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Titre :	Dynamic of waterbirds on rice-fields in the Grand-Bassam wetlands (Ivory Coast, West Africa) (2015)
Auteurs :	Kouassi Hilaire Yaokorore-Beibro, Auteur ; Kadio Saint Guillaume Odoukpe, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Alauda (83(4) 2015)
Article en page(s) :	255-262
Mots-clés:	grand-bassam (cote d'ivoire)
Résumé :	The aim of this study is to identify the different waterbird species found in the rice-fields of the Ramsar site of Grand-Bassam and to show changes in their abundance during the rice cycle. Regular surveys were conducted during the different phenological stages of the ricefield that are plowing stages, seedlings, vegetative, immature rice, mature rice and post-harvest. A total of 45 species of water birds belonging to 12 families and seven orders were identified. The most abundant species are Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis and African Jacana Actophilornis africana contributing to 48.65% of the total abundance. The Grand-Bassam ricefields host many more waterbirds early in the crop cycle than at the end of cycle.

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