Check List 17(2): 401-405, doi: 10.15560/17.2.401

First documented records of Black-throated Flower-piercer, Diglossa brunneiventris (Lafresnaye, 1846) (Aves, Thraupidae), and Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (Lesson, 1847) (Aves, Laridae), on the southern coast of Peru

Yuri A. Peña^‡§, Luis Gonzalo Cano^‡§, R. Rodrigo Mena^‡§, Alberto Cáceres^‡

‡ Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru§ Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa (MUSA), Arequipa, Peru

Corresponding author: Yuri A. Peña ( ypenad@unsa.edu.pe )

Academic editor: Rodolpho Credo Rodrigues

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Citation: Peña YA, Cano LG, Mena RR, Cáceres A (2021) First documented records of Black-throated Flower-piercer, Diglossa brunneiventris (Lafresnaye, 1846) (Aves, Thraupidae), and Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (Lesson, 1847) (Aves, Laridae), on the southern coast of Peru. Check List 17(2): 401-405. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.401

Abstract

We report Black-throated Flower-piercer, Diglossa brunneiventris (Lafresnaye, 1846), and Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (Lesson, 1847), in the Tambo river estuary, Islay province, Arequipa department, Peru. Both species are newly documented from the southern coast of Peru. It is probable that D. brunneiventris has descended from the higher, inland portion of the Tambo river basin to the estuary. Sternula antillarum is considered a frequent visitor to the South American Pacific coast.

Keywords

Arequipa, estuary, new records, Sterna antillarum, Tambo River, Santuario Nacional Lagunas de Mejía, Pacific coast