Bird observations in Los Roques, Venezuela. American Museum novitates ; no. 2599

Abstract

"Thirty-seven species of birds were observed during six weeks on Francisquí, Los Roques, Venezuela in May to July of 1973. The present report is of these observations with emphasis on the eight species found breeding on the island: common tern (Sterna hirundo), bridled tern (S. anaethetus), least tern (S. albifrons), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), black noddy (A. tenuirostris), common ground dove (Columbina passerina), bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia)"--P. [1].