Key areas for wintering North American herons
Colonial Waterbirds
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Abstract
Nearly all North American heron populations are migratory, but details of where they winter are little known. Locations where North American herons winter were identified using banding recovery data. North American herons winter from Canada through northern South America but especially in eastern North America south of New York, Florida, California, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and Cuba, these areas accounting for 63% of winter recoveries. We identified regions where recoveries for various species clustered as 'key areas.' These forty-three areas constitute a network of areas that hold sites that likely are important to wintering herons. The relative importance of each area and site within the network must be evaluated by further on the ground inventory. Because of biases inherent in the available data, these hypothesized key areas are indicative rather than exhaustive. As a first cut, this network of areas can serve to inform further inventory activities and can provide an initial basis to begin planning for the year-round conservation of North American heron populations.
Suggested Citation
Mikuska, T., Kushlan, J., Hartley, S., 1998, Key areas for wintering North American herons: Colonial Waterbirds, v. 21, no. 2, p. 125-134, https://doi.org/10.2307/1521899.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Key areas for wintering North American herons |
| Series title | Colonial Waterbirds |
| DOI | 10.2307/1521899 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Waterbird Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 125 |
| Last page | 134 |