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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

open access: yesAvocetta, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Respiration and energetics of embryonic development in a large altricial bird, the Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Annual Report on surveillance for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in Member States of the European Union in 2020

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 19, Issue 12, December 2021., 2021
Abstract In 2020, Council Directive 2005/94/EC required EU Member States (MSs) to carry out surveillance for avian influenza (AI) in poultry and wild birds and notify the results to the responsible authority. Based on this, MSs, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom implemented ongoing surveillance programmes to monitor incursions of AI ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avian influenza overview September – December 2021

open access: yesEFSA Journal, Volume 19, Issue 12, December 2021., 2021
Abstract Between 16 September and 8 December 2021, 867 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus detections were reported in 27 EU/EEA countries and the UK in poultry (316), in wild (523) and in captive birds (28). The detections in poultry were mainly reported by Italy (167) followed by Hungary and Poland (35 each). Tha majority of the detections
European Food Safety Authority   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding sociality and behavior change associated with a nesting event in a captive flock of great white pelicans

open access: yesZoo Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 386-397, September/October 2021., 2021
Captive great white pelicans display preferential, nonrandom bonds. Social network analysis, in conjunction with measurement of activity patterns and enclosure usage, provides extra insight into reproductive activity and can be used by zoos to evaluate husbandry and management around breeding events.
James E. Brereton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New record of chewing lice Piagetiella titan (Menoponidae: Mallophaga) Isolated from buccal cavity of White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus in Thi-Qar province-Southern Iraq

open access: yesمجلة علوم ذي قار, 2019
In the present study the oral cavity of white pelican Pelecanus oncrotalus (collected from Al-Sanaf marsh southern Thi-Qar province, Iraq) was examined in the Biology department / College of Education for Pure Science / Thi-Qar University. A total of 23
Zainab Abd-Ali Mohammad
doaj   +4 more sources

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

open access: yesEndangered 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   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 22nd report of the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia

open access: yesTichodroma, 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chewing lice (psocodea: phthiraptera) detected in wild birds in hatay, türkiye, a new record of the colpocephalum ecaudati price and beer from black kite (milvus migrans) [PDF]

open access: yesKafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
This study was carried out to determine chewing lice species of the wild birds, which were brought to the Veterinary Health, Practice and Research Center and Wild Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, between May 2018-
Aykut ZEREK   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pelican tarsometatarsus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the latest Pliocene Siwaliks of India.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
We report a new fossil specimen of a pelican from the Tatrot Formation of the Siwalik Hills, India. It likely represents Pelecanus sivalensis Davies, 1880, the smaller of the two previously published species from the Siwalik Group stratigraphic sequence.
Thomas A Stidham   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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