| Titre : | Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus): Important wintering sites and breeding records in the United Arab Emirates (2017) |
| Titre original: | Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) |
| Auteurs : | Shahid B. Khan, Auteur ; Salim Javed, Auteur ; Shakeel Ahmed, Auteur ; Junid N. Shah, Auteur ; Abdulla Ali Al Hammadi, Auteur ; Eissa Ali Al Hammadi, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Zoology in the Middle East (63(3) July 3, 2017) |
| Article en page(s) : | 194-201 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) monitoring was undertaken in the United Arab Emirates from 2003 to 2015 at 36 permanent sites to find key wintering and breeding sites. Bul Syayeef Marine Protected Area with monthly mean of 6553 (±3594) flamingos followed by Al Wathba Wetland Reserve with 1228 (±1190) flamingos topped the list. In addition, Shahama Wetland and Al Aryam Mudflats in Abu Dhabi Emirate form a complex of four nearby sites that hold the majority of nearly 15,000–20,000 birds wintering in the country. Lagoons (Khors) in the northern emirates are the other key wintering sites, that suffer habitat destruction and high disturbance. Breeding has been sporadic and infrequent since the first breeding attempt in 1993. Greater Flamingos have bred successfully only in the Abu Dhabi Emirate on 10 occasions at three sites with the highest eight breeding attempts at Al Wathba and one each at Shahama and Bul Syayeef. A total of 1,972 young have fledged with a high overall breeding success of 43%. The highest number of 801 young fledged at Bul Syayeef in 2009 followed by 420 at Al Wathba in 2015 and 350 at Shahama in 2007. Successful breeding occurred both in summer and winter seasons, breeding attempts were more (58%) in summer compared to winter. Flamingos have bred regularly at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve since 2011, this was made possible due to the provision of an artificial island to aid nesting and better control of predators. Breeding is successful at sites that maintain higher bird numbers and are free from disturbance. |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2017.1331586 |



