Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose

Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Munis Entomology & Zoology

Volume: 18 , Pages: 324-329

Language: English

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Full reference: Mustafayev, I. 2023. The new evidence of fossil lesser white-fronted goose in the late Pleistocene sediments of Binagada asphalt lake, Azerbaijan. Munis Entomology & Zoology 18: 324-329

Keywords: Azerbaijan, Binagada Asphalt Lake, Pleistocene, osteological, fossil, ulna

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Binagada Asphalt Lake is unique and the largest faunal and floral asphalt assemblage. Since the discovery of the Binagada Asphalt Lake in 1938, members of staff of the Museum of Natural History together with Russian specialists did a lot of work in the way of systematic definition of species diversity fossil flora and fauna, the results of it were periodically published. A new species of Lesser White-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) for the Binagada fauna is described from the Binagada Asphalt Lake, which have yielded a common vertebrate fossil assemblages referred to the Late Pleistocene. The ulna of Lesser White-fronted goose is distinct from Anser anser and Anser albifrons, in that it lesser size and the morphological features of shape cotyla dorsale. At the moment, the paleornitofauna of Late Pleistocene asphalt deposits of Binagada numbered 116 species of birds, including 23 species of Anseriformes. The comparative osteological material stored in the Museum of Natural History of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Quaternary International

Volume: 626-627 , Pages: 22-32

DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.022

Language: English

Full reference: Lloveras, L., Garcia, L., Marqueta, M., Maroto, J., Soler, J. & Soler, N. 2022. The role of birds in Upper Palaeolithic sites: Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the avian remains from Arbreda Cave (Seriny`a,northeast Iberia). Quaternary International 626-627: 22-32 https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.022

Keywords: avian remains, small prey, subsistence, Iberian peninsula, Upper palaeolithic, Taphonomy

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Intensification in the procurement of small game, including different taxa of birds, has been proposed as one of the indicators of dietary shifts occurring in western Mediterranean regions during the Upper Palaeolithic as a consequence of both increased human hunting pressures and environmental change. In this paper, avian remains recovered from the Upper Palaeolithic levels of Arbreda Cave (Serinyà, northeast Iberia) are analysed. Our results evidence a high diversity of bird taxa in most levels, with the presence of a minimum of 50 species, including birds that inhabit a variety of biotopes such as cliffs, rivers and wetlands, and open grassland, along with coniferous and mixed forests. Taphonomic analysis of the bird bones from all levels indicates a mixed origin for the material, humans being one of the agents responsible for the accumulations. The results show that birds were caught for consumption. However, wing feathers and phalanges were also extracted, probably for ornamental or ceremonial purposes. A significant number of tooth/beak-marked bones and digested remains also evidence the participation of different species of raptors and, to a lesser degree, of small terrestrial carnivores in creating these assemblages. Finally, some birds died naturally and were then incorporated into the archaeological record. This study contributes to the discussion of the importance of the exploitation of birds by hunter-gatherers during the Upper Palaeolithic in the region.

Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies

Volume: 5 , Pages: 1062-1066

Language: English

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Full reference: Mammadov, A. 2017. Survey of lesser white-fronted goose Anser erythropus in Nakhchivan of Azerbaijan during 20-24 January 2015. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 5: 1062-1066

Keywords: Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, wintering, Aras reservoir

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A field survey of the Aras water reservoir within Nakhchivan Autonomic Republic and the adjoining flood-plain area of the Aras River valley within Sadarak district near the border of Iran and Turkey was carried out i 20-24 January 2015. Only four small flocks of Lesser White-fronted Geese were located, of which the biggest being 80 individuals. However, these observations together with tracking and location data on satellite transmitter tagged birds proves that at least for the LWfG the whole area of the Aras River valley from the border of Turkey to the Aras reservoir dam serves as a wintering ground. Considering their high significance, the wetlands of the Aras reservoir and Sadarak district should be assigned the status of highly protected area. The survey also covered the numbers and distribution of other water bird species in the area. Within Azerbaijan part, more than 25000 waterfowl and shorebirds winters, which qualifies this important area to the list of important RAMSAR wetlands.

Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volume: 58 , Pages: 297-303.

Language: English

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Full reference: Lengyel, Sz., Tar, J. & Rózsa, L. 2012. Flock size measures of migrating Lesser White-fronted Geese. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58: 297-303.

Keywords: mean group size, flocking behaviour, crowding

Literature type: Report

Language: English

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Full reference: Lee, R., Cranswick, P.A. Hilton, G.M. & Jarrett, N.S. 2010. Feasibility study for a re-introduction/supplementation programme for the Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus in Norway. , WWT Report to the Directorate for Nature Management, Norway. 130pp.

Keywords: reintroduction, translocation, population, mortality, feasibility, re-introduction, supplementation, Norway, Fennoscandia, life-history, captive breeding, zoo,

Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volume: 248 , Pages: 265-271.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2009.10.003

Language: English

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Full reference: Nijman, V., Alibadian, M. & Roselaar, C.S. 2009. Wild hybrids of Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) x Greater White-fronted Goose (A. albifrons) (Aves: Anseriformes) form the European migratory flyway. Zoologischer Anzeiger 248: 265-271. https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2009.10.003

Keywords: reintroduction

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Literature type: Scientific

Journal: Wildfowl

Volume: 34 , Pages: 144-152.

Language: English

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Full reference: French, N.A. & Board, R.G. 1983. Water vapour conductance of wildfowl eggs and incubator humidity. Wildfowl 34: 144-152.

Keywords: Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, artificial breeding, zoo

Literature type: General

Journal: Izv. zool. Ins. s muzei, BAS

Volume: 15 , Pages: 5-68.

Language: Bulgarian (In Bulgarian)

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Full reference: Prostov, A. 1964. [Study on the ornithofauna of Burgas region.], Izv. zool. Ins. s muzei, BAS: 15, 5-68.

Keywords: Bulgaria

Literature type: General

Journal: Izv. zool. Ins. s muzei, BAS

Volume: 14 , Pages: 111-125.

Language: Bulgarian (In Bulgarian)

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Full reference: Dontchev, S. 1963. [New data on the flyway, wintering and distribution of some birds in Bulgaria.], Izv. zool. Ins. s muzei, BAS: 14, 111-125.

Keywords: Bulgaria

Literature type: General

Journal: Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae Vanamo

Volume: 9 , Pages: 68.

Language: German

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Full reference: Putkonen, T.A. 1942. Die Vogelfauna der gegend von Viipuri. Ökologisch-Quantitative untersuchung. Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae Vanamo: 9, 68.

Keywords: occurence