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Status, conservation and habitat selection of the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae on Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Aurelio Martín ,
Manuel Nogales ,
Miguel A. Hernández ,
Juan Antonio Lorenzo ,
Félix M. Medina  and
Juan C. Rando
Aurelio Martín
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Manuel Nogales
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Miguel A. Hernández
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Juan Antonio Lorenzo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Félix M. Medina
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Juan C. Rando
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Animal (Zoología), Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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A Houbara survey of Lanzarote and the small island of Graciosa, during December 1993, resulted in a total count of 146 birds and an estimated total population of about 400 Houbaras. These numbers are higher than found on most previous surveys of Fuerteventura, considered as the main stronghold of this subspecies, and indicate that the Houbara population on Lanzarote is much more important than was formerly supposed. A study of habitat preferences showed that the species tended to select zones with greater height of shrubs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 229 - 239
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1996

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