2009
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0398-y
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Breeding ecology and behaviour of the last wild oriental Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) in Syria

Abstract: A relict colony of Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), a critically endangered species, was unexpectedly discovered in Syria in 2002. During six subsequent breeding seasons (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007), the 3, and then 2, breeding pairs of Northern Bald Ibises have shown to be still vital and, when intensively protected, showed a higher average breeding success than that recorded in Morocco, the only other country where these birds still breed in the wild. During the six breeding seasons, a total … Show more

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“…2c in de Pietri, 2013). Geronticus eremita is restricted today to Syria and Morocco (Serra et al, 2009), but it had a greater historical range that extended into northern Africa (Collar and Stuart, 1985), and the extinct ibis, Geronticus olsoni, was present in Morocco during the Pliocene (Mourer-Chauviré and Geraads, 2010). The distribution range of Geronticus may have been broader in the past, as has been reported for other African bird taxa (e.g., Louchart et al, 2005bLouchart et al, , 2008Prassack, 2014).…”
Section: Avian Taxonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…2c in de Pietri, 2013). Geronticus eremita is restricted today to Syria and Morocco (Serra et al, 2009), but it had a greater historical range that extended into northern Africa (Collar and Stuart, 1985), and the extinct ibis, Geronticus olsoni, was present in Morocco during the Pliocene (Mourer-Chauviré and Geraads, 2010). The distribution range of Geronticus may have been broader in the past, as has been reported for other African bird taxa (e.g., Louchart et al, 2005bLouchart et al, , 2008Prassack, 2014).…”
Section: Avian Taxonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bald ibis (G. eremita) prefer drier open grassland environments (Manry, 1982), are largely insectivorous, and prefer to nest on cliffs. Relict populations of G. eremita in Syria are migratory and have a foraging range of up to 25 km (Serra et al, 2009). Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans) The Anatidae are a large and diverse family with over sixty species from eight tribes found in Africa (Johnsgard, 1978).…”
Section: Avian Taxonomymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The restriction to a distance of 5–15 km for suitable foraging habitats corresponds to published field observations (Rencurel 1974, Collar & Stuart 1985, Akçakaya 1990, Boehm 2016, Yeniyurt et al 2017) and a questionnaire (Fellous 2011). Distant feeding habitats 25 to 35 km away probably reduce the breeding success due to higher exposure to predation (Serra et al 2009) and deaths of chicks in the nest suggesting starvation (Bowden et al 2003).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…As a result, only two separate breeding populations remained in the wild by the end of the 20th century. A western population survived in Morocco and Algeria (Algerian population now probably extinct; Fellous 2004, 2011) and an eastern population in south-east Turkey and Syria (Collar and Stuart 1985, Bowden et al 2003, Thévenot et al 2003, Serra et al 2009, Hatipoglu 2016). The eastern population migrates along the Red Sea to the main wintering area in Ethiopia (Lindsell et al 2009, Serra et al 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
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