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<p>Waterbird species from the category of rare or irregular migratory, can have faunistical and conservative value, especially locally, but also regionally or nationally. This paper presents the results of long-term avifauna inventories (25 years) from two wetlands of importance for waterbirds, located in southeastern Transylvania, central Romania. 44 species of waterbirds from these phenological categories have been identified, some for the first time at national or regional level (Transylvania), others with a high number of individuals for the reference area or even records for Transylvania. Moreover, at least one of the species has bred sporadically here, as the only place inside the country and the second in Romania (<italic>Ichthyaetus melanocephalus</italic>), another is possibly breeding for several years (<italic>Grus grus</italic>).</p>
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Waterbird species from the category of rare or irregular migratory, can have faunistical and conservative value, especially locally, but also regionally or nationally. This paper presents the results of long-term avifauna inventories (25 years) from two wetlands of importance for waterbirds, located in southeastern Transylvania, central Romania. 44 species of waterbirds from these phenological categories have been identified, some for the first time at national or regional level (Transylvania), others with a high number of individuals for the reference area or even records for Transylvania. Moreover, at least one of the species has bred sporadically here, as the only place inside the country and the second in Romania (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus), another is possibly breeding for several years (Grus grus).

Irregularly Migratory and Rare Waterbird Species within Two Representative Wetlands from the Central Romania (South-East Transylvania) Based on Long Term Inventory

Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Department of Game and Wildlife

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Waterbird species from the category of rare or irregular migratory, can have faunistical and conservative value, especially locally, but also regionally or...

Irregularly Migratory and Rare Waterbird Species within Two Representative Wetlands from the Central Romania (South-East Transylvania) Based on Long Term Inventory

Published Online: Apr 22, 2021

Page range: 95 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2021-0008

Keywords
rare migratory waterbirds, inventory, wetlands, 1994-2020

© 2021 Dan-Traian Ionescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Irregularly Migratory and Rare Waterbird Species within Two Representative Wetlands from the Central Romania (South-East Transylvania) Based on Long Term Inventory

Published Online: Apr 22, 2021

Page range: 95 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2021-0008

Keywordsrare migratory waterbirds, inventory, wetlands, 1994-2020

© 2021 Dan-Traian Ionescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
rare migratory waterbirds, inventory, wetlands, 1994-2020