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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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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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Erosive Stomatitis in a White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Caused by Piagetiella titan (Mallophaga: Menoponidae)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B, 2006
SummaryTwo white pelicans at the garden of a restaurant in Beyşehir, a county of Konya province were examined for the presence of ectoparasites. Nine lice were collected from the oral cavity of one of them. They were identified as Piagetiella titan. Diffuse erosions, erosive ulcers covered by dried yellowish‐brown exudate and petechial haemorrhages ...
B. Dik
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Molecular Survey of Chlamydial Infections in Three Public Bird Collections in Tehran, Iran. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
One hundred and eight samples from different avian species were collected and tested for Chlamydia spp. infection using PCR. Thirty‐seven samples from Psittaciformes, Columbiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes and Charadriiformes were positive for Chlamydia DNA.
Hashemian SMM, Madani SA, Peighambari SM.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Derived Morphology of the Quadrate May Support a Previously Unrecognized Major Higher-Level Clade of Neoavian Birds. [PDF]

J Morphol
The avian quadrate plays a critical role in cranial kinesis, but few comparative studies exist of its morphological variation across higher‐level taxa. In this study, the occurrence of a markedly concave articular facet of the condylus medialis is surveyed across neornithine birds.
Mayr G.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Annual report on surveillance for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in Member States of the European Union in 2022. [PDF]

EFSA J, 2023
Abstract All European Union (EU) Member States (MSs) are required to implement surveillance for avian influenza (AI) in poultry and wild birds and (i) to notify the outbreaks, when relevant and (ii) to report the results to the responsible authority.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Aznar I, Kohnle L, Stoicescu A, van Houtum A, Zancanaro G.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Basma Sheta, Mohamed Bahnasway, Gamal Orabi   +3 more
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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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Mechanisms of group‐hunting in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 5, Page 1687-1711, October 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Group‐hunting is ubiquitous across animal taxa and has received considerable attention in the context of its functions. By contrast much less is known about the mechanisms by which grouping predators hunt their prey. This is primarily due to a lack of experimental manipulation alongside logistical difficulties quantifying the behaviour of ...
Matthew J. Hansen, Paolo Domenici, Palina Bartashevich, Alicia Burns, Jens Krause   +4 more
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Avian Influenza Screening in Captive Wild Birds and Biosecurity Appraisal of Zoological Gardens in Southwestern Nigeria. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Avian influenza (AI) is a severe respiratory disease affecting wild and domestic birds globally. There is currently no approved vaccine for AI control in Nigeria. Therefore, biosecurity measures remain the primary preventive strategy. However, there is limited information on the AI carrier status of captive wild birds and the implementation of ...
Adesola RO, Bakre AA, Ogunro BN, Omotosho O, Ogundijo OA, Meseko CA, Inuwa B, Hamzat A, Balogun LA, Gbore DJ, Olatunji UO, Hossain D, Olowu BI, Okeke VC, Adisa T, Raji QO, Tolase S, Binhambali A.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources