Check List 20(4): 996-1003, doi: 10.15560/20.4.996
First record of a breeding site of Ara militaris mexicanus (Ridgway, 1915), Military Macaw (Psittacidae), in the Alto Balsas Poblano Region, Mexico
expand article infoLeopoldo Daniel Vázquez-Reyes‡, Víctor Hugo Jiménez-Arcos‡, Patricia Ramírez-Bastida‡, Jorge Tanit Rodríguez-Malacara‡, Ana María Contreras-González‡, Oscar Salomón Sanabria-Urban‡, Francisco Alberto Rivera-Ortiz‡
‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico

Corresponding author: Francisco Alberto Rivera-Ortiz ( francisco.rivera@iztacala.unam.mx )

Academic editor: Jonas Rosoni
© Leopoldo Daniel Vázquez-Reyes, Víctor Hugo Jiménez-Arcos, Patricia Ramírez-Bastida, Jorge Tanit Rodríguez-Malacara, Ana María Contreras-González, Oscar Salomón Sanabria-Urban, Francisco Alberto Rivera-Ortiz.
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Citation: Vázquez-Reyes LD, Jiménez-Arcos VH, Ramírez-Bastida P, Rodríguez-Malacara JT, Contreras-González AM, Sanabria-Urban OS, Rivera-Ortiz FA (2024) First record of a breeding site of Ara militaris mexicanus (Ridgway, 1915), Military Macaw (Psittacidae), in the Alto Balsas Poblano Region, Mexico. Check List 20(4): 996-1003. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.996
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Abstract
We report a new breeding site of Ara militaris mexicanus (Ridway, 1915), Military Macaw, in the state of Puebla in the Alto Balsas river basin, Mexico. The breeding site is in the Cañón Grande area along the Nexapa River. Observed temporality and breeding behaviors agree with the recorded breeding season of this species in Central Mexico. Notably, the region has no current designation as a protected natural area for conservation. We recommend collaboration with the local community to initiate efforts towards designate the Alto Balsas river basin as a protected natural area.
Keywords
Conservation, tropical dry forest, Nexapa River, breeding site, breeding behaviors, Santa María Cohetzala