Dustribution, status and conservation of the Houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata Fuertaventurae Rothschild & Hartert, 1894, in the Canary Islands, november-december 1994

Distribution, status and conservation of the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae Rothschild & Hurtert, 1894, in the Canary Islands, November-December 1994. This paper presents the results of census of the Canarian Houbara, which for the first time the total area occupied by this...

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Autores: Martín, Aurelio, Lorenzo, Juan Antonio, Hernández, Miguel Angel, Nogales, Manuel, Medina, Félix M., Delgado, Juan D., Naranjo, José Julián, Quilis, Vicente, Delgado, Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/22909
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/22909
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Canary Islands
census
Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae
Conservation
distribution
population size
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Sumario:Distribution, status and conservation of the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae Rothschild & Hurtert, 1894, in the Canary Islands, November-December 1994. This paper presents the results of census of the Canarian Houbara, which for the first time the total area occupied by this subspecies, Houbaras were detected only in Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Graciosa. A total of 379 birds were recorded (33 from vehicles, 16 outside the transects, and a minimum of 330 inside the censusing belt), from which we estimated a total population of 527 birds: 18 in Graciosa, 268 in Lanzarote and 241 in Fuerteventura. Although the species scems to reach in the Canarian archipelago the highest density recorded for its whole geographical distribution, this island population is threathened by current loss and alteration of their habitat.