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Candling Analysis of Egg Development in an Endangered Bird Species Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Using candling images from 98 eggs, we present the first detailed description of egg and embryonic development in the endangered crested ibis. We identify diagnostic features of nonviable eggs and reveal that embryo mortality is concentrated during mid‐incubation and shortly before hatching. These findings provide a standardized reference for assessing
Yuansi He   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primer registro de aves fósiles (Pelecaniformes: Pelecanidae y un probable Odontopterygiformes: Pelagornithidae) para el Mioceno Superior de Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista Geológica de América Central, 2013
Se registran por primera vez para Costa Rica restos de dos aves marinas fósiles (Aves: Pelecaniformes y Odontopterygiformes) procedentes de la Formación Curré de edad Mioceno Superior.
Ana L. Valerio, César A. Laurito
doaj  

New nesting locality of the Agami Heron, Agamia agami (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae) in Ecuador

open access: yesBiota Colombiana, 2019
The Agami heron, Agamia agami, is a rare species of the Neotropics, and even though its distribution is large, little is known about the sites where it congregates to nest. We report a new nesting site, which is the eighth reported site in the Neotropics,
Flor M. Ortiz-Galarza   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

VAGRANCY RECORDS OF THE GREAT WHITE PELICAN PELECANUSONOCROTALUSLINNAEUS, 1758 (AVES, PELECANIFORMES, PELECANIDAE) IN SOUTHERN INDIA

open access: yesBulletin 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

El registro de Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) y la avifauna neógena del Pacífico sudeste

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2007
The Neogene record of the extinct family Pelagornithidae is examined in the Pisco Formation (Peru) and Bahia Inglesa (Chile) Formations along the Pacific coast of South America.
Martín Chávez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pelecaniformes, Migration Extremes in Florida, 1964–1984

open access: yes, 1964
01 - Pelecaniformes Title Card 02 - White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) 03 - Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) 04 - Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) 05 - Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) 06 - Red-footed booby (Sula sula) 07 - Northern gannet
Kale, Herbert W., II
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An overview of the oldest and most comprehensive avifauna of the early Eocene British London Clay

open access: yesPapers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Abstract Early Eocene birds from the British London Clay have been known for two centuries, but a comprehensive understanding of the avifauna of the London Clay Formation is still in its infancy. In the present study, the bird assemblage of the Walton Member is reviewed, which represents one of the oldest subdivisions of the formation.
Gerald Mayr
wiley   +1 more source

长相奇异的"淘河鸟"——邮票上的鹈鹕

open access: yes野生动物学报, 2005
鹈鹕是鸟纲鹈形目(Pelecaniformes)鹈鹕科,鹈鹕属鸟类的统称。实际上,这一类鸟在全世界只有8个品种,它们分别是白鹈鹕(Pelecanusonocrotalus)、褐鹈鹕(Pelecansoccidentalis)、卷羽鹈鹕(Pelecanuscrispus)、斑嘴鹈鹕(Pelecanusphilippensis)、澳洲鹈鹕(Pelecanusconspicillatus)、秘鲁鹈鹕(Pelecanusthagus)、美洲鹈鹕(Pelecanuserythrorhynchos ...
康国文
doaj  

New records of African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae) from Salerno Province (Southern Italy) [PDF]

open access: yes
Si riportano le prime segnalazioni di Ibis sacro Threskiornis aethiopicus per la Provincia di Salerno (Campania, Sud Italia). La specie è stata segnalata per la prima volta in Italia a partire dal 1989 e in Campania nel 2015 in Provincia ...
Bolinesi, Francesco   +11 more
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Predation on Amphisbaena heterozonata (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) by the whistling heron Syrigma sibilatrix (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae) in Tucumán, Argentina

open access: yes, 2015
Twelve species of birds have been reported to prey upon amphisbaenians (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). We document the first report of predation on an amphisbaenian by a heron (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae).
Montero, Ricardo   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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