ to be present on the
peninsula it is not too surprising since the three specimens positively
identified are immature birds and young possibly arrive earlier than do
adults. But, the immature specimens possibly are atypical individuals
of the resident population of _S. r. ridgwayi_.
Except for the immature individual from 5 km. WSW Puerto Juarez, all
specimens were taken in mist nets over the _cenote_ at Pisté where
_Petrochelidon fulva_ also was obtained.
Specimens (7): [Male], 40694, imm., 16.2 gm., [Female], 40691,
ovary inactive, 16.4 gm., molting--general body molt, 5th primaries
and middle pair of rectrices ensheathed, [Female], 40712, imm.,
14.5 gm., [Female], 40706, 14.8 gm., [Male], 40715, 16.4 gm.,
[Male], 40710, 18.5 gm., molting--general body molt, 1st primaries
and middle pair of rectrices ensheathed, all from Pisté, July 21
and 25; [Male], 40720, imm., 15.5 gm. (August 1), 5 km. WSW Puerto
Juarez.
_Hirundo rustica erythrogaster_ Boddaert: Barn Swallow.--Specimen (1):
[Female], 40721, imm., 7.3 gm. (August 18), apparently an early
migrant, 2 km. WSW Sisal.
_Iridoprocne albilinea_ (Lawrence): Mangrove Swallow.--Specimen (1):
[Female], 40722, imm. (July 7), Puerto Real, Isla del Carmen.
_Cissilopha yucatanica_ (Dubois): Yucatán Jay.--Heretofore, breeding
activity has been recorded only in March (Paynter, 1955a:217). All
specimens in my collection have extensively worn plumage and were
beginning to molt.
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