On the movements of the Greater Flamingo,<i>Phoenicopterus ruber</i>, in Iran

Behrouzi-Rad, Behrouz

doi:10.1080/09397140.1992.10637608

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“…The nature of these movements, however, is not known (e.g., regular movements or incidental records). The possibility of regular movements from Southwest Asia to Turkey has been widely accepted; however this assumption was based mainly on sparse information coming from old recoveries (Scott 1975;Kasparek and van der Ven 1983;Johnson 1989;Behrouzi-Rad 1992). We explore here further evidence from a literature survey and from our field observations.…”

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“…These two Asian populations are believed to have similar movement patterns (Scott 1975;Johnson 1989;Behrouzi-Rad 1992). Iranian flamingos, which are better documented, were recovered at the farthest northwest in France and at the farthest southeast in Sri Lanka and India, with a large proportion of the recoveries made in Turkey (11.5%, the third highest rate after Iran and India; Behrouzi-Rad 1992).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Regarding movements from Asia, recoveries of dead flamingos from Iran and Kazakhstan colonies (hereafter Southwest Asian colonies) have been reported as far as both the eastern and western Mediterranean (Johnson 1989;Behrouzi-Rad 1992;Tavares, unpublished data), with lower intensities in the western Mediterranean (Kahl 1975;Johnson 1989). These two Asian populations are believed to have similar movement patterns (Scott 1975;Johnson 1989;Behrouzi-Rad 1992).…”

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Range of the Greater Flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus, metapopulation in the Mediterranean: new insights from Turkey

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Metapopulation conservation should rely on a flyway approach aiming at assessing the spatial range of metapopulations by estimating the level of exchanges among local populations. In the western Mediterranean, Greater Flamingos have been shown to constitute a metapopulation with natal and breeding dispersal among colonies. In this paper, we examine whether this metapopulation reaches Turkey using a band-resighting study. Our results are the first evidence of natal and breeding dispersal from the western Mediterranean to Turkey, and suggest that the Gediz Delta, one of the two Turkish breeding colonies, can play a significant role in the recruitment of flamingos from the western Mediterranean. In 2003 and 2004, breeders of western Mediterranean origin accounted for more than 1.2 and 1.9% of the estimated breeding population of the Gediz Delta, respectively. Our observations also indicate that the western Mediterranean and Southwest Asia may constitute two sets of populations, which overlap in Turkey. Finally, the resightings of flamingos banded in Turkey show that post-fledging dispersal from Turkey reaches both the eastern and western Mediterranean wetlands. Future data on the natal and breeding dispersal of flamingos born in Turkey could clarify further the connection between Turkey and the western Mediterranean metapopulation.

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confidence: 93%