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Flamingo Newsletter 17, 2009
ABOUT THE GROUP The Flamingo Specialist Group (FSG) is a global network of flamingo specialists (both scientists and non-scientists) concerned with the study, monitoring, management and conservation of the world’s six flamingo species populations. Its role is to actively promote flamingo research, conservation and education worldwide by encouraging information exchange and cooperation among these specialists, and with other relevant organisations, particularly the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), and BirdLife International. The group is coordinated from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK, as part of the IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International Waterbird Network. FSG members include experts in both in-situ (wild) and ex-situ (captive) flamingo conservation, as well as in fields ranging from research surveys to breeding biology, infectious diseases, toxicology, movement tracking and data management. There are currently 286 members representing 206 organisations around the world, from India to Chile, and from France to South Africa. Further information about the FSG, its membership, the membership list serve, or this bulletin can be obtained from Brooks Childress at the address below. Chair Dr. Brooks Childress Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Glos. GL2 7BT, UK Tel: +44 (0)1453 860437 Fax: +44 (0)1453 860437 [email protected] Eastern Hemisphere Chair Western Hemisphere Chair Dr. Arnaud Béchet Dr. Felicity Arengo Station biologique, Tour du Valat American Museum of Natural History Le Sambuc Central Park West at 79th Street 13200 Arles, France New York, NY 10024 USA Tel : +33 (0) 4 90 97 20 13 Tel: +1 212 313-7076 Fax : +33 (0) 4 90 97 20 19 Fax: +1 212 769-5292 [email protected] [email protected] Citation: Childress, B., Arengo, F. -
Comments on the Population Status of Chilean Flamingos at Lagoa Do Peixe National Park, Southern Brazil
Delfino and Aldana-Ardila. Flamingo 2020, pages: 21-26. Comments on the population status of Chilean flamingos at Lagoa do Peixe National Park, Southern Brazil Henrique Cardoso Delfino 1* & Oscar Maurício Aldana-Ardila 1 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Laboratório de Ecologia e Sistemática de Aves e Mamíferos Marinhos (LABSMAR). Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500. CEP: 91509-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract In South America, the Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is distributed from south of the Equator to southern Argentina, passing by the Brazilian coast. One of the locations where this species is present in southern Brazil is the Lagoa do Peixe National Park, between the cities of Mostardas and Tavares, in Rio Grande do Sul state. This area is a natural reserve implemented to conserve both coastal biodiversity and the many species of migratory birds that use the area in contranuptial periods. Although the flamingo is well known in the region, there is a lack, in scientific literature, of information about the population of flamingos living inside the park. In this paper, we comment on the current population and conservation status of Chilean flamingos in the Lagoa do Peixe National Park, bringing attention to the necessities to protect the park from political pressures and to increase research activity on these birds in this area. Resumen En América del Sur, el flamenco austral (Phoenicopterus chilensis) se distribuye desde el sur del Ecuador hasta el sur de Argentina, pasando por la costa brasileña. -
2019 FSG Report
IUCN SSC Flamingo Specialist Group 2019 Report Cathy King Paul Rose Co-chairs Mission statement tion scientists and flamingo biologists will result Cathy King (1) The mission statement of the WI-IUCN SSC in increased exposure for these species, and Paul Rose (2) Flamingo Specialist Group (FSG) is to actively therefore, a better chance of secured popula- promote flamingo research and conservation tions for the future. We hope that by continuing Red List Authority worldwide by developing conservation action to support the work of scientists and flamingo biologists in the field, the conservation status BirdLife International plans for the most threatened species, and by encouraging information exchange and coop- of all six species does not deteriorate, and that those species currently Vulnerable or Near Location/Affiliation eration amongst flamingo specialists, and Threatened can be more secured in their habi- (1) Zoo de Lagos, Portugal with other relevant organisations, particularly tats, so that future assessments of populations (2) WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, UK the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Wetlands International, Ramsar Convention, show an upward trend in numbers, rather than a decline. The good work currently undertaken Number of members WWF International and BirdLife International. with the Andean and Puna Flamingos (Phoen- 196 icoparrus andinus and P. jamesi, showing stable Projected impact for the 2017-2020 population trends) needs to be monitored, as quadrennium Social networks current Red Lists assessments suggest poten- Facebook: Flamingo Specialist Group By the end of 2020, we hope to have succeeded tial declines due to past poor breeding success Twitter: @FlamingoSpecGrp in our aims of re-launching the FSG website and human-caused impacts on populations. -
The 2010-2015 Mega Drought in Central Chile: Impacts on Regional Hydroclimate and Vegetation
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2017-191, 2017 Manuscript under review for journal Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discussion started: 26 April 2017 c Author(s) 2017. CC-BY 3.0 License. The 2010-2015 mega drought in Central Chile: Impacts on regional hydroclimate and vegetation René Garreaud1,2,*, Camila Alvarez-Garreton3,2, Jonathan Barichivich3,2, Juan Pablo Boisier1,2, Duncan 3,2 4,2 3 5 5 Christie , Mauricio Galleguillos , Carlos LeQuesne , James McPhee , Mauricio Zambrano- Bigiarini6,2 1Department of Geophysics, Universidad de Chile, Santiago-Chile 2Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2), Santiago-Chile 10 3Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia-Chile. 4Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago-Chile 5Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago-Chile 6Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco-Chile 15 Correspondence to: René. D. Garreaud ([email protected]) 1 Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., doi:10.5194/hess-2017-191, 2017 Manuscript under review for journal Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discussion started: 26 April 2017 c Author(s) 2017. CC-BY 3.0 License. Abstract. Since 2010 an uninterrupted sequence of dry years, with annual rainfall deficits ranging from 25 to 45%, has prevailed in Central Chile (western South America, 30-38°S). Although intense 1- or 2-year droughts are recurrent in this Mediterranean-like region, the ongoing event stands out because of its longevity and large extent. The extraordinary character of the so-called Central Chile mega drought (MD) was established against century long historical records and a 5 millennial tree-ring reconstruction of regional precipitation. -
AOU Classification Committee – North and Middle America
AOU Classification Committee – North and Middle America Proposal Set 2016-C No. Page Title 01 02 Change the English name of Alauda arvensis to Eurasian Skylark 02 06 Recognize Lilian’s Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae as a separate species from S. magna 03 20 Change the English name of Euplectes franciscanus to Northern Red Bishop 04 25 Transfer Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis to Antigone 05 29 Add Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris to the U.S. list 06 31 Revise our higher-level linear sequence as follows: (a) Move Strigiformes to precede Trogoniformes; (b) Move Accipitriformes to precede Strigiformes; (c) Move Gaviiformes to precede Procellariiformes; (d) Move Eurypygiformes and Phaethontiformes to precede Gaviiformes; (e) Reverse the linear sequence of Podicipediformes and Phoenicopteriformes; (f) Move Pterocliformes and Columbiformes to follow Podicipediformes; (g) Move Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, and Apodiformes to follow Columbiformes; and (h) Move Charadriiformes and Gruiformes to precede Eurypygiformes 07 45 Transfer Neocrex to Mustelirallus 08 48 (a) Split Ardenna from Puffinus, and (b) Revise the linear sequence of species of Ardenna 09 51 Separate Cathartiformes from Accipitriformes 10 58 Recognize Colibri cyanotus as a separate species from C. thalassinus 11 61 Change the English name “Brush-Finch” to “Brushfinch” 12 62 Change the English name of Ramphastos ambiguus 13 63 Split Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus into three species 14 71 Recognize the genus Cercomacroides (Thamnophilidae) 15 74 Split Oceanodroma cheimomnestes and O. socorroensis from Leach’s Storm- Petrel O. leucorhoa 2016-C-1 N&MA Classification Committee p. 453 Change the English name of Alauda arvensis to Eurasian Skylark There are a dizzying number of larks (Alaudidae) worldwide and a first-time visitor to Africa or Mongolia might confront 10 or more species across several genera. -
Long-Legged Pink Things
nld n hn: Wht r th? Whr d th fr? DAVID S. LEE N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, N.C. 27611 Pearson et al. (1942), Sprunt and Chamberlain (1949), and the American Ornithol- ogists' Union Check-list (1957, 1983) consider the records of Greater [American] Flamin- gos 1 in the Carolinas as naturally occurring vagrants. The primary South Carolina records are ones provided by Audubon (1840-1844) and Wayne (1887). The Audubon record is somewhat vague. "A very few of these birds have been known to proceed eastward of the Floridas beyond Charleston in South Carolina, and some have been procured there within eight or ten years back." Wayne's record is of a young, storm-driven male killed on DeBardien Island in September 1876. The specimen was not saved. Sprunt and Chamber- lain (1949) cite an apparent "tongue in cheek" news clipping from the Charleston Courier on 20 July 1818 providing evidence of an even earlier record. It states, "We hope that they [other migrating birds] will meet with better reception than the unfortunate flamingo who recently paid us the honor of a visit from South America, but before he arrived in the metropolis, was slain at John's Island by a man who mistook him for a British soldier." The news article states that the bird was placed in the Charleston Museum, but by 1949 there was no record of its existence. Other records of flamingos available for South Carolina are provided in Table 1. In North Carolina the earliest record was made by the manager of the Pea Island Refuge, Samuel A. -
Revealing the Biodiversity of Chilean Birds Through the COI Barcode Approach
ZooKeys 1016: 143–161 (2021) A peer-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1016.51866 RESEARCH ARTICLE https://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Revealing the biodiversity of Chilean birds through the COI barcode approach Nelson Colihueque1, Alberto Gantz2, Margarita Parraguez3 1 Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Citogenética, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Avenida Alcalde Fuchslocher 1305, Casilla 933, Osorno, Chile 2 Laboratorio de Ecología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile 3 Laboratorio de Genética, Acuicultura y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile Corresponding author: Nelson Colihueque ([email protected]) Academic editor: G. Sangster | Received 9 March 2020 | Accepted 20 December 2020 | Published 11 February 2021 http://zoobank.org/CAC90F3A-268B-41B0-B8BA-AC7BAA310D09 Citation: Colihueque N, Gantz A, Parraguez M (2021) Revealing the biodiversity of Chilean birds through the COI barcode approach. In: Spence J, Casale A, Assmann T, Liebherr J, Penev L (Eds) Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940–2020). ZooKeys 1016: 143–161. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1016.51866 Abstract The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene is an effective molecular tool for the estima- tion of genetic variation and the identification of bird species. This molecular marker is used to differentiate among Chilean bird species by analyzing barcodes for 76 species (197 individuals), comprising 28 species with no previous barcode data and 48 species with sequences retrieved from the BOLD and GenBank databases. The DNA barcodes correctly identified 94.7% of the species analyzed (72 of 76 species). -
NEWS and NOTES by Paul Hess
NEWS AND NOTES by Paul Hess First-year Migrants sumably innate southwesterly bearing, and many ended up May Need Experience in Iberia far south of the usual winter range. His report in 1958 suggests that adults improve their inherent naviga - Inheritance or experience? Genetic programming or practi - tional map based on experience, but that first-year birds’ di - cal learning? Various studies show that both inherited and rectional behavior has not progressed beyond an inherited learned information helps birds to migrate to the right rudimentary compass ( Ardea 46:1–37). place in fall and to return to the right place in spring. Im - Fifty years later, Kasper Thorup and six coauthors have mature birds apparently use an innate compass that may added a radio-tracking dimension to similar research using not always allow them to deviate from “hard-wired” direc - White-crowned Sparrows. Results they report in 2007 are a near-perfect analogy to Perdeck’s findings, except that long- distance, non-social, nocturnal migrants are studied rather than short-distance, social, diurnal migrants ( Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:18115–18119). Fif - teen adult and 15 first-year southbound migrants of the gambelii subspecies were captured at a fall stopover site in Washington state and transported to New Jersey, where each was fitted with a tiny radio transmitter. The birds’ ini - tial movements near the release site were monitored by ground crews, but after flying away from the immediate area (usually at night) they were tracked individually by aircraft for distances as far as 122 kilometers. Adults and immatures rapidly demonstrated a conspicu - ous behavioral difference. -
Conservation Strategies for Biodiversity and Indigenous People in Chilean Forest Ecosystems
© Journal of The Royal Society oj New Zealand Volume 31 Number 4 December 2001 pp 865-877 Conservation strategies for biodiversity and indigenous people in Chilean forest ecosystems J. J. Armesto*f, C. Smith-Ramirez*, R. Rozzi* The distribution of Chilean temperate forests has been greatly disrupted by human activities, mainly through logging, land clearing for agriculture, and replacement of native forests by extensive commercial plantations of exotic trees More than Vi million people of indigenous ancestry (mainly Pehuenche and Huilliche) still live in close association with forests in south-central Chile Indigenous people have been forced to retreat, along with the last remains of native forests, towards marginal lands, characterised by low productivity and limited accessibility This process has been driven by a historical trend that reassigned public and indigenous land to private or industrial landowners, and by a Chilean forestry policy that has ignored biodiversity and non- timber forest products, and undervalued native forests by providing costly subsidies to industrial plantations for timber and pulp production As a result of these policies, two major conflicts have emerged indigenous people encroached by timber plantations are resisting the expansion of commercial forestry, and the conservation of the last remains of biologically valuable habitat is at odds with land use claims by indigenous groups in less accessible areas A promising solution to these problems is the development of mixed use landscapes or "extractive reserves", -
Flamingo Atlas
Flamingo Bulletin of the IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International FLAMINGO SPECIALIST GROUP Number 15, December 2007 ISSN 1680-1857 ABOUT THE GROUP The Flamingo Specialist Group (FSG) was established in 1978 at Tour du Valat in France, under the leadership of Dr. Alan Johnson, who coordinated the group until 2004. Currently, the group is coordinated from the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, UK, as part of the IUCN-SSC/Wetlands International Waterbird Network. The FSG is a global network of flamingo specialists (both scientists and non- scientists) involved in the study, monitoring, management and conservation of the world’s six flamingo species populations. Its role is to actively promote flamingo research and conservation worldwide by encouraging information exchange and cooperation among these specialists, and with other relevant organisations, particularly IUCN - SSC, Wetlands International, Ramsar, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species, African Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement, and BirdLife International. FSG members include experts in both in-situ (wild) and ex-situ (captive) flamingo conservation, as well as in fields ranging from field surveys to breeding biology, infectious diseases, toxicology, movement tracking and data management. There are currently 208 members around the world, from India to Chile, and from Finland to South Africa. Further information about the FSG, its membership, the membership list serve, or this bulletin can be obtained from Brooks Childress at the address below. Chair Assistant Chair Dr. Brooks Childress Mr. Nigel Jarrett Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Slimbridge Glos. GL2 7BT, UK Glos. GL2 7BT, UK Tel: +44 (0)1453 860437 Tel: +44 (0)1453 891177 Fax: +44 (0)1453 860437 Fax: +44 (0)1453 890827 [email protected] [email protected] Eastern Hemisphere Chair Western Hemisphere Chair Dr. -
Columbiformes ~ Pterocliformes ~ Mesitornithiformes
Birds of the World part 2 Galloanseres, Neoaves: Columbea NEOGNATHAE (the rest of the birds!): Galloanseres • ORDER ANSERIFORMES – waterfowl • Family Anhimidae – screamers (3 species) • Family Anseranatidae – magpie goose (1 species) • Family Anatidae – ducks, geese, and swans (173 species) • ORDER GALLIFORMES – landfowl • Family Megapodiidae – megapodes (21 species) • Family Cracidae – chachalacas, curassows, and guans (55 species) • Family Numididae – guineafowl (6 species) • Family Odontophoridae – New World quail (34 species) • Family Phasianidae – pheasants and allies (183 species) NEOGNATHAE : Neoaves (the rest of the birds!): COLUMBEA • ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES – Family Podicipedidae – grebes (23 species) • ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMES – Family Phoenicopteridae – flamingos (6 species) • ORDER COLUMBIFORMES – Family Columbidae – pigeons and doves (334 species) • ORDER PTEROCLIDIFORMES – Family Pteroclididae – sandgrouse (16 species) • ORDER MESITORNITHIFORMES – Family Mesitornithidae – mesites (3 species) NEOGNATHAE : Galloanseres • ORDER ANSERIFORMES – waterfowl • Family Anhimidae – screamers (3 species) • Family Anseranatidae – magpie goose (1 species) • Family Anatidae – ducks, geese, and swans (173 species) • ORDER GALLIFORMES – landfowl • Family Megapodiidae – megapodes (21 species) • Family Cracidae – chachalacas, curassows, and guans (55 species) • Family Numididae – guineafowl (6 species) • Family Odontophoridae – New World quail (34 species) • Family Phasianidae – pheasants and allies (183 species) southern or crested screamer -
Docent Manual
2018 Docent Manual Suzi Fontaine, Education Curator Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum 7/24/2018 Table of Contents Docent Information ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 Dress Code................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Feeding and Cleaning Procedures ........................................................................................................................... 10 Docent Self-Evaluation ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Mission Statement .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Education Program Evaluation Form ...................................................................................................................... 22 Education Master Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Animal Diets ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 Mammals ....................................................................................................................................................................