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Current status of the Dalmatian pelican and the great white pelican populations of the Black Sea/Mediterranean flyway

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

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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Recombinase-aid amplification combined with lateral flow detection assay for sex identification of the great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

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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MIGRATION PARAMETERS OF SOARING BIRDS CROSSING WIND FARMS OF GABEL AL-ZEIT CORRIDOR ON THE RIFT VALLEY/RED SEA FLYWAY, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Science, 2021
Egypt includes a great part of the Great Rift Valley/Red Sea flyway; the second world’s most important flyway for migratory soaring birds. It acts as a corridor between Eurasia and Africa. The aim of the present study is to study the phenology and survey
A. El Gebaly Osama, S. Soliman Sohail, M. Fouda Moustafa   +2 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

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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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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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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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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Effects of guanotrophication and warming on the abundance of green algae, cyanobacteria and microcystins in Lake Lesser Prespa, Greece.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Lake Lesser Prespa in Greece is a vital breeding habitat for the Dalmatian and Great White Pelican and a shelter for numerous rare and endemic species. However, eutrophication processes are distressing the lake system and the outbreaks of cyanobacterial ...
Valentini Maliaka, Yvon J M Verstijnen, Elisabeth J Faassen, Alfons J P Smolders, Miquel Lürling   +4 more
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Combining radar and direct observation to estimate pelican collision risk at a proposed wind farm on the Cape west coast, South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Pre-construction assessments of bird collision risk at proposed wind farms are often confounded by insufficient or poor quality data describing avian flight paths through the development area.
Andrew R Jenkins, Tim Reid, Johan du Plessis, Robin Colyn, Grant Benn, Rhonda Millikin   +5 more
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