Satellite Tracking Of Greater Flamingo  Migration Between Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu And Its Breedin Grounds

Satellite Tracking Of Greater Flamingo  Migration Between Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu And Its Breedin Grounds

Project Animal(s) : Flamingo
Project Category : Birds
Project Region : Asia
Project Type : Research
Project URL : http://bnhs.org/bnhs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=552
Project is timebound? : No

This project was aimed to:

i) investigate the spring migration routes and staging areas of the Greater Flamingo wintering at Point Calimere.

ii) to recognize the geographical origins of the Greater Flamingos wintering at Point Calimere.

iii) to investigate the duration of stays at staging areas.

iv) to undertake the preliminary ecological assessment in the wetlands where satellite transmitter tagged birds stage during their northward migration.

v) to identify the conservation problems and suggest the measures for the remedial management of this species.

Project Agency : Bombay Natural History Society

Project Agency Contact : http://bnhs.org/bnhs/index.php

Project Researcher : Dr. S. Balachandran

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