Multi-year monitoring of Piping Plovers (Charadriusmelodus) and other shorebirds in The Bahamas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Bahamas provides a wide range of crucial coastal habitats to many declining resident and migratory birds. Amongst these species is the Piping Plover (Charadriusmelodus), whose breeding populations are all listed as federally threatened or endangered in the United States and Canada. This species winters in the southern U.S. and the Caribbean, including The Bahamas, spending most of the year on the wintering grounds. Nonetheless, prior to the census data presented here, reports of Piping Plovers from The Bahamas were few and incidental. Therefore, repeated surveys are essential to increase understanding of the distribution, abundance and movement patterns of Piping Plovers and other shorebirds in the Bahamian territory. This dataset provides information on the a

SUBMITTER: Jeffery M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850249 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature