Range extension of bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from the Mexican Plateau, in El Tokio Priority Conservation Area, Nuevo León, Mexico
| Autor: | Hugo González-Páez, David Borre-González, Mauricio De LaMaza-Benignos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
military geography geography.geographical_feature_category Plateau 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Range (biology) military.commander Vegetation Prairie dog 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Archaeology Grassland Environmental protection biology.animal Bald eagle Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | The Southwestern Naturalist. 61:245-248 |
| ISSN: | 1943-6262 0038-4909 |
| DOI: | 10.1894/0038-4909-61.3.245 |
| Popis: | We report the unusual observation of an adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in southwestern Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in the Chihuahuan Desert south of known distribution of the species in the Mexican Plateau. The bald eagle was perched over natural grassland vegetation near croplands at the edge of a Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus) town in ejido El Potosi. Identification was made in the field, and the sighting recorded by photograph on 11 January 2015. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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