Rapid drone semi‐automated counts of wintering Greater Flamingos ( Phoenicopterus roseus ) as a tool for amateur researchers

Ibis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto G. Valle
Keyword(s):  
Greater Flamingos

Management of Nesting Sites for Greater Flamingos

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Rendon Martos ◽  
Alan R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Nesting Sites ◽  
Greater Flamingos

Hand-rearing Greater flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber roseus for translocation from WWT Slimbridge to Auckland Zoo

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BATTY ◽  
N. S. JARRETT ◽  
N. FORBES ◽  
M. J. BROWN ◽  
S. STANDLEY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phoenicopterus Ruber ◽  
Greater Flamingos

scholarly journals Feather Corticosterone Measurements of Greater Flamingos Living under Different Forms of Flight Restraint

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Reese ◽  
Katrin Baumgartner ◽  
Lorenzo von Fersen ◽  
Roswitha Merle ◽  
Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
High Variability ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Measurable Effect ◽  
Behavioral Observations ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Greater Flamingos ◽  
Feather Corticosterone

Deflighting zoo birds is a practice that receives increasing criticism due to its presumed incompatibility with animal welfare. To our knowledge, this is the first approach to address this problem in a scientific way. To do this, we compared feather corticosterone (CORTf) from Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus, n = 151) of different flight status (i.e., pinioned, feather clipped, airworthy) from twelve different zoological institutions. To complement the hormone measurements, behavioral observations (scan samplings) were conducted prior to feather sampling within the presumed time frame of feather growth. We hypothesized that CORTf of the deflighted flamingos would differ from CORTf of their airworthy conspecifics. No significant difference in CORTf was found between the three groups, and our hypothesis was rejected. However, the impact of the institution itself (i.e., the housing conditions) proved to be the most dominant variable (variance between the institutions = 53.82%). Due to high variability, the behavioral observations were evaluated descriptively but did not give rise to doubt the findings in CORTf. Therefore, we assume that the method of flight restraint of Greater Flamingos does not have a measurable effect on CORTf. We consider this model for evaluating animal welfare of zoo birds a useful tool and provide ideas for further adjustments for consecutive studies.

Annual Variation in Survival and Breeding Probability in Greater Flamingos

Ecology ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1143-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Cezilly ◽  
Anne Viallefont ◽  
Vincent Boy ◽  
Alan R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Annual Variation ◽  
Breeding Probability ◽  
Greater Flamingos

scholarly journals Mauritania: its wildlife and a coastal park

Oryx ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-224
Author(s):  
Jacques Verschuren
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Greater Flamingos

Most of Mauritania's populations of large mammals have been exterminated or severely depleted by hunting. The Mauritanians usually do not hunt birds, however, and as a result the avifauna are protected, albeit somewhat passively. The Parc National du Bane d'Arguin is an exceptionally rich coastal area, attracting huge concentrations of waders in the European winter and impressive nesting colonies of birds in the summer, including eastern white pelicans, greater flamingos and royal terns. Although the birds are probably safe, the Park's mammals are not, and the last few dorcas gazelles need urgent protection from poachers.

scholarly journals A breeding colony of the Near Threatened Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor in western Africa: a conservation story of threats and land management

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. MORENO-OPO ◽  
Z. E. OULD SIDATY ◽  
J. M. BALDÒ ◽  
F. GARCÌA ◽  
D. OULD SEHLA DAF ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
West African ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Breeding Colony ◽  
Lesser Flamingo ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Phacochoerus Africanus ◽  
Greater Flamingos

SummaryThe 2011 breeding results of the Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor at its only West African colony, in Aftout es Saheli, south-west Mauritania, are presented. Several breeding attempts have been documented since the second half of the 19th century although no successful breeding, in terms of fledged juveniles, was recorded until 2010. Adverse hydrological dynamics, easy access to the colony by predators, and disturbance and direct mortality caused by poachers led to the failure of all previous breeding attempts. In 2011 the breeding colony was monitored and a number of major threats were identified and averted. Management interventions consisted of deterring and trapping predators (jackals Canis adustus and C. aureus and warthog Phacochoerus africanus) around the colony and preventing the killing of flamingos by poachers. As a result, 4,800 Lesser Flamingos and 10,200 Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus incubating individuals, as well as about 14,000 chicks of both species, were recorded. It was not possible to prevent the death by predation or other natural causes of 4,672 juveniles of both species after the wetland dried up, so the final estimated number of fledged juveniles was 10,000. The field work allowed us to collect information on hydrological dynamics and to propose conservation measures matching Lesser Flamingo ecological requirements. Similarly, we identified the most sustainable measures for deterring predators, with the aim of including them in the management of the wetland.

scholarly journals Sexual display complexity varies non-linearly with age and predicts breeding status in greater flamingos

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Perrot ◽  
Arnaud Béchet ◽  
Céline Hanzen ◽  
Antoine Arnaud ◽  
Roger Pradel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Display ◽  
Greater Flamingos ◽  
Breeding Status
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