Migratory shorebirds Monitoring

Implementation of seasonal censuses in different key wetlands for shorebirds, in Maullín and Quinchao Island. Together with getting information about the abundance and richness of birds, food offer is sampled and analyzed, putting special emphasis on species like Hudsonian Godwits (Limosa haemastica), Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) and Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis). This project is supported by the International Conservation Fund of Canada, The Western Hemisphere of sites reserves network  (WHSRN) and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences.

 

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