Background photo of Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) in El Salvador, Copyright 1994 by Oliver Komar
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Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis)--copyright 1999, Oliver Komar

Topics index:

  • Avian diversity in El Salvador
  • Biodiversity in Coffee Plantations
  • Conservation analyses
  • Detectability studies
  • El Imposible National Park (El Salvador)
  • Herpetofauna
  • Montecristo National Park (El Salvador)
  • San Marcelino Wildlife Refuge (El Sal.)
  • Shorebirds and waterbirds
  • Where to find birds in El Salvador

    Species index:

  • Chordeiles acutipennis (Lesser Nighthawk)
  • Coccothraustes abeillei (Hooded Grosbeak)
  • Euthlypis lachrymosa (Fan-tailed Warbler)
  • Hirundo fulva (Cave Swallow)
  • Icterus wagleri (Black-vented Oriole)
  • Leucopternis albicollis (White Hawk)
  • Petrochelidon fulva (Cave Swallow)
  • Picoides scalaris (Ladder-backed Woodpecker)
  • Sterna anaethetus (Bridled Tern)

    I wish to acknowledge the support of Dr. A. Townsend Peterson, my advisor in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas, and financial support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and the Madison A. and Lila Self Graduate Research Fellowship.


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