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Podoces - Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2006

Podoces
Volume:1 Issue: 1, 2006

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1385/10/11
  • تعداد عناوین: 16
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  • An updated checklist of the birds of Iran
    D.A. Scott, A. Adhami Page 1
  • Status of Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata in five important habitats in Iran
    J. Mansoori Page 17
    Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata lives in large areas of remote desert in Iran. The five selected study areas, Ferdous, Herat and Marvast, Jazmoorian, Bahram-e-Gur and the Monde plains, were mostly large and were situated in remote areas that were very far from each other. The methodology of the study was mostly based on line transects to count the birds in each area. However, in some areas point counts were employed. Among these five habitats, Jazmoorian held the largest number of birds in 1994, but in 1998 and 1999, Herat and Marvast had the highest totals. Qareh Tappeh is an important habitat for the Houbara, supporting a good breeding population every year, successfully enough to support increasing numbers. Bahram-e-Gur is a very good habitat with a population of between 50-125 birds. The main causes of the severe decline of Houbara Bustard in recent years are habitat loss by grazing, habitat changes to agricultural lands, and trapping (and shooting adults) to export live birds illegally to Arab countries.
    Keywords: Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, habitat, population, trend, Iran
  • Tracking vultures from the Caucasus into Iran
    M. Mcgrady, A. Gavashelishvili Page 21
    The work was undertaken as part of a broad response to the large-scale poisoning of Gyps vultures in south Asia. It shows that birds from the Caucasus travel to Iran, and that Iran may be important in conservation efforts. We fitted four Eurasian Griffon Vultures, Gyps fulvus with satellite-received transmitters (PTTs) in Georgia and Armenia in 2004 and 2005. Three birds left the areas where they were fitted with tags in autumn and headed south into the mountainous areas of Iran. One vulture was found dead in an area of paddyfields near the Caspian Sea. One vulture travelled to central Saudi Arabia in winter, and then returned to the colony where it had been fitted with the transmitter. A Cinereous Vulture, Aegypius monachus that we tracked also wintered in central Saudi Arabia and moved through Iran from and to a summertime range in the Caucasus region.
    Keywords: Tracking, satellite, transmitter, Gyps fulvus, Aegypius monachus Griffon Vulture, Caucasus, Iran
  • The breeding cycle in calendar form of the Common Swift Apus apus across its Eurasian breeding range - a testable hypothesis?
    U. Tigges Page 27
  • Second report of Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus at Khoor-e Khalasi,Jask, Hormozgan, Southern Iran
    N. Hamidi Page 35
  • Observation of Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca at Gomishan wetland and its status in Iran
    R. Ghaemi Page 37
  • Record of Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus in Meshkin-Shahr, Ardabil Province and its status in Iran
    F. Ahmadzadeh, A. Khaleghizadeh Page 39
  • Observation of White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in the Abshineh Dam, Hamedan, Western Iran
    A. Barati, B. Balmaki Page 42
  • Breeding Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus in Siahkeshim Protected Area, Anzali, Southwest Caspian Sea
    M.E. Sehhatisabet Page 43
  • Angouran Protected Area and Wildlife Refuge, an important habitat for birds in Zanjan Province, Northern Iran
    M.E. Sehhatisabet Page 45
  • Avifauna of Gori Gol, East Azarbayjan Province, Northwest Iran
    B. Behrouzi-Rad Page 53
  • Monthly survey of wintering waterbirds in Hoore Bamdej, Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran
    O. Khalilipour, S.M.B. Nabavi Page 61
  • Status of Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca and Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran
    N. Hamidi, S.B. Musavi Page 67
  • The first report of Avian Cholera in Miankaleh wetland, Southeast Caspian Sea
    S. Fereidouni, H. Modir-Rousta, F. Azin Page 71
  • Preliminary survey of breeding Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus in Miankaleh Wildlife Refuge, Southeast Caspian Sea
    K. Rabiei, M.R. Bathaei, D. Moghaddas Page 77
  • Preliminary survey of Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis and Crested Lark Galerida cristata feeding on oilseed rape in northern Iran
    A. Khaleghizadeh, J. Alavi, A. Espahbodi, M. Taghizadeh Page 80