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Breeding biology of Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus at Lake Tana, Ethiopia [PDF]

Heliyon
Great White Pelicans, once thriving at Lake Shala, have faced a decline in breeding pairs at Lake Abijata due to increased salinity and overfishing. A study at Lake Tana Biosphere, from December 2020 to December 2021, aimed to understand their breeding ...
Ahmed Yesuf Yimer, Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew, Mezgebu Ashagrie, Azmeraw Alemkere, Aschalew Alelign   +4 more
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Feather Corticosterone Measurements and Behavioral Observations in the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Living under Different Flight Restraint Conditions in German Zoos [PDF]

Animals, 2021
The pinioning of birds was previously one of the most-accepted forms of mutilation in zoos. Despite a lack of knowledge on the effects of deflighting procedures with regard to the well-being of deflighted birds, pelicans are often reversibly deflighted ...
Gudrun Haase, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Lukas Reese, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annais Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Christa Thöne-Reineke   +10 more
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Current status of the Dalmatian pelican and the great white pelican populations of the Black Sea/Mediterranean flyway [PDF]

Endangered Species Research, 2015
The Dalmatian pelican (DP) Pelecanus crispus and the great white pelican (GWP) Pelecanus onocrotalus are listed as ‘Vulnerable’ and ‘Least Concern’, respectively, in the IUCN Red List.
G Catsadorakis, O Onmus¸, S Bugariu, O Gül, D Hatzilacou, O Hatzofe, M Malakou, T Michev, T Naziridis, H Nikolaou, A Rudenko, D Saveljic, S Shumka, M Sıkı, AJ Crivelli   +14 more
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Recombinase-aid amplification combined with lateral flow detection assay for sex identification of the great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Sex identification in avian species is essential for biodiversity conservation and ecological studies. However, the sex of nearly half of the birds could not be identified based on their external appearance.
Fanwen Zeng, Xuanjiao Chen, Wanhuan Zhong, Tanzipeng Chen, Jiaqi Sa, Guoqian Wang, Shouquan Zhang, Shiming Peng   +7 more
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VAGRANCY RECORDS OF THE GREAT WHITE PELICAN PELECANUSONOCROTALUSLINNAEUS, 1758 (AVES, PELECANIFORMES, PELECANIDAE) IN SOUTHERN INDIA

Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
Vagrancy is a less contrived part in the context of bird migration; thus, observing the vagrancy pattern of immigrants helps to discover changes in distribution, range shifting, and range expansion of the bird species.
Kamalanathan Sharma, Samidurai Jayakumar, Subramanian Muralidharan   +2 more
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The historical and current distribution of Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus and Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus in Greece and adjacent areas: 1830-2019

Avocetta, 2020
Evidence about the historical breeding distribution of Dalmatian Pelicans Pelecanus crispus and Great White Pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus in Greece and an adjacent zone was sought in all historical scientific literature containing references to ...
George Handrinos, Giorgos Catsadorakis
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Serological evidence of West Nile virus in the great white pelican ( Pelecanus onocrotalus ) [PDF]

Veterinary Record, 2008
THE introduction of West Nile virus (wnv) into North and South America was followed by unexpected mortality among birds, including crows ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ), geese ( Anser anser domesticus ), and American white pelicans ( Pelecanus erythrorhyncos ) ([Lanciotti and others 1999][1], [Steele ...
E, Bureau, S, Murri, Y, Kane, Y, Clerquin, H, Zeller, P, Lena   +5 more
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Social learning in great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus): A preliminary study [PDF]

Learning & Behavior, 2020
Great white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) exhibit life-history parameters and ecological traits thought to be associated with social learning, and advanced cognitive processing more generally. In this study we investigated whether this species can acquire novel behavior socially in a foraging context.
Danel, Samara, Troina, Genyffer, Dufour, Valerie, Bailly-Bechet, Marc, von Bayern, Auguste, Osiurak, François   +5 more
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Seasonal variation and tracking of climate niche of a migratory bird

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Migratory birds inhabit different areas during breeding and non-breeding seasons. Depending on the time of the year, they may utilize different resources available in seasonal habitats, but also are subjected to changing climate regimes during their ...
Javier Gutiérrez Illán, Guiming Wang, D. Tommy King, Fred L. Cunningham   +3 more
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Sightings of the Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (Linn. 1758) (Aves: Pelicaniformes: Pelicanidae) in Pallikaranai Marshlands, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Great White Pelican is recorded for the first time in Pallikaranai Marsh Land, Tamil Nadu, India. As this species is recorded in other parts southern india, a brief sightings records of the is described.
Kannan Thirunaranan, Samidurai Jayakumar, Sankaranathan Sivaraman, Santhanakrishnan Babu   +3 more
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