the humboldt current system of northern and central chile - figema

THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHILETable 2 (continued) Breeding abundance and conservation status of seabirds (number of pairs)and mammals (individuals) on the coast of northern-central Chile. The geographic divisions correspondapproximately to the limit of political division of Chile. Data for cetaceans (ψ) correspond to systematiccounts during oceanographic trips conducted every January (1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004) surveyingan area of ~420 km 2 . The other data for cetaceans are mainly from sightings made from the land.Species 18–21°59′S 22–26°59′S 27–29°59′S 30–32°59′S 33–34°S Total CS*Family BalaenopteridaeHumpback whale Megaptera1 17 ψ 18 VnovaeangliaeBalaenoptera sp. 25 9 ψ 34Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus 63 ψ 63 EMinke whale Balaenoptera1 4 ψ 5 LRacutorostrataBlue whale Balaenoptera1 ψ 1 EmusculusFamily KogiidaeDwarf sperm whale Kogia simus 3 ψ 3Family PhyseteridaeSperm whale Physeter1 1 19 ψ 20 VmacrocephalusFamily ZiphiidaeCuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius5 5 —cavirostrisFamily DelphinidaeBottlenose dolphin Tursiops301 ψ 301 DDtruncatusShort-finned pilot w.n.d.LRGlobicephala macrorhynchusLong finned pilot whale101 101 LRGlobicephala melasGlobicephala sp. 11 ψ 11Killed whale Orcinus orca 11 ψ 11 LRFalse killer whale Pseudorca5 ψ 5 LRcrassidensCommon dolphin Delphinus200 200 LRdelphisSouthern rightwhale dolphin450 450 DDLissodelphis peroniiRisso’s dolphin Grampus griseus 30 ψ 30 DDDusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus456 1404 ψ 1860 DDobscurusFamily PhocoenidaeHarbour porpoise Phocoenaspinipinnis72 10 ψ 82 DDNotes: *CS: Conservation status was extracted from IUCN (2006). E: Endangered, V: vulnerable, NT: near threatened,LC: least concern, DD: data deficient, LR: lower risk. φ Endemic species of the Humboldt Current System. Data fromGuerra et al. 1987, 1988, Sielfeld et al. 1997, van Waerebeek et al. 1998, Capella et al. 1999, Sielfeld & Castilla 1999,Rendell et al. 2004, Simeone et al. 2003, Frere et al. 2004, Jiménez 2005, Bernal et al. 2006, and G. Luna-Jorqueraunpublished data.223