CUBAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

ABSTRACT

The flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) populations of Yucatan have been undergoing intensive research and monitoring programs for more than a decade, including post-breeding chicks banding campaigns at the colonies each year between 1996 and 2014. The results of a parallel program of sightings of marked individuals has been collecting simultaneously in a database called SIAM, which currently contains 20 376 total records. To describe the sources of mortality of the species, the 46 records of confirmed deaths, dates and location of banding, sex, and date of death report, as well as attributed causes, were extracted. Of the recoveries, 27 were in the same month of banding, attributable to problems associated with handling or capture for banding. The rest were recovered between 1 and 70 months later, with an average of 18.2 months, in 11 localities. In several cases, the cause of death was not known, but among the causes identified, the most frequent was collision with wires resulting in electrocution of the animal, death due to injuries or capture by domestic animals.

ABSTRACT

Populations of Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) from Yucatan, since over a decade had been subject to and intense monito- ring and research program. It includes annual banding campaigns of nestlings in colonies after breeding season, between 1996 and 2014. Simultaneous efforts for sighting banded individuals had been rendering data to an electronic database named SIAM, that currently contains 20 376 records. To describe mortality sources for the species we extract 46 confirmed death records, with dates, banded localities and year, sex, date of death report, and informed causes. Of the death records, 27 occurs in the same month of banded, so they assumed to be caused by problems associated to manipulations or capture for banding. The rest was recovered between 1 and 70 months later, averaging 18.2 months, in 11 localities. In several cases the cause of death could not be established, but among identified causes the most frequently was collision with electric lines, causing the animal electrocution, death by physical wounds or capture by domestic or feral introduced animal.

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