Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the covid–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city

Felipe A. Estela; Camilo E. Sánchez–sarria; Enrique Arbeláez–cortés; David Ocampo; Michelle García–arroyo; Alejandro Perlaza–gamboa; Carlos M. Wagner–wagner; Ian Macgregor–fors

doi:10.32800/abc.2021.44.0213

Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the covid–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city

Felipe A. Estela
, Camilo E. Sánchez–sarria
, Enrique Arbeláez–cortés
, David Ocampo
, Michelle García–arroyo
, Alejandro Perlaza–gamboa
, Carlos M. Wagner–wagner
, Ian Macgregor–fors

Universidad Javeriana
Instituto de Ecología A.C. Xalapa 91070
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota
Universidad del Valle
Colombia BirdFair

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Abstract

Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the COVID–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city. The COVID–19 lockdown provided the opportunity to measure species biodiversity in urban environments under conditions divergent from regular urban rhythms. For 90 days, including weeks of strict lockdown and the subsequent relaxation of restrictions, we measured the presence and abundance of birds that were active at night at two sites in the city of Cali, Colombia. Our results show that species richness of nocturnal birds decreased 40 % to 58 % during the weeks with more human activity, adding further evidence to the biodiversity responses of the 'anthropause' on urban environments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-217
Number of pages	5
Journal	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2021.44.0213
State	Published - 2021

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Keywords

Anthropause
Artificial light at night
COVID–19 lockdown
Tropical cities
Urban ecology
Urbanization

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Estela, F. A., Sánchez–sarria, C. E., Arbeláez–cortés, E., Ocampo, D., García–arroyo, M., Perlaza–gamboa, A., Wagner–wagner, C. M., & Macgregor–fors, I. (2021). Changes in the nocturnal activity of birds during the covid–19 pandemic lockdown in a neotropical city. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 44(2), 213-217. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2021.44.0213

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