Abstract

ACOSTA-CHAVES, Víctor  and  MONGE, Otto. Lista de aves dañinas en Costa Rica: la otra cara de la moneda. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.1, pp.99-102. ISSN 1659-4266.

We consider that some bird species categorized as "harm-ful" by Monge in his "Updated list of harmful birds of Costa Rica (2012)" should not be in the list. Birds should not be considered "harmful", "pest" or "potential pest" in Costa Rica just because they were so in other latitudes. We argue that the list should be reevaluated to avoid an unnecessarily negative perception of birds.

Keywords : harmful birds; plague; Neotropic; agricultural production-aquaculture.

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