KOMAR, O. 2001. Contribuciones a la avifauna de El Salvador. Cotinga 16:40-45.

ABSTRACT.—Information concerning the first El Salvador records of 15 species is presented. These are Merlin Falco columbarius, American Avocet Recurvirostra americana, American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica, Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus, California Gull Larus californicus, Caspian Tern Sterna caspia, Chestnut-collared Swift Cypseloides rutilus, Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi, Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor, Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva, Aztec Thrush Zoothera pinicola, Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis, Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus and Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea. The first photographic documentation for Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa, Red Knot Calidris canutus, Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica and Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis, previously known in El Salvador only from sight records, is also presented. Changes of status for four species, most of which were previously considered vagrants to the country, are reported: Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens, Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus, Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus, and Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan. New observations of four species reported previously only in obscure literature were made: Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii, Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus, Rock Pigeon Columba livia and Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis. Finally, records for nine rare or accidental species in El Salvador are reported: Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus, Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis, Herring Gull Larus argentatus, Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini, Elegant Tern Sterna elegans, American Pipit Anthus rubescens, Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera, Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata and Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina.

Photographic documentation for records discussed in the manuscript: Contribuciones a la avifauna de El Salvador

Map of El Salvador, showing localities mentioned in the Cotinga Manuscript.