FLAAR Reports encourages bird watching & bird & habitat preservation
There are lost of native Neotropical water birds in Guatemala, both for marine and for fresh water. Plus lots of birds from up north like to come to Guatemala for better weather. So here is a bibliography by FLAAR research assistant Estefani Serrano to introduce one of the two species of pelicans of Guatemala (and adjacent countries).
PDF’s, Articles, Books to assist Bird Watching
- 2015
- Survey of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Jacksonville, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist, Vol. 43, No. 2, pages 69-78.
Available Online:
www.fosbirds.org/sites/default/files/FFNs/FFNv43n2p69-78.pdf
- 2012
- Two new species of Contracaecum railliet and Henry, 1912 (Nematoda: Anisakidae), C. fagerholmi n. sp. And C. rudolphii F from the brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Syst Parasitol, Vol 81, pages 1-16.
Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/Two-new-species-of-Contracaecum-Railliet-Henry-1912-Nematoda-Anisakidae-C-fagerholmi-n-sp-and-C-rudolphii-F-from-the-brown-pelican-Pelecanus-occidentalis-in-the-northern-Gulf-of-Mexico.pdf
- 2016
- Distributional and temporal records of some Mexican birds. Cotinga, Vol. 9, pages 16-20.
Available Online:
www.neotropicalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cotinga-09-1998-16-20.pdf
- 2013
- Home ranges and habitat use Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Waterbirds, Vol. 36, No. 4, pages 494-500.
Available Online:
www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/publications/13pubs/king132.pdf
- 2012
- East versus West: Organic contaminant differences in brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) eggs from South Carolina, USA and the Gulf of California, Mexico. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 438, pages 527-532.
Available Online:
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent
- 1997
- Sea bird mortality at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: evidence that toxic diatom blooms are spreading. Toxican, Vol. 35, No. 3, pages 447-453.
Available Online:
www.bashanfoundation.org/ochoa/ochoaseabird.pdf
- 1945
- A review of the forms of the brown pelican. The Auk, Vol. 62, pages 577-586.
Available Online:
https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v062n04/p0577-p0586.pdf
First Posted June 14, 2017