BULLETIN FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM


TABLE 11.-ROADSIDE CENSUSES ON CAYMAN BRAC.O

 Limestone Bluff Forest Scrub Woodland"*
 Species (2.4 acres) (4.8 acres)
 Elaenia martinica 60"** 16
 Mimus polyglottos 0 4
 Coereba flaveola 44 28
 Mimocichla plumbea 0 6
 Vireo crassirostris 4 6
 Vireo altiloquus 6 0
 Dendroica vitellina 12 24
 Tiaris olivacea 0 16
 Tyrannus dominicensis 0 6
 Columbina passerina 0 2
 Zenaida asiatica 8 4
 Coccyzus minor 4 0
 Ardeola ibis 0 2

 Average number of birds seen per five 1-hour censuses in late June 1970
 ** Included three house sites and yards
 "" All density figures are converted to a 10-acre basis

 TABLE 12.-BIRDS OF PROBABLE SUCCESSIONAL STAGES ON GRAND CAYMAN.

 Pastures and Logwood Logwood- Limestone
 Breeding Species Cultivated Areas Forest Palm-Birch Forest
Columbina passerina FC
Crotophaga ani C
Chordeiles minor U
Mimus polyglottos C FC
Tiaris olivacea FC U
Dendroica petechia U U
Vireo crassirostris FC FC U
Colaptes auratus U U FC
Vireo magister C FC C
Dendroica vitellina VC VC FC
Coereba flaveola VC C VC
Quiscalus niger C FC U
Myiarchus stolidus U FC FC
Zenaida asiatica U
Tyrannus caudifasciatus FC
Zenaida aurita U U
Centurus superciliaris FC FC
Elaenia martinica VC VC
Spindalis zena U FC
Melopyrrha nigra U FC
Amazona leucocephala FC
Columba leucocephala U
Leptotila jamaicensis U
 Total breeding species 5 10 15 15
 Abundance index* 11 22 29 30
 Total wintering species 16 24 25 15
 Abundance index 30 42 47 32
*Obtained by summations of equivalent values: U= 1, FC=2, C= 3, VC=4.


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