DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF THE HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus IN FRENCH GUIANA

摘要

House Sparrows Passer domesticus were first introduced into South America in 1872 or 1873. The first sparrows were released in Buenos Aires, Argentina. By 1920 they were already established throughout settled regions of Argentina and were spreading further into unsettled areas. In 1957 they arrived in the southernmost province, Tierra del Fuego, and by 1960 they were established throughout Argentina (LONG, 1981; LEVER, 1987). After its introduction and establishment in Argentina, House Sparrows started to advance northward in a pincer-like movement, first along the Pacific coast and later along the Atlantic coast (FIG. 1). The lower and drier regions of the Andean mountain ranges were slowly invaded, up to 3,750m in Bolivia (LEVER, 1987). They arrived in Uruguay by the end of the 19th century, Chile by 1904, Paraguay by 1920 and Bolivia by the middle of the late 1920s (WETMORE, 1926; LONG, 1981; LEVER, 1987; REMSEN & TRAYLOR, 1989).