Actividad de vocalización del Burgo (Momotus momota) en la Selva pedemontana de Yungas del Parque Nacional Calilegua

Alejandro Schaaf; Mauricio S. Akmentins; Martín Boullhesen

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2023.67.1/2023-03-01

Authors

Alejandro Schaaf Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-5452
Mauricio S. Akmentins Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1313-9899
Martín Boullhesen Instituto de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina (PIDBA), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3468-6509

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2023.67.1/2023-03-01

Keywords:

Neotropical birds, Momotidae, Passive acoustic monitoring

Abstract

Birds vocalizations may be conditioned by behavioral and climatic factors and could be modulated by climatic conditions. In this work, we studied the daily and sea-
sonal patterns of vocal activity of the Amazonian Motmot (Momotus momota) in the Calilegua National Park, northwest Argentina. We used an automated recorder to record the vocalizations of this species during a complete annual cycle (September 2017 to August 2018). A total of 50 vocalizations were recorded; December was the month with the highest vocal activity, mainly at dawn and on days without rain.
Vocalizations performed before dawn were influenced by lunar illumination. Our results help to understand the daily and seasonal patterns of vocalization for this
species, and show that vocal activity would be related to communication between individuals during the early hours of the day.

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