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2-White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
The White Pelican
Pelecanus onocratalus
is protected species in Iran and the Lake Uromia was only main
breeding habitat of the species in Iran since 1957 until the lake dried. Breeding population of White Pelican varied
between 50 to 3500 pairs since 1957-1980 (Scott 1995, Behrouzi-Rad, 2001) that bred only on Dugouzlar islands
in Lake Uromia. It is more than five years that this species not breed in the lake; also it did not breed in 2015.
3-Slender Billed Gull
Larus genei
First Breeding of the Slender Billed Gull
Larus genei
reported in lake Uromia in 1957 (Dep of the Environment of
Uromia, 1976). This species was bred on Kabodan, Espir, and Ashk islands until 1980. Breeding population of the
species varied 3000-5000 pairs during breeding years ( Scott 1995, Behrouzi-Rad 2001), but was zero in 2015
table(3).
Table 3: Waterbirds species counted in Lake Uromia in1980 and 2015
Breeding in August
2015
pairs
Breeding in August
1980
Pairs
January 2015 individual
January 1980
individual
Species
0
0
2
224
Thachybabthus ruficolis
0
0
0
12
Podiceps cristatus
0
0
0
23
Podiceps nigricolis
0
3500
0
10
Pelecanus onocratalus
0
0
12
5431
Phalacrocorax carbo
Less than 100 pairs
100000
1234
6421
Phoenicopterus ruber +
50
5000
0
523
Tadorna tadorna
0
300
0
4
Tadorna ferruginea
0
0
0
2
Cygnus columbianus +
0
0
0
5
Cygnus olor +
0
0
0
4
Cygnus Cygnus +
0
5
213
5321
Anser anser
0
0
12
237
Anser albifrons +
0
0
0
3
Anser erythropus +
0
25
0
10
Marmaronetta angustirostris
+
0
120
0
1121
Anas creca
0
300
56
2300
Anas Plathyrhynchus
0
0
12
456
Anas Penelope
0
0
0
43
Anas sterepra
0
0
0
1
Anas acuta
0
0
0
19
0
0
0
1234
2
21200
5643
124
Anas querquedula
Anas clyptea
Aythya ferina
