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Guano Islands: Perú

Guano Islands: Perú. December 2008 . José A. Ochoa .

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Guano Islands: Perú

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  1. Guano Islands: Perú December 2008 José A. Ochoa

  2. Guano Islands are a group of small rocky islands off the coast of Peru, usually they are bordered with cliffs on all sides, and mostly covered by the nests and guano of many seabirds. Guano is a quechua word “wanu”, meaning “droppings of sea birds”.

  3. Islands visited Islas Guañape Isla Santa Isla Mazorca Islas Ballestas, San Gallan

  4. Guano is an effective fertilizer, consists of ammonia, with high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen. These islands were of interest for their extensive guano deposits. The Incas assigned great value to guano, restricting access to the islands. Isla Mazorca Seabirds Sula variegata Pelecanus thagus

  5. birdnest Hadruroides is the only scorpion genus present in these islands Scorpions were collected at night with UV light detection in rocky areas, as well as under stones and bird nests during the day. Hadruroides tishqu

  6. Four specimens under one bird nest !!!!

  7. Guano islands are currently protected by the Peruvian state Islas Ballestas

  8. Caleta Huacho on the coastal mainland, northern Peru Isla San Gallan, Ica José A. Ochoa and two local fishermen, Isla Mazorca Joyce Vitorino and José A. Ochoa, Islas Ballestas

  9. Ecuador 20 days (8–18 November, 14–22December 2008) ca. 1700 km, between 300–2000 m, exclusively through montane rainforest on the eastern and western sides of the Andes in the following provinces: Pichincha, Napo, Tunguragua and Morona Santiago

  10. Baños, Tunguragua Tityus roigi Teuthraustes

  11. Misahualli river, Napo Tityus asthenes Nanegalito, Pichincha

  12. Tityus bastosi Tayunts, Los Tayos Ananteris ashmolei Faustino Tsenkush , Marco Shakai and Cristobal Chiriap Tityus demangei

  13. Acknowledgments to: Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales de Perú (INRENA) Proyecto Especial de Promoción del Aprovechamiento de Abonos Provenientes de Aves Marinas (PROABONOS) Ministerio del Ambiente de la Republica del Ecuador Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales AMNH Kalbfleisch Postdoctoral Fellowship Help in fieldwork Joyce Vitorino Villegas (Univ. Nac. Cusco). Eufemio Rea and Cesar Rea (Huacho). Faustino Tsenkush , Marco Shakai and Cristobal Chiriap (Los Tayos, Ecuador)

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