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Table 1 Mean ordinary abundance (ind./transect) and mean standardized abundance (individuals · [10 km 2]1 · h 1) of raptors

From: Raptor assemblages in grasslands of Southern Brazil: species richness and abundance and the influence of the survey method

Species

Roadside point transect

Roadside strip transect

Ordinary abundance

Ordinary abundance

Standardized abundance

Ordinary abundance

Standardized abundance

Coastal plain

Altitudinal grasslands

Cathartidae

77 ± 51.01

4.90 ± 3.04

35 ± 25.11

1.41 ± 0.96

25.13 ± 19.87

173.75 ± 41.07

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

8.38 ± 8.48

0.53 ± 0.51

3.50 ± 4.87

0.14 ± 0.18

0.75 ± 2.12

22.25 ± 6.58

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus)

0.13 ± 0.35

< 0.01 ± 0.02

-

-

0.13 ± 0.35

-

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

68.38 ± 45.12

4.35 ± 2.67

31.50 ± 23.11

1.27 ± 0.88

24.25 ± 18.67

151.25 ± 38.60

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

0.13 ± 0.35

< 0.01 ± 0.02

-

-

-

0.25 ± 0.35

Accipitridae

23.00 ± 24.15

1.46 ± 1.44

15.13 ± 10.37

0.61 ± 0.36

29 ± 21.57

18.25 ± 5.96

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)

6.38 ± 11.81

0.41 ± 0.70

3.00 ± 6.7

0.11 ± 0.22

9.38 ± 11.85

-

Long-winged Harrier (Circus buffoni)

0.88 ± 1.13

0.06 ± 0.07

0.75 ± 0,71

0.03 ± 0.03

1.38 ± 0.92

0.50 ± 0.46

Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)

7.75 ± 8.17

0.49 ± 0.49

4.38 ± 3.11

0.18 ± 0.13

9.75 ± 7.00

4.75 ± 1.69

Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)

0.38 ± 1.06

0.02 ± 0.06

0.25 ± 0.46

0.01 ± 0.02

0.38 ± 1.06

0.50 ± 0.46

Crowned Eagle (Buteogallus coronatus)

0.13 ± 0.35

< 0.01 ± 0.02

-

-

-

0.25 ± 0.35

Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)

5.88 ± 5.38

0.37 ± 0.31

6.50 ± 5.13

0.27 ± 0.20

8.00 ± 5.86

8.75 ± 3.70

White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus)

0.75 ± 1.75

0.01 ± 0.10

0.13 ± 0.35

< 0.01 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.35

1.50 ± 1.75

Black-chested Buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)

0.88 ± 1.75

0.06 ± 0.09

-

-

-

1.75 ± 1.45

Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)

-

-

0.13 ± 0.35

< 0.01 ± 0.01

-

0.25 ± 0.35

Falconidae

47.38 ± 14.59

3.02 ± 0.87

37.13 ± 16.23

1.47 ± 0.53

32.38 ± 9.62

104 ± 14.86

Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus)

17.63 ± 8.00

1.12 ± 0.48

13.00 ± 2.98

0.53 ± 0.13

16.88 ± 7.47

27.5 ± 4.86

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

3.13 ± 3.36

0.20 ± 0.20

4.50 ± 5.48

0.17 ± 0.19

1.25 ± 0.71

12.75 ± 5.18

Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)

15.38 ± 11.78

0.98 ± 0.70

5.75 ± 6.32

0.22 ± 0.23

4.75 ± 3.85

32.75 ± 11.82

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

10.88 ± 4.82

0.69 ± 0.29

13.88 ± 9.52

0.54 ± 0.22

9.38 ± 4.07

30.75 ± 9.05

Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)

0.38 ± 0.74

0.02 ± 0.04

-

-

0.13 ± 0.35

0.50 ± 0.71

Not identified to species

-

-

1.63 ± 2.07

0.06 ± 0.08

0.13 ± 0.35

3.00 ± 2.13

Total

147.38 ± 60.97

9.38 ± 3.63

88.88 ± 30.50

3.55 ± 1.08

86.63 ± 44.04

299.25 ± 48.91

  1. They were surveyed using roadside point transects and roadside strip transects along four routes in two regions of southern Brazil in 2009 and 2010. Taxonomy follows Remsen et al. (2012).