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Advancing understanding of the taxonomy and diversity of the genus Contracaecum in the great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Parasitology Research, 2022
Despite the wide distribution and health importance of anisakids of the genus Contracaecum, epidemiological data on their occurrence in definitive bird hosts are scarce, particularly from certain parts of the world that represent important wintering sites or migration stopovers for different bird species.
Caffara M., Tedesco P., Davidovich N., Locke S. A., Gustinelli A., King R., Nuytten M., Nuzzo M., Fioravanti M. L.   +8 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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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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Serological evidence of West Nile virus in the great white pelican ( Pelecanus onocrotalus )

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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Emergence, spread, and impact of high-pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract The currently circulating high‐pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes variable illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans. This virus evolved from the Goose/Guangdong lineage of the HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds,
Kuiken T, Vanstreels RET, Banyard A, Begeman L, Breed AC, Dewar M, Fijn R, Serafini PP, Uhart M, Wille M.   +9 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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The 22nd report of the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia

Tichodroma, 2022
In 2021, the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia reviewed 56 records, of which 46 were accepted in the category A, one in category C, two in category D and two in category E. Furthermore, four breeding records were
Marian Mojžiš, Stanislav Harvančík, Dušan Karaska, Dušan Kerestúr, Richard Kvetko, Vladimír Šrank, Rudolf Jureček   +6 more
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The Biogeography of Great Salt Lake Halophilic Archaea: Testing the Hypothesis of Avian Mechanical Carriers

Diversity, 2018
Halophilic archaea inhabit hypersaline ecosystems globally, and genetically similar strains have been found in locales that are geographically isolated from one another.
Bex L. Kemp, Erin M. Tabish, Adam J. Wolford, Daniel L. Jones, Jaimi K. Butler, Bonnie K. Baxter   +5 more
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Where do Palaearctic Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) presently overwinter?

Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), 1991
The population of Great White pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus breeding in the Palaearctic (from Greece to the USSR) is estimated at more than 10 000 pairs. This species has, however, been very little studied and the restricted amount of ringing carried out on this bird has not greatly improved our knowledge of its migration routes and wintering areas ...
CRIVELLI, Alain J., LESHEM, Yossi, MITCHEV, Taniu, JERRENTRUP, Hans   +3 more
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Report of the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia in 2024 [PDF]

Tichodroma
In 2024, the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia reviewed 57 records, of which 41 were accepted in category A, 12 in category D, and three in category E. One record was not accepted.
Marian MOJŽIŠ, Stanislav HARVANČÍK, Rudolf JUREČEK, Dušan KARASKA, Dušan KERESTÚR, Miloslav MIŠÍK, Vladimír ŠRANK   +6 more
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