Status of Tern Colonies in the Honduras Bay Islands

2007/09/01 by David Shoch, David L. Anderson · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Avian ecology and behavior #Marine and coastal plant biology

paper · doi:10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0403:sotcit]2.0.co;2

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Abstract

In the first comprehensive survey of tern colonies in the Honduras Bay Islands, 46 cays were surveyed in 2005 and 2006 and three species of terns were observed nesting in colonies on ten individual cays. Apparent colony turnover was high between years for Least (Sternula antillarum) and Roseate (Sterna dougallii) Terns, from 71% to 100%, respectively. The first nest records of Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) for Honduras are documented.

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• Bay Islands Department [wikipedia]

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