Banding of Caribbean Flamingos in Yucatan: current events and perspectives

ABSTRACT

For fifteen years, the NGO Niños y Crías A.C., in coordination with the management of the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, has carried out individual tagging of a representative percentage of the population born each year, for subsequent identification. This event has three fundamental components: educational, scientific, and fundraising. The number of flamingos born in the reserve has increased from 4200 in 1999 to 15,000 in 2013. At this stage more than 77000 chicks were born, of which 4466 were banded (maximum, 523 in one year). In the last

banding (2013), after a reproduction of 15,000 flamingoes at 90 days of age, 482 flamingos were banded by 280 volunteers from various environmental and government institutions.

ABSTRACT

For fifteen years, the NGO Niños y Crías A.C., in coordination with the management of the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, has carried out the individual marking of a representative percentage of the population born each year, for subsequent identification. This event has three key components: educational, scientific, and fundraising. The number of flamingos born in the reserve has increased from 4,200 in 1999 to 15,000 in 2013. At this stage, more than 77,000 chickens were born, of which 4,466 were ringed (maximum, 523 in one year). In the last
ringing (2013), after a reproduction of 15,000 flamingo chicks at 90 days old, 482 specimens were ringed by 280 volunteers from various environmental institutions and the government.

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