Greater Flamingo breeding attempts on the Hauts Plateaux and in the Algerian Sahara, in 2011–13

Mesbah, Amel; Baaziz, Nacera Bouchibi; Baaziz, Nasser; Boulkhssaïm, Mouloud; Bouzid, Abdelhakim; Ouldjaoui, Abdallah; Boucheker, Abdennour; Nedjah, Riad; Touati, Laïd; Samraoui, Farrah; Samraoui, Boudjéma

doi:10.5962/p.310046

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“…A random sample of flamingo chicks (hundreds) has been individually marked with PVC rings just before fledging since 1977 at Fangassier (France) and 1986 at Fuente de Piedra. Thereafter, each time a new flamingo colony was identified, an attempt was made to ring a sample of the fledglings (Samraoui et al, 2010; Mesbah et al, 2014). Thus, similar ringing campaigns started in 1997 in Sardinia (Italy), 2000 in Comacchio (Italy), 2003 in Doñana (Spain) and the Gediz Delta (Turkey), 2004 in the Ebro Delta (Spain), 2006 in Ezzemoul (Algeria), 2008 in Odiel (Spain) and finally 2009 in El Goléa (Algeria).…”

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“…A random sample of flamingo chicks (hundreds) has been individually marked with PVC rings just before fledging since 1977 at Fangassier (France) and 1986 at Fuente de Piedra. Thereafter, each time a new flamingo colony was identified, an attempt was made to ring a sample of the fledglings (Samraoui et al, 2010;Mesbah et al, 2014) Assessment of resightings of ringed birds in the Mediterranean breeding colonies follows a common standardised protocol. In order to weed out doubtful breeding individuals, flamingos observed in a colony are first considered as probable breeders (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tracking Changes and Shifting Homes: Within-Season Displacement of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus between Mediterranean Colonies

Boucheker,

Nedjah,

Boulkhssaïm

et al. 2023

Ardeola

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SummaryVariations in habitat quality in space and time prompt birds to track these changes to optimise their fitness. We investigated movements of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus between long-established North Mediterranean breeding colonies and a new, fairly unpredictable, intermittently suitable South Mediterranean breeding colony (Ezzemoul, Algeria). Among the flamingos observed as breeders at Ezzemoul in 2006 and 2009, 59 and 26 ringed individuals, respectively, were observed earlier during the same breeding season at another North Mediterranean colony, thus providing the first evidence of a within-season large scale displacement (> 1000km) from one colony to another. We suggest that breeding failure and a much higher nest density at the northern long-established colonies triggered these movements. Breeding success and body condition of chicks at Ezzemoul compared favourably with those at Fuente de Piedra (Spain) indicating that on a large spatial scale and on a longer time frame, density-dependent breeding success across Greater Flamingo colonies may induce a shift from an Ideal Despotic Distribution to an Ideal Free Distribution. —Boucheker, A., Nedjah, R., Boulkhssaïm, M., Germain, Ch., Garrido, A., Rendón, M.A., Amat, J.A., Rendón-Martos, M., Prodon, R., Béchet, A. & Samraoui, B. (2024). Tracking changes and shifting homes: Within-season displacement of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus between Mediterranean colonies. Ardeola, 71: 43-60.

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“…A random sample of flamingo chicks (hundreds) has been individually marked with PVC rings just before fledging since 1977 at Fangassier (France) and 1986 at Fuente de Piedra. Thereafter, each time a new flamingo colony was identified, an attempt was made to ring a sample of the fledglings (Samraoui et al, 2010;Mesbah et al, 2014) Assessment of resightings of ringed birds in the Mediterranean breeding colonies follows a common standardised protocol. In order to weed out doubtful breeding individuals, flamingos observed in a colony are first considered as probable breeders (i.e.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%