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DeBuenelictis
1964
285
5 March
Guayaquil, Guayas Prov., Ecuador
bored and faniliar. Sitting in the scrub patches.
3) Vermillion Flycatcher - one dull male,
silent, only.
4) Groove-billed Ani - widely distributed,
conspicuous and "common" [in a grid it's size.
Not shy so its #'s are prob. out of proportion com-
pared to the other species.
5) Black Vulture - only 4 or 5 during the
day.
6) Turkey Vulture - do., at evening.
14) "military Starling"- widely spaced in the
bushes around the clumps of tule. The song starts
like a blackbird, ends on a buzz "tetti ta teeee"
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15) Great-tailed Skua - 6 or 8 in the day,
in the clumps of scrub. One bird had a solid black
cap, white line to the eye, and the rest were
grey headed. Sounds like a blue-grey cardinal.
No song.
16) Ground Dove - only 2 or 3. Another dove
( ) was much commoner.
20) Martin - not common [a swallow but
always 1 or 2 in sight overhead and frequently
perched. Some are very pale breasted.
21) Fairly common in all situations, and singing
loudly. Saw several stops of throat molt, from very