Breeding biology of Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus at Lake Tana, Ethiopia [PDF]
HeliyonGreat 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 +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 +10 more
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Morphology, biology and taxonomy of Dendritobilharzia loossi Skrjabin, 1924 (Trematoda: Bilharziellidae), a parasite of Pelecanus onocrotalus (Pelecanidae) and Anas plathyrinchos (Anatidae) [PDF]
Parasite, 2011 Life cycles of Dendritobilharzia loossi Skrjabin, 1924, a parasite of waterbirds, and its morphobiological traits are studied and described. Mollusks Anisus spirorbis, the infection rate of which in natural environments reaches 1.3-1.9%, were recorded as
Akramova F.D. +2 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 ReportsSex 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 +7 more
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Effects of Flight Restraint and Housing Conditions on Feather Corticosterone in White Storks Under Human Care [PDF]
AnimalsFlight is part of the natural behaviours of most bird species, and as a consequence, flight restraint in zoos, even for those species that are primarily ground-dwelling, encounters increasing animal welfare concerns.
Frederike Liermann +6 more
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Avifaunal updated survey in St. Catherine protectorate, Egypt [PDF]
Journal of Medical and Life Science, 2022 St. Catherine is a unique and remarkable stopover place for migratory birds and a high-quality resource habitat for resident birds. St. Catherine is an important bird area (IBA) and declared a protectorate.
Amir Soliman +3 more
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MYCOPLASMA INFECTION IN GREATER FLAMINGO, GREY CHINESE GOOSE AND WHITE PELICAN [PDF]
Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 1996 A total of 134 zoo birds were examined for mycoplasma. Four out of 23 Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) were found to be infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG).
S. EL-SHATER
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Some chewing lice (Phthiraptera) species as ectoparasites infested aquatic birds with a new record of three species from Al-Sanaf marsh/ southern Iraq [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020 The present study was carried out to determine additional chewing lice of aquatic birds and additional data on the prevalence of chewing lice in aquatic birds found on the Southern marshes of Iraq.
Zainab A. Mohammad
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Respiration and energetics of embryonic development in a large altricial bird, the Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [PDF]
, 2002 We examined whether the previously reported low cost of embryonic development in pelicans could be attributed to a more efficient conversion of egg energy to hatchling tissues as a result of high initial egg water content, low embryonic metabolic rate ...
Baudinette, R. +3 more
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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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