Current Status of Research on the Shorebirds, Marsh Birds, and Waders of the Peninsula of Baja California

Abstract

Regarding the information on its birds, the peninsula of Baja California has a luxury status, compared to other regions of México. In this sense, it is useful to compare it with its nearest states: Sonora and Sinaloa. While the peninsula measures 143,790 km², Sonora is 184,937 km². Sinaloa (58,092 km²), although much smaller, has a wide arrange of habitats going from tropical forests to semiarid thornscrub, from sea-level mangroves to oak and pine forests.

Parent Publication

• Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 and 2

Citation

Mellink, Eric. 2005. Current Status of Research on the Shorebirds, Marsh Birds, and Waders of the Peninsula of Baja California. In: Ralph, C. John; Rich, Terrell D., editors 2005. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference. 2002 March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1 Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: p. 149-150