Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018
A new series of Osprey surveys started in early June 2012 and ended in July 2018. The main goal was to survey the local resident breeding Ospreys Pandion haliaetus haliaetus. I also visited the three wintering areas Malaha, Aswan and Lake Nasser. We found breeding and nesting Ospreys in most of the...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:87446ef4757d468ca4f878c7d7b79879 2023-05-15T18:50:55+02:00 Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 Mohamed Ibrahim Habib 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-38-43-58 https://doaj.org/article/87446ef4757d468ca4f878c7d7b79879 EN RU eng rus LLC Sibecocenter http://rusraptors.ru/index.php/RC/article/view/243 https://doaj.org/toc/1814-0076 https://doaj.org/toc/1814-8654 1814-0076 1814-8654 doi:10.19074/1814-8654-2019-38-43-58 https://doaj.org/article/87446ef4757d468ca4f878c7d7b79879 Пернатые хищники и их охрана, Vol 0, Iss 38, Pp 43-58 (2019) birds of prey raptors osprey pandion haliaetus egypt General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5 Zoology QL1-991 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2019-38-43-58 2022-12-31T05:49:37Z A new series of Osprey surveys started in early June 2012 and ended in July 2018. The main goal was to survey the local resident breeding Ospreys Pandion haliaetus haliaetus. I also visited the three wintering areas Malaha, Aswan and Lake Nasser. We found breeding and nesting Ospreys in most of the visited Islands at the Red Sea, with nests placed mostly on sand dunes but also on roof tops. A total of only 40 pairs were confirmed breeding in the Red Sea and South Sinai provinces and 16 non-local Osprey were observed at the wintering sites which make Egypt important as a stopover area for Osprey during Spring and Autumn migration. The breeding season of the Osprey in the Red Sea starts from the first week of December in the south of Egypt to the first week of January in the north of Egypt. Osprey’s diet consists entirely of fish and their mainly forage at reef flats and reef edges. Birds from the resident Red Sea population tends to be distinctly smaller and lighter in plumage than birds from the European population. The main threat to the breeding population is human disturbance on the Red Sea coasts and islands. A further artificial nests project at Red Sea Coast is highly recommended to replace the lost nests because of tourism development and increase the Egyptian population to the previous level. Article in Journal/Newspaper osprey Pandion haliaetus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Raptors Conservation 38 43 58 |
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A new series of Osprey surveys started in early June 2012 and ended in July 2018. The main goal was to survey the local resident breeding Ospreys Pandion haliaetus haliaetus. I also visited the three wintering areas Malaha, Aswan and Lake Nasser. We found breeding and nesting Ospreys in most of the visited Islands at the Red Sea, with nests placed mostly on sand dunes but also on roof tops. A total of only 40 pairs were confirmed breeding in the Red Sea and South Sinai provinces and 16 non-local Osprey were observed at the wintering sites which make Egypt important as a stopover area for Osprey during Spring and Autumn migration. The breeding season of the Osprey in the Red Sea starts from the first week of December in the south of Egypt to the first week of January in the north of Egypt. Osprey’s diet consists entirely of fish and their mainly forage at reef flats and reef edges. Birds from the resident Red Sea population tends to be distinctly smaller and lighter in plumage than birds from the European population. The main threat to the breeding population is human disturbance on the Red Sea coasts and islands. A further artificial nests project at Red Sea Coast is highly recommended to replace the lost nests because of tourism development and increase the Egyptian population to the previous level. |
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Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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Breeding Status of Ospreys in Egypt (Red Sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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breeding status of ospreys in egypt (red sea) from 2012 to 2018 |
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