Nesting, distribution and conservation of the Crab Plover,<i>Dromas ardeola</i>, in the United Arab Emirates

Javed, Saleem; Khan, Shahid B.; Tourenq, C; Launay, Frédéric; Merritt, Jorge

doi:10.1080/09397140.2012.10648935

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“…Due to our intermittent presence in sight of the breeding colony, we did not record any direct threat, as the collection of eggs by fishermen, which was reported from other nesting sites, like in the Arabian Peninsula (Brown et al 1991;Rands 1996). We did not record on the breeding islet the presence of dangerous rats and cats (De Marchi et al 2006;Javed et al 2012) but we found indirect evidence of the presence of Wild Boar Sus scrofa and Golden Jackal Canis aureus, which could be a threat to the breeding of this species. An indirect threat we perceived, after informal interaction with the local fishermen community, is the access to outside people for tourism, especially during the hottest months of June and July, which coincide with the breeding time of the Crab Plover.…”

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“…Crab Plovers are winter visitors on the coasts of Pakistan, Gujarat, and peninsular India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, northern Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh. Crab Plovers are known to breed on islands in the Arabian Gulf and Africa including the United Arab Emirates, Masirah Island in Oman, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan, and the islets of northern Somalia (Cramp et al 1983;De Marchi et al 2006;Scott 2007;Delany et al 2009;Jennings 2010;Tayefeh et al 2011;Javed et al 2012;Tayefeh et al 2013;Bom & Al-Nasrallah 2015;Abdelhafez et al 2020). These birds form colonies and engage in nesting activities from April to August.…”

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confidence: 99%

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From the Arabian Peninsula to Indian shores: Crab Plover Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805 (Aves: Charadriiformes: Dromadidae) breeding at Point Calimere, India

H. Byju,

N. Raveendran,

K.M. Aarif

2023

J. Threat. Taxa

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Crab Plover Dromas ardeola is endemic to the subtropical and tropical coastlines of the Indian Ocean. It breeds along the easterncoasts of Africa, the Persian Gulf, and southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; occurs also in the western Madagascar and most islands northwards to Seychelles. It is a winter visitor to Pakistan, Gujarat, and peninsular India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, northern Sri Lanka, Maldives, and a vagrant to Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to assess the breeding records of the Crab Plover in Point Calimere. After some preliminary surveys and interactions with local birders, between June and August 2023, boat surveys and foot surveys were carried out in the Great Vedaryanam Swamp (GVS) and nearby islets to document the presence of Crab Plover and locate its nests. The presence of five nests of D. ardeola was recorded in Manaaran Theevu islet near Siruthalaikkadu of GVS. This observation marks the first documentation of breeding of Crab Plover in the Indian subcontinent. In the context of species conservation within the peninsular Indian region, there is a need for comprehensive and continuous monitoring of breeding sites.

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confidence: 69%

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From the Arabian Peninsula to Indian shores: Crab Plover Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805 (Aves: Charadriiformes: Dromadidae) breeding at Point Calimere, India

H. Byju,

N. Raveendran,

K.M. Aarif

2023

J. Threat. Taxa

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“…Amini and van Roomen 2009;Summers et al 1987). A small population of wintering Crab Plovers in the United Arab Emirates decreased from 60 to 30 birds from 2006-2010 (Javed et al 2012).…”

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Demography of a stable population of Crab Plovers wintering in Oman

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The monotypic Crab Plover Dromas ardeola winters around the shores of the Indian Ocean and breeds in colonies on islands around the Arabian Peninsula. The IUCN lists the world population of Crab Plovers as stable, but long-term survey data or demographic estimates regarding the species status are lacking. Here, we use survey and demographic data collected from 2011-2015 to study the status of the population of Crab Plover at their most important wintering area: the Barr Al Hikman Peninsula in the Sultanate of Oman. Our survey data showed that the population of Crab Plovers initially increased and then stabilized. The overall observed finite rate of population change (λ ̅ obs) was estimated at 1.004 (0.995-1.013 95% Bayesian credible interval [BCI]), indicating a stable population (7,000-9,000 birds), that is possibly at carrying capacity. Based on mark-recapture data, the mean annual apparent survival probability of Crab Plovers was estimated to be 0.90 (0.85-0.94 95% BCI). We used counts of adults and yearlings to estimate the mean annual fecundity rate at 0.06 young per pair. Using these demographic values, the overall mean expected finite rate of population change (λ ̅ exp) was estimated to be 0.949 (0.899-0.996 95% BCI), so there is a low chance that λ ̅ obs and λ ̅ exp overlap. λ ̅ obs and λ ̅ exp would completely match if about 450 Crab Plovers immigrate to Barr Al Hikman each year. Regional surveys show that yearling densities are higher closer to the breeding areas, so immigrants could be birds that during their first winter stayed close to their natal area. Our study support the IUCN listening of Crab Plover as stable, but further population-wide monitoring is required. From a conservation point of view it is important to continue monitoring because Crab Plovers breed and winter in a region that is rapidly developing.

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“…The nests of Crab Plovers were discovered to be underground (Von Heuglin, 1861, 1867, 1873. Tayefeh et al (2013) illustrated that in the Arabian Gulf, Crab Plovers breed on offshore islands along the northern coast of the Arabian Peninsula including the United Arab Emirates with 1,400-1,500 pairs (Javed et al, 2012), Masirah Island in Oman, and Kuwait, and also on islands in the northern part of the Arabian Gulf in the south of Iran (Cramp et al, 1983;Scott, 2007;Behrouzi-Rad and Behrouzi-Rad, 2010;Tayefeh et al, 2011). Almalki et al (2014) illustrated that Crab Plover breeding sites are restricted to islands around the Arabian Peninsula, although it probably also breeds in Western India, in the Laccadive Islands and the Maldives (Delany et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%