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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) Class: Aves , Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Pelecanidae
The Dalmatian pelican is the largest of all pelicans, measuring 160-180 cm from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, having a wingspan of 310-345 cm. The Dalmatian pelican is one of the two European species of pelican that can be observed in Romania, the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve being one of the most important nesting areas for these birds at European level.
In the Danube Delta, pelicans prefer to nest on floating reed islands, which being isolated from the land, offer protection from predators. In autumn, they migrate in wintering sites located in the tropical Africa.
Exclusively ichthyophagous (eat only fish), Dalmatian pelicans are feeding alone or in groups, and the composition of their diet depends on the relative abundance of fish species in the area. In other words, they consume species that are characteristic for the feeding site. Pelicans usually feed in shallow waters, where fish is crowded, capturing more easily weak or diseased specimens.
Wetlands are essential for pelicans. Deltas, lagoons, estuaries and generally large expanses of shallow water, located more or less in coastal marine areas are favorable for these species both for nesting and feeding.
The Dalmatian Pelican has two main populations. The first one nests in Eastern Europe (Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine) and winters in the eastern Mediterranean regions, while the second one nests in Eastern and Central Asia ( Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) and winters in Iran, Iraq, India and along the eastern coast of China and Hong Kong. The total number of colonies in Europe is extremely small, between 15 and 20, limited to Eastern Europe. The largest known colony is in Greece, comprising about 500 breeding pairs.
Habitat changes affect annual losses, exceeding the potential of reproductive replacement and leading to a progressive decrease of populations. Hence there is a real and urgent need to protect habitat conditions.
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Red breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
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Red breasted goose (Branta ruficollis), Class: Aves, Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae
Among geese families living or temporarily staying in our country, the only species with a red plumage is the red breasted goose, scientifically called Branta ruficollis.
It has the most beautiful plumage coloration in her family. Cheeks, neck and front of the chest are bright scarlet. Otherwise, plumage is dark, edged with white sinuous stripes. The gray beak is much smaller compared with other species of geese. The legs are gray as well and the tail is black.
In search of food, flies in mixed flocks together with the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), towards agricultural fields, where prefers to eat corn, wheat, barley and canola seeds remained after harvesting. Prefers large land openings with good visibility in order to avoid predators.
For overnight, geese use specific traditional areas in which they return annually and keep them during over the wintering period in Dobrogea.
It nests in Siberian Russia, on Gydan, Taymir and Yamal peninsulas, passes through Kazakhstan and winters in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. In very cold winters, can be observed in Greece and Turkey. In Romania appears only in late October and can be seen until March.
The distribution of Branta ruficollis populations on the territory of Constanta and Tulcea counties is not uniform; it changes frequently during winter, when subjected to a complex of natural and anthropogenic factors strongly influencing both the choice of overnight and feeding territories and the importance of damages caused to wheat crops.
The Red breasted goose is listed among the most endangered bird species living (temporarily) in Europe; international efforts are made to protect them, both in the nesting sites of the Far North and in the wintering sites of Southeastern Europe. At international level is protected by the Convention for the Conservation of European Wildlife and Habitats (Bern - 1979, signed by Romania in 1993) and nationally by the law of hunting and game protection. Therefore, hunting or capturing is strictly prohibited.
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Class: Aves, Order: Falconiformes, Family: Accipitridae
It is one of the largest birds of prey in our area, can be easily identified by shape (in flight), rectangular wings, wingtips loose and slightly bent upwards, short rounded white tail, yellow beak and feet. The chicks are brown, black tip beak; adult plumage appears in the third year of life.
The White-tailed Eagle belongs to transpalaearctic faunistic type. It covers a wide but not continuous palaearctic area, from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, including western Greenland, where a distinct recognized subspecies lives.
Its food consists mainly of fish and dead animals, sometimes catching small birds, reptiles and small mammals (rodents) as well. It is a bird related to water, prefers isolated shores, wetlands, flooded areas (deltas).
The total number of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) in the world is currently estimated at about 7000 pairs, of which 2400 - 2500 in Europe. Countries with the largest populations of eagles are Norway, Poland, Germany, and Sweden. In Romania, current assessments show between 10 and 20 nesting pairs.
On DDBR territory the largest concentration of white-tailed eagles can be seen during winter, when birds coming from northern boreal areas (especially from Scandinavian countries, but also from Belarus, Poland, Ukraine etc.,) are overlapping with the more or less sedentary local population.
White-tailed eagles, being large birds, live for decades in stable pairs. The need for new nests is not necessarily a result of larger stocks although there is a slightly increasing trend in recent decades. It is rather imposed by a gradual replacement of old nests, some of them having more than 1 m³ of materials accumulated over the years. These nests are sometimes destroyed by storms, especially after heavy rains.
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