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Some related comments from Al Jaramillo ...
Phil
>From: "Alvaro Jaramillo" <>
>To: "'Phil Davis'" <>,
> <>
>Cc: "'George L. Armistead'" <>,
> <>
>Subject: RE: Southern Lapwing chase - 6/22
>Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:43:27 -0700
>
>Folks
>
> I don't have any reason to think it is a captive escapee; however point 2
>is a bit misleading. The northern form, cayennensis is extremely common in
>northern South America and ranges south into Brazil. So its range is
>actually pretty large, and includes all of Venezuela. It is by no means a
>small and restricted range. If there are Southern Lapwings in captivity it
>would be interesting to find out what subspecies they belong to though.
>
>Al
>
>Alvaro Jaramillo
>Biologist
>San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
>P.O. Box 247
>Alviso, CA 95002
>http://www.sfbbo.org
>
>
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