I have good experience in other habitats, but have never tried this one - could it be reasonable to try?
monocultures of banana, corn and others not attractive for most migrants, but probably depends on the surrounding habitats and the size of plantation - I have had good results in other plantations in arid areas in ME with irrigation, e.g. olive and fruit tree plantations
As Fares said it depends of surrounding habitats, but you also should consider sampling efforts and sampling seasons. A study from Venezuela ( http://www.ucla.edu.ve/bioagro/REV22(1)/6.%20La%20avifauna%20de%20una%20plantaci%C3%B3n%20de%20pl%C3%A1tano.pdf ) found aa relative importance for migratory birds, this study recorded 22 species, migrants comprise 14%.
Hi.
In the Canary archipelago we have many banana cultivations in lowland areas of the western and central islands. The avifauna of such habitats is poor, but there are some interesting species like Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), which can breed inside this "extrange" environment. In any case, I don't know any specific paper or unpublished study on the bird fauna of our banana cultivations, but there is some general information on the subject in different books. With regards to migrants, I have seen very few species in this habitat, like some Hirundinidae (e.g. Barn Swallow of House Martin) or Motacillidae (Motacilla alba alba). When there are some artificial ponds or reservoirs linked to these cultivations you can find, naturally, more species, even ducks and shorebirds, and sometimes breeding populations of Rallidae (Common Moorhen and Coot) and of Grey Wagtail. This last species is common in banana cultivations.
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