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Glossy Ibis Plegadis Falcinellus in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337622754 SIS Conservation Issue 1. Special Issue: Glossy Ibis Ecology & Conservation Book · November 2019 CITATIONS READS 0 33 3 authors: Simone Santoro KS Gopi Sundar Universidad Pablo de Olavide Nature Conservation Foundation 38 PUBLICATIONS 126 CITATIONS 68 PUBLICATIONS 409 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Luis Santiago Cano-Alonso International Union for Conservation of Nature 37 PUBLICATIONS 102 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Biology and Conservation of the Black Stork Ciconia nigra in the Iberian Peninsula (Spanish) View project Illegal wildlife trade View project All content following this page was uploaded by KS Gopi Sundar on 29 November 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. SIS Conservation Publication of the IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group ISSUE 1, 2019 SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOSSY IBIS ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION Editors-in-chief: K.S. Gopi Sundar and Luis Santiago Cano Alonso Guest Editor for Special Issue: Simone Santoro ISBN 978-2-491451-01-1 SIS Conservation Piotr Tryjanowski, Poland Publication of the IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis & Spoonbill Abdul J. Urfi, India Specialist Group Amanda Webber, United Kingdom View this journal online at https://storkibisspoonbill.org/sis-conservation- SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITOR publications/ Simone Santoro PhD | University Pablo Olavide | Spain AIMS AND SCOPE Special Issue Editorial Board Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Conservation (SISC) is a peer- Mauro Fasola PhD | Università di Pavia| Italy reviewed publication of the IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Ricardo Lima PhD | University of Lisbon | Portugal Spoonbill Specialist Group. SISC publishes original Jocelyn Champagnon PhD | Tour du Valat| France content on the ecology and conservation of both wild and Alejandro Centeno PhD | University of Cádiz | Spain captive populations of SIS species worldwide, with the Amanda Webber PhD | Bristol Zoological Society| UK aim of disseminating information to assist in the Frédéric Goes MSc | Osmose |France management and conservation of SIS (including Shoebill) André Stadler PhD | Alpenzoo Innsbruck |Austria populations and their habitats worldwide. We invite Letizia Campioni PhD | MARE, ISPA|Portugal anyone, including people who are not members of the Piotr Tryjanowski PhD | Poznań University of Life SIS-SG, to submit manuscripts. Sciences| Poland The views expressed in this publication are those of the Phillippe Dubois MSc | Independent Researcher | France authors and do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN, nor Catherine King MSc | Zoo Lagos |Portugal the IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group. Xavier Rufray | BIOTOPE| France PUBLICATION COPY RIGHT Suggested citation for Issue 1 SISC is an Open Access publication, therefore does not Santoro, S., Sundar, K. S. G. and Cano Alonso, L. S. charge authors, readers or their institutions for access to (eds.) 2019. Glossy Ibis Ecology & Conservation. SIS its contents. Articles accepted in SIS Conservation will be Conservation 1 (Special Issue): 148 pp. Addis Ababa, published online shortly after acceptance and the article Ethiopia,Seville, Spain and Mysuru, India. ISBN 978-2- proof will be mailed to the authors. 491451-01-1. EDITORIAL OFFICE Recommended citation of an article: EMAIL [email protected] Rodríguez, J.P. 2019. Welcome to Stork, Ibis and WEBSITE https://storkibisspoonbill.org/sis-conservation- Spoonbill Conservation. SIS Conservation 1: 5. publications/ Editors-in-Chief Cover Photo: © Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus by K. S. Gopi Sundar PhD | Nature Conservation Héctor Garrido Foundation| India Back cover Photo: © Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus by Luis Santiago Cano Alonso PhD | Universty Complutense Sundar, K. S. G of Madrid | Spain All enquiries regarding SIS Conservation, including but Designer & Webmaster not limited to, ideas for special issues, participation as an Alejandro Torés Sánchez Editor, submission of original paper, short notes, essays or letters, should be emailed to [email protected] Editorial board Vladimir Andronov, Russian Federation We welcome sponsorship of individual issues of SIS Kate Brandis, Australia Conservation. Please direct queries regarding sponsorship Thilina Nethmin de Silva, Sri Lanka to [email protected] Harrison Edell, United States of America Frédéric Goes, France This Special issue has been supported by Tour du Valat, Ricardo Lima, Portugal Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Lubomir Peske, Czech Republic Wetland, France. André Stadler, Austria Iain Taylor, Australia Table of Content Welcome to Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Conservation .................................................................................................5 Editorial: A New Publication Focussing on Storks, Ibis, Spoonbills and Shoebill....................................................6 Guest Editorial............................................................................................................................................................8 The Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Azerbaijan..................................................................................................10 Past and Present: The Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Tunisia...........................................................................16 The Breeding and Wintering of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Sardinia (Italy)...............................................21 The Glossy Ibis in Greece ........................................................................................................................................27 The Past, Present, and Future of Glossy Ibis in Australia ........................................................................................33 Ecology and Conservation of Glossy Ibis in Algeria: Synthesis and Perspectives ..................................................39 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Serbia and Neighbouring Balkan Countries .....................................................43 The Settlement of Glossy Ibis in France ..................................................................................................................50 Breeding Status of the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Bulgaria........................................................................56 Status Assessment and Population Trends of the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Madagascar between 1993 and 2016..........................................................................................................................................................................60 Past and Current Situation of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Romania.............................................................65 The Captive Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Population and Ex Situ Conservation Opportunities ........................72 Status of the Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus Breeding and Wintering in Portugal.................................................78 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland...............................................................82 Historical and Current Status of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Turkey ...........................................................90 Twenty Two Years of Monitoring of the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Doñana ............................................98 Status of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in the Ebro Delta (Catalonia) ...............................................................104 The Current Status of the Glossy Ibis in Italy with an Update on Distribution and Population Trend ..................110 The Changing Status of the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in Britain.................................................................116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis facinellus Nesting in the New York City, New York, USA.................................................122 First Insights into the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Population Dynamics in l’Albufera de València (Eastern Spain)......................................................................................................................................................................127 Glossy Ibis Distribution and Abundance in an Indian Agricultural Landscape: Seasonal and Annual Variations135 Long-distance Dispersal of the Afro-Eurasian Glossy Ibis From Ring Recoveries...............................................139 Westward Expansion of the Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus in North America: Records for the New Millennium ................................................................................................................................................................................147 SIS CONSERVATION 1 (2019) 5 SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOSSY IBIS ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION Welcome to Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Conservation Joan Paul RODRÍGUEZ IUCN Species Survival Commission, Provita, and Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela Corresponding author; e.mail: [email protected] It is a great honour to present this first issue of SIS plasticity. This publication compiles the knowledge Conservation, not only because of the importance of of the species trough 25 papers written by 75 this fascinating group of birds, but for the specialists, which is in itself an impressive accomplishment of one of our
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