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PUERTO RICAN ENDEMIC AVIFAUNA
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Depending on the taxonomy group you follow, we have from 18 to 19 endemic species. This section includes the 19 endemic species. A link to the endemic subspecies of Puerto Rico will be added in the future.
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The South American Classification Committee (SACC)
has just accepted a proposal (based on a paper
published by Gary Stiles: see http://www.
ornitologiacolombiana.org/oc8/Stiles.pdf) to split the “blue-
crowned” motmot into five species. The proposal can be
viewed at: http://www.museum.lsu.
edu/~Remsen/SACCprop412.html. The significance of
this to the Caribbean is that the taxon in Trinidad and
Tobago has been split off to form the Trinidad Motmot
Motmotus bahamensis (thus forming another endemic to
our region).
As background, SACC’s geographic area includes
“islands in the Caribbean Sea close to South America and
not covered by the AOU Checklist (i.e. it includes the
Netherlands Antilles, and Trinidad and Tobago)”. See http:
//www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html for
more details.
SACC country lists, including for T&T and the ABC islands
are available as an Excel spreadsheet from: http://www.
museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.html
Continuing this taxonomic theme, a paper by Garrido,
Wiley and Reynard ([2009] Taxonomy of the Loggerhead
Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus complex [Aves:
Tyrannidae]. Wilson J. Orn. 121[4]: 703-713) has
proposed the separation of Loggerhead Kingbird
populations in Puerto Rico and Isla Vieques (T. taylori),
and Hispaniola (T. gabbii) as distinct species (creating
two more island endemics).
David C. Wege
Senior Caribbean Program Manager/ Jefe, Programa del Caribe |
BirdLife International |