Mangrove Cuckoo
Common
Name: Mangrove Cuckoo (MACU)
Scientific
Name:
Coccyzus minor
Global/Continental
Conservation Status: Not
on IUCN 2004 Red List
National-level
Conservation Status: Nothing other than coverage
by the Migratory Bird Treat Act
Key
Reference(s):
BNA No. 299 (Hughes 1997)
Distribution:
Resident from Sinaloa and Tamaulipas south on both slopes of Middle
America to w
Panama
, and from s
Florida
and the
Bahamas
south throughout the Antilles and islands of w Caribbean Sea to
Venezuela
, the Guianas and n
Brazil
(AOU 1998)
Habitat
Associations:
Tropical deciduous forest, gallery forest, mangrove forest,
secondary forest (AOU 1998)
Source(s)
of Research/monitoring Needs (Number in ( ) is Physiographic Area number):
Subtropical Florida Bird Conservation Plan (01); Peninsular Florida
Bird Conservation Plan (02); BNA No. 299 (Hughes 1997); PIF Monitoring
Needs document (Partners in Flight Science Committee 2004)
PIF
Continental Plan Monitoring Needs Category:
Mo1
(Essentially no data on population trend); Mo4 (2/3 or more of Western
Hemisphere breeding range is south of
U.S.) (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
RESEARCH/MONITORING NEEDS (source(s) of needs)
Monitoring
- Priority
monitoring action – Conduct Caribbean/Mexican species-specific
surveys (PIF Monitoring Needs doc)
- Monitor
breeding populations of tidal swamp songbirds including MACU
(Subtropical Florida)
- High
priority candidate for rapid status assessment (PIF Monitoring Needs
doc); (similar) Gather population status information on priority
species (including MACU) (Subtropical Florida; Peninsular
Florida)
- Establish
baseline population estimates for MACU (BNA); Information on
population structure & regulation (BNA)
Habitat Needs/Ecology/Life History
- Gather
life history information on priority species including MACU in
Subtropical Florida - including nesting range and habitat requirements
(Subtropical Florida; BNA)
- Determine
fundamental ecological requirements of MACU (BNA)
- Develop
information on MACU breeding & communication behavior (BNA)
Effects of Management Practices
- Assess
the effects of mangrove cutting on tidal swamp bird species, including
MACU (Subtropical Florida; Peninsular Florida)
Demographics
- Determine
fecundity and mortality factors for MACU (BNA)
[Link
to References]
[Link
to PIF Bird Conservation Plans]
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