Turkey as a crossroad for Greater FlamingosPhoenicopterus roseus: evidence from population trends and ring-resightings (Aves: Phoenicopteridae)
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2015
Yazarlar: Ozge BALKIZ, Ortaç ONMUŞ, MEHMET SIKI, Omer DONDUREN, Orhan GUL, Antoine ARNAUD, Christophe GERMAIN, Suereyya ISFENDIYAROGLU, Melih OZBEK, Eray CAGLAYAN, Nilufer ARAC, Burcu PARMAK, Uygar OZESMI, Arnaud BECHET
Zoology in the Middle East, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2015, cilt 61, ss 201-214
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1058452
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Özge Balkızab*, Ortaç Onmuşc, Mehmet Sıkıc, Ömer Döndürenccd, Orhan Gülc, Antoine Arnaudb, Christophe Germainb, Süreyya İsfendiyaroğlua, Melih Özbeke, Eray Çağlayana, Nilüfer Araça, Burcu Parmaka, Uygar Özesmif & Arnaud Béchetba Doğa Derneği, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkeyb Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, Arles, Francec Department of Biology, Natural History Museum, Faculty of Sciences, Ege University, Bornova, İzmir, Turkeyd Conservation and Development Union of İzmir Bird Paradise, İzmir, Turkeye Dijital Akademi, Kavaklıdere, Ankara, Turkeyf Good4Trust.org, Gayrettepe, Şişli, İstanbul, Turkey* Corresponding author. Email: balkiz@gmail.comThe Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus is a waterbird commonly found in saline and brackish lagoons throughout the Mediterranean Region. We have gathered existing data on Greater Flamingos in Turkey and carried out field surveys to present the most up to date information on wintering (1999–2014) and breeding (1969– 2014). The wintering population of flamingos shows an increasing trend with 54,947±20,794 individuals mainly concentrated in the Gediz, Büyük Menderes and Çukurova deltas, respectively. Breeding attempts were recorded in at least seven wetlands in Turkey in the past, yet after 1999 most of the colonies were abandoned due to basin scale intensive water management practices in Central Anatolia. Currently, only Tuz Lake and Gediz Delta are used as regular breeding sites, while breeding has been recorded sporadically in Acıgöl and Akşehir Lakes. The breeding colony of Tuz Lake is of prime importance at the Mediterranean scale, with the number of young chicks in 2011, 2012 and 2013 accounting for the highest number of fledglings in the Mediterranean Region and West Africa (18,418, 20,274 and 20,292 respectively). Finally, building upon the previous findings about Turkey and the western Mediterranean metapopulation links, recent resightings of Turkish flamingos (despite the limited numbers) confirm post-fledging and natal dispersal reaching the western Mediterranean Basin and West Africa. Flamingos from Turkey were also found to disperse to Israel and to a region outside the known flyways of the western Mediterranean and West African flamingos (i.e. to Israel and UAE). Thus, Turkey, due to its geographic position, appears to be a crossroad between the western and eastern Mediterranean Region and southwest Asia.