A new case of leucism in the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura; Cathartiformes: Cathartidae) for Cuba
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A new case of Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758), with partial leucism is registered for the Cuban archipelago. The observation was made in the Escaleras de Jaruco Protected Natural Landscape area located in the municipalities of Jaruco and San José de las Lajas, in the Heights of Tapaste, in the current province of Mayabeque. The sighting occurred in the morning hours (10:30 a.m.), on the plume of a palma real (Roystonea regia, H.B.K. Cook). This is considered the first record for the western Cuban region and the fourth for the country. The current distribution of leucistic individuals in Cuba includes the regions: western (the present record), central (with two records) and a record dating from the XIX century, where the locality is not specified.
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Bensch, S., B. Hansson, D. Hasselquist y B. Nielsen. 2000. Partial albinism in a semi-isolated population of great reed warblers. Hereditas, 133: 167–170.
Buckley, P. A. 1982. Avian genetics. Pp. 21–110. En: Petrak, M. (Ed.) Diseases of cage and aviary birds. Second Edition. Philadelphia, EUA: Lea and Febiger.
Cabrera, R. 2007. Tierra y ganadería en Guanacaste. Editorial Tecnológica de CR, 857 pp.
Campbell, R. W., M. I. Preston, L. M. Van Damme y D. Mac Rae. 2005. Featured Species -Turkey Vulture. Wildlife Afield, 2 (2): 96–116.
Delibes, M., V. Mézan-Muxart y J. Calzada. 2013. Albino and melanistic genets (Genetta genetta) in Europe. Acta Theriologica, 58 (1): 95–99.
Ferrer-Sánchez, Y. y R. Rodríguez-Estrella. 2014. Partial albino Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in the island of Cuba. Ornitologia Neotropical, 25: 119–122.
Figueroa, J., M. Stucchi y G. Mori. 2011. Casos de leucismo en el Gallinazo de Cabeza Roja (Cathartes aura) en la isla Lobos de Tierra, Perú. Boletín informativo UNOP, 2: 14–18.
Galetti, M. y P. R. Guimarães Jr. 2004. Seed dispersal of Attalea phalerata (Palmae) by Crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in the Pantanal and a review of frugivory by raptors. Ararajuba, 12 (2): 133–135.
Guerra Solana, J. L., D. Breto Benítez y D. Breto Benítez. 2020. Primer registro de leucismo parcial en una nidada de Tiaris Olivaceus (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) del occidente de Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, 16: 183–186.
Gundlach, J. 1876. Contribución a la ornitología cubana. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana, 369 pp.
Gundlach, J. 1891. Notes on Some Species of Birds of the Island of Cuba. The Auk, 2: 187–191.
Howell, S. N. G. y S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, 851 pp.
Jehl, J. R. 1985. Leucism in Eared Grebes in western North America. The Condor, 87: 439–441.
Jones, G. W. 1933. Partial albinism in Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Auk, 50 (4): 431.
Peles, J. D., M. F. Lucas y G. W. Barrett. 1995. Population dynamics of agouti and albino meadow voles in high-quality, grassland hábitats. Journal of Mammalogy, 76 (4): 1013–1019.
Robinson, W. 1888. Notes on some albino birds presented to the U. S. National Museum, with some remarks on albinism. Proceedings of United States National Museum, 9: 413–416.
Thiollay, J. M. 1994. Family Accipitridae (bawks and eagles). Pp. 52–105, En: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott y J. Sargatal (Eds.), Handbook of the birds of the world. Volumen 2. New world vultures to guineafowl. Lynx Editions, Barcelona, Spain.
Tinajero, R. y R. Rodríguez-Estrella. 2010. Albinism in the Crested Caracara and other raptors in Baja California Sur, México. Journal of Raptor Research, 44: 325–328.
Torres, M. y I. Franke. 2008. Reporte de albinismo en Podiceps major, Pelecanus thagus y Cinclodes fuscus y revisión de aves silvestres albinas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología, 15 (1): 105–108.
van Grouw, H. 2006. Not everywhite bird is an albino: sense and nonsense about colour aberrations in birds. Dutch Birding, 28: 79–89.
van Grouw, H. 2013. What colour is that bird? The causes and recognition of common colour aberrations in birds. British Birds, 106: 17–29.
Zavalaga, C. B. 2003. Sighting of albinistic Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura jota in Lobos de Tierra island, Peru. Vulture News, 48: 33.
Zeiger, J. M., J. Proctor y S. E. Inman. 2017. Observations of leucistic Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) in Jamaica. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology, 2: 128–133.
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Hernández-Borroto, S., & Salas, D. (2021). A new case of leucism in the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura; Cathartiformes: Cathartidae) for Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, (17), 203–208. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi17.257
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