New records of Van Rossem's Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) nests in the Coast of Jalisco, Mexico

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  • Salvador Hernández-Vázquez Departamento de Estudios para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Zona Costera, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara. Gómez Farías 82, San Patricio-Melaque, Cihuatlán, Jalisco, 48980, México.
  • Jesús Bojorques-Castro Departamento de Estudios para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Zona Costera, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara. Gómez Farías 82, San Patricio-Melaque, Cihuatlán, Jalisco, 48980, México.
  • Humberto Almanza-Rodríguez Departamento de Estudios para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Zona Costera, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara. Gómez Farías 82, San Patricio-Melaque, Cihuatlán, Jalisco, 48980, México.
  • Daniela Rodríguez-Torres Departamento de Estudios para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Zona Costera, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara. Gómez Farías 82, San Patricio-Melaque, Cihuatlán, Jalisco, 48980, México.
  • Dulce Díaz-Pereyra Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima. Bernal Díaz del Castillo #340, Colonia Villa San Sebastián, Colima, 28040, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2015.16.1.60

Keywords:

nesting, waterbirds, wetlands, central Mexican Pacific

Abstract

We report new nesting sites for the Van Rossem's Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) at the Agua Dulce and Xola-Paramán lagoons, in the coast of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. We first recorded the nests on 19 June, 2013 and monitored them at two-week intervals until 2 August, 2013. We found eight nests in the Agua Dulce lagoon and 16 in the Xola-Paramán lagoon. These new records expand the known nesting range of the Van Rossem's Gull-billed Tern along the Pacific coast, from San Diego, California to the state of Colima in Mexico.

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Published

2015-01-05

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Hernández-Vázquez, S., Bojorques-Castro, J., Almanza-Rodríguez, H., Rodríguez-Torres, D., & Díaz-Pereyra, D. (2015). New records of Van Rossem’s Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi) nests in the Coast of Jalisco, Mexico. Huitzil Revista Mexicana De Ornitologí­a, 16(1), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2015.16.1.60

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