The experience of waterbird censuses in Peru started at the beginning of Century XXth with this kind of censuses made by the Peruvian Guano Company and then by IMARPE. Between 1992 and 2016, annual censuses have been conducted in 61 wetlands on 12 Peruvian departments, a total of 151 residents and migratories birds were registered. Censuses have contributed greatly to improve species of waterbirds knowledge and synergies among institutions and ornithologist that through volunteerism collect important data to the conservation of species and wetland management with particular reference to the high Andean slopes. The taxonomic composition of the species, the importance of the inventories, the migration routes of birds from the Nearctic, Austral and high Andean regions, and the protected areas in the conservation of wetlands and biodiversity are analyzed. The aim of this paper is to make a h...

The experience of waterbird censuses in Peru started at the beginning of Century XXth with this kind of censuses made by the Peruvian Guano Company and then by IMARPE. Between 1992 and 2016, annual censuses have been conducted in 61 wetlands on 12 Peruvian departments, a total of 151 residents and migratories birds were registered. Censuses have contributed greatly to improve species of waterbirds knowledge and synergies among institutions and ornithologist that through volunteerism collect important data to the conservation of species and wetland management with particular reference to the high Andean slopes. The taxonomic composition of the species, the importance of the inventories, the migration routes of birds from the Nearctic, Austral and high Andean regions, and the protected areas in the conservation of wetlands and biodiversity are analyzed. The aim of this paper is to make a h...

El Santuario Nacional de las Lagunas de Mejía se encuentra ubicado a la altura de ladesembocadura del rio Tambo, entre los distritos de Mejía y Dean Valdivia provincia de Islay en eldepartamento de Arequipa, sobre una extensión de 690.6 ha. Los hábitats definidos son: espejo deagua de las lagunas, gramadal-juncal, mataral, arenal, estuario del río Tambo y monte ribereño. Eneste estudio se evidencia que la pérdida de hábitats está asociada al avance de la frontera agrícola,el manejo inadecuado del recurso hídrico y a las presiones antropogénicas. La conservación de loshábitats de las Lagunas de Mejía constituye un aspecto importante para garantizar la supervivenciade la diversidad biológica que allí habita, en especial las 212 especies de aves residentes y migratorias.