Abstract

DE LA OSSA-V., Jaime; GALVAN-GUEVARA, Silvia  and  DE LA OSSA-LACAYO, Alejandro. CATTLE POND IMPORTANCE IN THE LOCAL CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2012, vol.15, n.1, pp.181-186. ISSN 0123-4226.

Was carried out an inventory of the resident or visitor avifauna associated to an artificial pond or "jagüey" of the Colombian Caribbean coast that is used as cattle water reservation for the dry season and that it is also used as water source of water for its near human communities. The registration of individuals of each species was made during the dry season and at the beginning of the rainy season, using two fixes observation points. In this bird community, 28 species belonging to 15 families were determined, of which as continuous residents (RC) 11 species (39,3%), as regular visitors (VR) 7 species (25%), and as occasional visitors (VO) 10 species (35.7%) were identified; this allows to accept the strategic importance of this type of artificial lagoons in the conservation of the local biodiversity, showing that the agroecosystems can conserve an important part of the biodiversity of its previous natural ecosystem.

Keywords : Artificial pond; avifauna; abundance; Caribbean; Colombia.

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