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Volume 15, Number 6—June 2009

Dispatch

Avian Influenza in Wild Birds, Central Coast of Peru

Bruno M. GhersiComments to Author , David L. Blazes, Eliana Icochea, Rosa I. Gonzalez, Tadeusz Kochel, Yeny Tinoco, Merly M. Sovero, Stephen Lindstrom, Bo Shu, Alexander Klimov, Armando E. Gonzalez, and Joel M. Montgomery
Author affiliations: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (B.M. Ghersi, E. Icochea, R.I. Gonzalez, Y. Tinoco, A.E. Gonzalez); United States Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima (B.M. Ghersi, D.L. Blazes, T. Kochel, Y. Tinoco, M.M. Sovero, J.M. Montgomery); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Lindstrom, B. Shu, A. Klimov, J.M. Montgomery)

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Table 1

Bird species sampled along central coast of Peru, June 2006–December 2007

Family Species Wetland, no. sampled
 Total*
Medio Mundo Puerto Viejo Paraiso Villa
Anatidae
 Anas bahamensis 44 10 54
Anas cyanoptera 37 20 57
Oxyura ferruginea 10 10
Mix†
 46
 38
 115
 30
 229
Ardeidae
 Ardea alba 10 14 24
Egretta thula 8 37 45
Egretta caerulea 10 10
Nycticorax nycticorax 4 4
Mix†
 43
 10
 134
 10
 197
Laridae
 Larus pipixcan 38 24 20 10 92
Larus modestus 67 24 10 101
Larus dominicanus 10 10
Larus belcheri 20 20
Mix†
 53
 16
 65
134
Rinchopidae
 Rynchops niger
 79
 19
 10
108
Scolopacidae
 Calidris mauri 10 21 31
Calidris alba 105 23 41 50 219
Calidris pusilla 31 31
Arenaria interpres 61 20 81
Numenius phaeopus
35
 10
 40
 85
Charadridae Charadrius vociferus 6 10 16
Charadrius semipalmatus 10 10 20
Pluvialis squatarola
 9
9
Recurvirostridae
 Himantopus mexicanus
3
10
 13
Threskiornithidae
 Plegadis ridgwayi
39
39
Rallidae
 Gallinula chloropus 30 30
Fulica ardesiaca
 21
 39
 10
70
Pelecanidae
 Pelecanus occidentalis thagus
 86
56
142
Phalacrocoracidae
 Phalacrocorax brasilianus
 174
 99
 70
 39
 382
Haematopodidae
 Haematopus paliatus
 108
 34
142
Total 898 607 600 300 2,405

*Does not represent the exact number because some were included in the mixed samples.
†>2 species from same family.

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