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Status of pelicans and cormorants on the northern Black Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2005

I. SCHOGOLEV ,
A. RUDENKO  and
A.J. CRIVELLI
I. SCHOGOLEV
Affiliation:
The Goulandris Natural History Museum, Levidou Street 13, Kifissia, Greece
A. RUDENKO
Affiliation:
Black Sea Reserve, Dneprovaya Street 26, Golaya Pristan, 75600, Kherson region, Ukraine
A.J. CRIVELLI
Affiliation:
Station biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles, France
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Abstract

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The status of breeding pelicans and cormorants is assessed in the area from the Danube delta (Romania) to the northern part of the Crimean peninsula. Four breeding species occur in inland and coastal wetlands: Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus, Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus, Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo and Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus. Data on clutch size and breeding success are given. Historically, all four species were restricted to the Danube delta. Currently, with the exception of Dalmatian Pelican, they all breed successfully on the eastern Black Sea coast in the Ukraine. There are many conservation problems that will jeopardize the breeding of these species in the future if nothing is done.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , April 2005 , pp. 63 - 71
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© BirdLife International 2005