Check List 12(2): e19459, doi: 10.15560/12.2.1857
A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Fernando Félix‡,
Ben Haase‡‡ Museo de Ballenas, Ecuador
Corresponding author:
Fernando Félix
(
fefelix90@hotmail.com
)
© 2017 Fernando Félix, Ben Haase. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Félix F, Haase B (2016) A new record of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Check List 12(2): 1857. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.2.1857 |  |
Abstract
We report a record of a single individual of the Blackish Oystercatcher, Haematopus ater ater (Vieillot and Oudart, 1825), photographed on 7 February 2015 in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador (02.73° S, 080.22° W). This species regularly occurs along rocky sea coasts, mainly in cold and temperate areas of South America. The record was observed during the warmest season and when an ongoing ENSO event in the Southeast Pacific has been confirmed. We discuss two potential causes for this unusual record: variability of environment conditions and population expansion from the Peruvian population.
Keywords
Blackish Oystercatcher; distribution; Ecuador, Gulf of Guayaquil; El Niño–Southern Oscillation event