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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Martín, Aurelio, Lorenzo, Juan Antonio, Hernández, Miguel Angel, Nogales, Manuel, Medina, Félix M., Delgado, Juan D., Naranjo, José Julián, Quilis, Vicente, Delgado, Guillermo
Other Authors:	Gobierno de Canarias
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedad Española de Ornitología 1997
Subjects:	Canary Islands, census, Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae, Conservation, distribution, population size,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/22909
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