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GUTIERREZ ZUNIGA, Jhoseline; CARRAL DOMINGUEZ, José Rodrigo  y  VELAZQUEZ-ROSAS, Noé. Variation in bird diversity of shade coffee plantations in Zongolica, Veracruz. Huitzil [online]. 2025, vol.26, n.1, e683.  Epub 01-Dic-2025. ISSN 1870-7459.  https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2025.26.1.786.

Shade-grown coffee plantations support a wide variety of birds; however, the avifauna of some coffee-growing areas associated with cloud forests in Veracruz has not yet been explored. In this study, we documented the richness, diversity, and composition of the bird community in shade-grown coffee plantations in two localities in Zongolica, Veracruz. We conducted surveys in 10 shade-grown coffee plantations during the dry and rainy seasons, using transects and mist-nets. We recorded 119 species, with 12 species at risk nationally, including three threatened species. Most species were resident (95 sp), with 22 migratory and two summer residents. Chlorospingus flavopectus and Cardellina pusilla were abundant species in both localities and seasons, but other dominant species varied between localities and seasons. Shannon diversity index differed significantly between the two localities, and there was low similarity between localities in the dry (Jaccard = 30%) and rainy (Jaccard = 41%) seasons. This difference in alpha diversity and low similarity between localities is probably associated with heterogeneity of the vegetation and the management of coffee plantations. Our results highlight the importance of the shade-grown coffee plantations of the Sierra de Zongolica for avian conservation.

Palabras llave : alpha and beta diversity; avifauna; cloud forest; Mexico; traditional management of coffee plantations.

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