Aspects regarding the limicoline birds' migration in the IBA

• Main Authors: MULLER Johanna Walle, GACHE Carmen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CITDD Publishing House 2006
• Subjects: bird migration; limicoline birds; Vlădeni wetland; Iaşi county; Romania; Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology; GN301-674; Science; Q; Science (General); Q1-390; Arenaria interpres; Gallinago media; Pluvialis apricaria; Vanellus vanellus; Limosa limosa
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/27aa8c907f38449e8afbd5d38599f51a

The IBA “Jijia and Miletin ponds” (code 014) is situated at 40 km north-west from Iaşi city, around the confluence point of Miletin and Jijia Rivers, forming Vlădeni wetland. During the migration periods – in spring and autumn – we can count in Vlădeni wetland territory large flocks of limicoline birds (thousands exemplars), being represented 28 species; some of them are very rare in this part of Romania: Pluvialis apricaria, Pluvialis squatarola, Gallinago media, Lymnocryptes minimus, Arenaria interpres or Limosa lapponica. During the spring migration, but also during the autumn migration, we recorded 25 species, three species being different from a season of migration to other. During whole migration period, there are two super-dominant species Vanellus vanellus and Limosa limosa. We notice the irregular presence autumn migration of Gallinago media. In December are still present 5 species of limicoline birds.