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Three unusual bird nests from the Dominican Republic
(2003)
Abstract: We report unusual nests of Black Swift (Cypseloides niger), Palmchat (Dulus dominicus), and Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea), all in southwestern Dominican Republic.
The Golden Swallow Project (Proyecto Golondrina Verde) : Hispaniolan & Jamaican Golden Swallows
(2013)
Aerial insectivore species in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean are almost completely absent from the scientific literature. The paucity of work being conducted on this guild makes broad-scale and comparative population ...
Predation of a wintering migratory songbird by introduced rats : can nocturnal roosting behavior serve as predator avoidance?
(2009)
Many studies have demonstrated the deleterious effects of introduced predators on resident populations of island birds, but few have quantified their effect on the survival and space-use behavior of migratory species. We ...
Historical decline and probable extinction of the Jamaican Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea
(2013)
The endemic Jamaican subspecies of the Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea has been rare and locally distributed since its discovery in 1847. By the 1950s, its geographic range had contracted to a small region ...
Nests and nesting behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in abandoned bauxite mines in the Dominican Republic
(2008)
Little information is available on nesting of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea), a threatened species that occurs only on the island of Hispaniola. We report on six nests discovered and monitored in abandoned bauxite ...
A rare observation of White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) breeding activity on Hispaniola
(2018)
Abstract: The White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) has long been considered a common resident of Hispaniola. However, its breeding status on the island is poorly documented, and we are aware of only three previously ...
Forest restoration in the Dominican Republic : how I got the birds to work for me
(2017)
Birds’ ability to fly long distances and visit a variety of habitats in a relatively short period of time makes them great seed dispersers from the perspective of the plant, and these two groups have evolved a mutualism ...
Birdy hear, birdy do : Does playback attract seed dispersers to restoration sites?
(2020)
One aspect of the author's studies has been the community-level analysis at our sites in the central Dominican Republic in an attempt to fully document all feeding/dispersal relationships between all of the bird and plant ...
Effects of Hurricane Georges on habitat use by captive-reared Hispaniolan Parrots (Amazona ventralis) released in the Dominican Republic
(2005)
We radio-tagged and released 49 captive-reared Hispaniolan Parrots (Amazona ventralis) in Parque Nacional del Este (PNE), Dominican Republic, during 1997 and 1998. Our primary objective was to develop a restoration program ...
Buteo ridgwayi, Ridgway's Hawk
(2020)
Artículo que resume los resultados de una evaluación sobre el estado de conservación del Gavilán de la Hispaniola (Buteo ridgwayi) publicado en la «Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas» de la Unión Internacional para la ...