Cuentas de Especies

Herramientas para administradores de tierras

Nuestra meta es proporcionar un recurso fácil de usar que ayude a considerar a las aves al tomar decisiones de administración de la tierra. Diseñamos estas cuentas para los biólogos de las dependencias, administradores de tierras y demás personas que se ocupan de las decisiones diarias que afectan a las aves y sus hábitats, pero que pueden o no ser expertos en aves. Cada cuenta incluye la información pertinente para quienes toman las decisiones de manejo de la tierra. También resume los detalles de conservación clave y las recomendaciones de actividades de manejo para apoyar a las aves. Las cuentas incluyen tanto especies prioritarias para la conservación, como las aves que son buenas indicadoras de la salud del hábitat.

Esperamos que estas cuentas le ayuden a orientar su trabajo y el proceso de toma de decisiones. Si tiene preguntas o quiere discutir las opciones de manejo, favor de comunicarse con Adam Hannuksela. Las cuentas sólo están disponibles en inglés por el momento.

Cómo usar las cuentas

La primera página de cada cuenta presenta una foto de las condiciones de conservación de la especie, las características del hábitat clave e información básica de historia natural. Desarrollamos una referencia rápida para ayudar a interpretar dicha información.

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La segunda página de cada cuenta es un mapa que muestra la distribución prevista en Arizona. El resto de la cuenta describe las amenazas y proporciona listas claras y concisas de las actividades recomendadas para enfrentar dichas amenazas. Al final de cada cuenta se encuentra una lista exhaustiva de la literatura citada a fin de poder encontrar más información a detalle en caso de así desearlo.

A futuro, tenemos planeado ampliar esta lista de especies, así como añadir cuentas para los hábitats prioritarios.

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Ver lista

Ver las cuentas por hábitat primario. Haz clic en cualquier nombre de hábitat para ampliar la tabla y mostrar todas las especies asociadas con ese hábitat. Luego haz clic en una especie particular para producir un PDF de esa cuenta en una ventana nueva. También puedes descargar todas las cuentas como archivo ZIP.

Mixed conifer-aspen habitat occurs from 6,000-12,500 feet in elevation. High canopy cover with relatively little undergrowth characterizes this habitat. It is composed primarily of Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, Gambel and silverleaf oaks, bigtooth maple, and quaking aspen.

Mixed Conifer-Aspen Species Accounts

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Sonoran desertscrub occurs below 3,500 feet in elevation. Rainfall is unevenly distributed and ranges from almost nothing to 13 inches per year. Creosote bush, bursage, and saltbush dominate the vegetation. Scattered trees, mainly paloverdes and mesquite, mixed with saguaro and other cactuses, characterize Upland Sonoran desertscrub. Plant communities include paloverde-cactuses-mixed scrub, creosote bush-crucifixion thorn, and jojoba-mixed scrub.

Sonoran Desertscrub Species Accounts

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Cold-temperate desertscrub occurs from 3,000-6,500 feet in elevation. It consists of scattered small-leafed shrubs and usually has no trees or succulents. Dominant species include big sagebrush and shadscale, along with greasewood, rabbitbrush, horsebrush, and winterfat. Perennial bunchgrass constitutes a vital aspect of this habitat. Extensive expanses of blackbrush and shadscale occur at lower elevations, while sagebrush dominates at high elevations on deep loamy soils.

Cold-temperate Desertscrub Species Accounts

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High elevation grasslands primarily occur on the Mogollon Plateau, with a few exceptions in southeastern Arizona. Subalpine grassland occurs from 8,500-9,500 feet in elevation while Great Basin grassland occurs at 5,000-7,500 feet. Perennial bunchgrasses with forbs and bare ground interspersed dominate subalpine grasslands. They can also have areas of scattered, low-lying shrubs and occasional taller trees and shrubs. Subalpine grasslands receive more moisture than Great Basin grasslands and can support wet meadow habitat. Great Basin grasslands are more widely distributed in the state. Perennial grasses such as grama, buffalo grass, indian rice grass, and other species dominate Great Basin grasslands, which can also include scattered shrubs, particularly sagebrush, saltbush, cholla, and rabbitbrush.

High Elevation Grasslands Species Accounts

Semi-desert grasslands occur from 3,000 to 4,500 feet in elevation. Historically, perennial bunchgrasses such as big sacaton, tobosa, black grama dominated this habitat, intermixed with other grass species, forbs, and patches of bare ground. Frequent low-intensity fires that leave bunchgrasses alive and prevent shrubs and trees from dominating the landscape maintain this habitat. Sonoran savanna grasslands include grass species such as Rothrock’s grama and three-awns along with scattered trees and shrubs, such as ironwood, paloverde, and velvet mesquite. Interspersed among these grasses are patches of forbs and bare ground, along with a few scattered shrubs, small trees, and cactuses.

Semi-desert Grasslands Species Accounts

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Lowland riparian woodland habitat occurs from 80-4,000 feet in elevation. Fremont cottonwood, Goodding’s willow, and various species of mesquite historically dominated lowland riparian gallery forests, together with various species of mesquite, and Arizona sycamore strongly influencing the higher elevations of this habitat zone. More recently, exotic tamarisk has invaded many riparian areas of the southwest, which can then dominate the woodland layer. Healthy riparian habitat has multiple age classes of woodland vegetation, emergent wetlands, herbaceous understory, and high plant diversity, including species such as velvet ash, walnut, and netleaf hackberry. The somewhat drought-tolerant mesquite and netleaf hackberry often dominate the transitional zone between strictly riparian vegetation and dry uplands.

Lowland Riparian Woodland Species Accounts

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Madrean pine-oak occurs at 4,000 to 7,200 feet in elevation. It includes open stands of evergreen oak species, with junipers and pinyon pine intermixed. At higher elevations, evergreen oaks co-dominate with pines, particularly Apache, Chihuahua, and ponderosa. Perennial bunchgrasses and low-growing shrubs such as manzanita, mountain mahogany, cliffrose, and sumacs form the understory.

Madrean Pine-Oak Species Accounts

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Montane riparian habitat occurs from 4,000-8,000 feet in elevation. It exists in narrow groves of deciduous trees, sycamore, and cottonwoods at lower elevations, while at higher elevations willows, thin-leaf alder, and aspen are dominant. Intermittent and perennial water flow is characteristic of this habitat.

Montane Riparian Species Accounts

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Ponderosa pine forests occurs from 6,000-9,000 feet in elevation. They form open stands with an abundant understory layer of grasses, forbs, and shrubs. Understory species can include Gambel or netleaf oak, aspen, locust, and fir or juniper species. Frequent, low-intensity wildfires historically maintained this condition. Fire suppression and harvesting of large commercial timber has changed stand structure in many places to denser canopies of younger trees and lower plant diversity.

Pine Forest Species Accounts

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Pinyon-juniper is a cold-adapted evergreen woodland extending from the low timberline to the ponderosa pine forest zone, around 5,000- 7,300 feet in elevation. Juniper and pinyon pine dominate this habitat. Pinyon-juniper stands range from openly-spaced savanna to closed forest. Other shrubs associated with this habitat include cliffrose, Apache plume, barberry, soapweed, bitterbrush, and buffaloberry, with mountain mahogany at higher elevations.

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Species Accounts

Freshwater wetlands in Arizona can be natural or artificial. They occur from close to sea level to 9,400 feet in elevation. Water levels fluctuate throughout the year depending on rainfall, draw down for agriculture, or management action for municipal water. Freshwater wetlands ideally are about half open, with variable water depths that support a diversity of submerged and emergent plant species, such as cattails, rushes, sedges, and various pondweeds.

Wetlands Species Accounts

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Ver tablas

Clasifica la tabla por nombre de especie, hábitat primario u orden taxonómico haciendo clic en el encabezado de la columna correspondiente. Haz clic en el nombre de una especie para abrir un PDF de la cuenta en una ventana separada. También puedes descargar todas las cuentas de un hábitat determinado como archivo ZIP.

Order
Species
Primary Habitat
595 Band-Tailed Pigeon Mixed Conifer Forest
150 Dusky Grouse Mixed Conifer Forest
1223 Olive-sided Flycatcher Mixed Conifer Forest
965 Red-naped Sapsucker Mixed Conifer Forest
1961 Yellow-eyed Junco Mixed Conifer Forest
817 Costa's Hummingbird Sonoran Desertscrub
958 Gila Woodpecker Sonoran Desertscrub
993 Gilded Flicker Sonoran Desertscrub
1643 LeConte's Thrasher Sonoran Desertscrub
1922 Sage Thrasher Cold-Temperate Desertscrub
1633 Sagebrush Sparrow Cold-Temperate Desertscrub
356 Ferruginous Hawk High-Elevation Grassland
1906 Botteri's Sparrow Semiarid Grassland
2024 Eastern Meadowlark Semiarid Grassland
1928 Grasshopper Sparrow Semiarid Grassland
1902 Rufous-winged Sparrow Semiarid Grassland
115 Scaled Quail Semiarid Grassland
350 Swainson's Hawk Semiarid Grassland
1271 Brown-crested Flycatcher Lowland Riparian Woodland
690 Elf Owl Lowland Riparian Woodland
1702 Lucy's Warbler Lowland Riparian Woodland
1941 Song Sparrow Lowland Riparian Woodland
643 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (coming soon) Lowland Riparian Woodland
976 Arizona Woodpecker Madrean Pine-Oak Woodland
129 Montezuma Quail Madrean Pine-Oak Woodland
671 Whiskered Screech-Owl Madrean Pine-Oak Woodland
796 American Dipper Montane Riparian
334 Common Black Hawk Montane Riparian
895 Elegant Trogon Montane Riparian
1771 Red-faced Warbler Montane Riparian
1440 Violet-green Swallow Montane Riparian
665 Flammulated Owl Pine Forest
330 Northern Goshawk Pine Forest
1244 Gray Flycatcher Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
371 Black Rail Wetlands
263 Least Bittern Wetlands
1491 Marsh Wren Wetlands
375 Virginia Rail Wetlands

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Estas cuentas se inspiraron en las especies del Observatorio de Aves de la Gran Cuenca (GBBO) y las cuentas de los hábitats para Nevada; agradecemos al GBBO su colaboración al trabajar con el Sonoran Joint Venture y el Departamento de Caza y Pesca de Arizona para crear una versión para Arizona. También estamos sumamente agradecidos con todos los biólogos voluntarios que revisaron los borradores y contribuyeron con su pericia, así como con todos los fotógrafos que nos permitieron utilizar sus imágenes.

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