Breeding and migratory distribution of collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) at Boğazkent, Southern Turkey

Hakan KARAARDIÇ, Leyla ÖZKAN

Abstract

On migration seasons, both in spring and autumn, wetlands in southern Turkey play a significant role as a stopover and/or breeding areas for several bird species, especially water birds. Although a huge amount of bird species migrate on Turkey every season, there is unfortunately poor information about their migration. Collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) is one of the important species, which use these areas as stopover or breeding. We monitored Collared pratincole between 2009 and 2011 both in migration and breeding seasons. Collared pratincole started to arrive second half of the April. The most part of the observed birds were passage birds, the average numbers 73 in April and 380 in May, which used the area as stopover for a few days. We found totally 10 nests and colony nested mostly on seasonal wetland, and less pairs chose semi-arid area and very few pairs on pasture. These results are very important to define the protection and sustainable use of areas, but more studies may help to understand the importance of our environment for sustainable protection.

Keywords

Breeding, Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola, Migration.

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