Contributions to the distribution and diversity of birds in Guatemala

Bird diversity and distribution in Guatemala

Updating information on bird distribution

We published several compilations of bird records in individual papers, chapters and books, including an update on the inventory, distribution, and residency status of birds in Guatemala (Eisermann & Avendaño 2018), an annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala (Eisermann & Avendaño 2007), a chapter on avian diversity in Guatemala including a bibliography of Guatemalan ornithology (Eisermann & Avendaño 2006), a compilation on the distribution of Highland Guan (Eisermann et al. 2006). Knut Eisermann compiled from 2004 to 2015 noteworthy bird records from Guatemala as a contribution to the Central America section in the journal North American Birds (Jones 2004-2004, Jones & Komar 2006-2016, and Jones et al. 201), and served as reviewer of Guatemala data submitted to eBird from 2008 to 2015.

birds of Guatemala 2018 — Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2018) An update on the inventory, distribution and residency status of bird species in Guatemala. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 138: 148-229.

Compilation on avian diversity in Guatemala

We contributed a chapter on avian diversity (Eisermann & Avendaño 2006) in a book on biodiversity in Guatemala (Cano, E. 2006: Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Vol. 1. Universidad del Valle de Gutemala, Guatemala.). The bird chapter includes an updated list of bird species reliably reported in Guatemala, updated distributional information for more than 130 species, an evaluation of vulnerability on a national level using IUCN criteria (IUCN 2001), a bibliography of more than 1200 publications on Guatemalan birds from 1577 to 2004, and a list of international museums with holdings of Guatemalan bird specimens.

Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2006) Diversidad de aves en Guatemala, con una lista bibliográfica. Pp. 525-623 In: E. Cano (ed.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala, Vol. 1. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.

Checklist of the birds of Guatemala

We published a bilingual (English / Spanish) annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala (2007, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona). This is the first fully referenced checklist to the birds of Guatemala.

Eisermann, K. & Avendaño, C. 2007. Lista comentada de las aves de Guatemala - Annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Distribution and conservation of owls in Guatemala

We contributed chapters on the distribution and conservation of owls in Guatemala to two books on Neotropical owls:

Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2017) The owls of Guatemala. 447-515 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Neotropical owls: diversity and conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño. 2015. Los búhos de Guatemala. 381-434 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Los búhos neotropicales: diversidad y conservación. ECOSUR, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México.

Owls of Guatemala 2017 — Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2017) The owls of Guatemala. 447-515 in P. L. Enríquez (ed.) Neotropical owls: diversity and conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.

Asessments of local avian diversity and noteworthy bird records

We studied the avifauna of the Cerro El Amay Important Bird Area (IBA GT006), Sacranix Important Bird Area (IBA GT007), Yalijux Important Bird Area (IBA GT010), Lachuá-Ik'bolay Important Bird Area (IBA GT008), Municipality of Sibinal (part of IBA GT013), Los Tarrales Reserve (part of IBA GT015), and Parque Regional Municipal Todos Santos Cuchumatán (part of IBA GT005), among other sites. Results have been published in several avifaunal papers and short notes on noteworthy records (e.g. Avendaño 2001, Eisermann 2005, Eisermann & Schulz 2005, Eisermann et al. 2013, Matías & Eisermann 2018).

References

Eisermann, K. (2005) Noteworthy bird observations in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 125: 3-11.
Eisermann, K. & U. Schulz (2005) Birds of a high-altitude cloud forest in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Revista de Biología Tropical 53: 577-594.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2006) Diversidad de aves en Guatemala, con una lista bibliográfica. Pp. 525-623 In: E. Cano (ed.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala, Vol. 1. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2007) Lista comentada de las aves de Guatemala - Annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Eisermann, K. & C. Avendaño (2018) An update on the inventory, distribution and residency status of bird species in Guatemala. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 138: 148-229.
Eisermann, K., N. Herrera & O. Komar (2006) Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra). Pp. 90-95 In: D. M. Brooks (ed.) Conserving Cracids: the most threatened family of birds in the Americas. Miscellaneous Publications of the Houston Museum of Natural Science 6.
Eisermann, K., C. Avendaño & P. Tanimoto (2013). Birds of the Cerro El Amay Important Bird Area, Quiché, Guatemala.Cotinga 35: 81-93.
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red list categories and criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Jones, L. (2004-2005) Central America. North American Birds Vol 58-59.
Jones, H. L. & O. Komar (2006-2015) Central America. North American Birds Vol 59-69.
Jones, H. L., Komar, O. & J. van Dort (2016) The winter season, December 2014 through February 2015: Central America. North American Birds 69: 302-305.
Matías, E. & K. Eisermann (2018) First record of Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus in Central America. Bulletin British Ornithologists' Club 138: 383-385.