Status and distribution of migrating and breeding marine birds in North Lebanon
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Source
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.156-165, 10 p.
Publisher
National Council for Scientific Research
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Lebanon
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Natural & Life Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
The study of marine birds in the northern part of Lebanon recorded 2681 individuals, distributed over 86 species.
Among them 35 are foreshore species, 18 coastal, 6 maritime, 9 ducks, 6 herons, 9 various saltwater related species and 3 terrestrial.
The highest density is shown by the yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis and common black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus.
The globally vulnerable yelkouan shearwater Puffinus yelkouan, an endemic species to the Mediterranean, appears on the 9th rank in the classification of seabird species from the more to the least abundant, highlighting as such, beside other 6 globally near threatened species, the role that Lebanon can play in improving the conservation status of these species.
Regarding the phenological status of species, 48 are passage migrant/winter visitors, 31 passage migrants, 5 winter visitors and 2 vagrant species.
The surveys revealed that three coastal seabird species (Armenian gull Larus armenicus, slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei and sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis) and one ubiquist species (Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria) are not rare as it was believed in previous papers but fairly common winter visitors.
The study identified the yellow-legged gull breeding population to be 160 couples, and confirmed the second and third breeding records of the little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jaradi, Ghassan Ramadan. 2017. Status and distribution of migrating and breeding marine birds in North Lebanon. Lebanese Science Journal،Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.156-165.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-812656
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jaradi, Ghassan Ramadan. Status and distribution of migrating and breeding marine birds in North Lebanon. Lebanese Science Journal Vol. 18, no. 2 (2017), pp.156-165.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-812656
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jaradi, Ghassan Ramadan. Status and distribution of migrating and breeding marine birds in North Lebanon. Lebanese Science Journal. 2017. Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.156-165.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-812656
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Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 165
Record ID
BIM-812656