We analyzed seasonal variations on the bird community structure of
Rallidae and Anatidae families in the northeastern Algerian Garaet Hadj Tahar for three consecutive years (September 2012 to August 2015).
OBSERVATIONS OF THE SPOTTED RAIL, PARDIRALL US MACULATUS (AVES:
RALLIDAE) IN CENTRAL-WESTERN VERACRUZ
Rallidae was representative of Gruiformes contained 2 species.
A continuacion los Anatidae con 13 especies, los Thraupidae con 12 especies, los
Rallidae con 11 especies, los Tyrannidae y Ardeidae con 10 especies, son habitantes tipicos de los humedales.
Reported bird species, winter population size estimates, number of carcasses, and rRT-PCR test results per incident during outbreak of HPAI A(H5N8) virus, the Netherlands, November 2016-January 2017 * Maximum estimated Avian family and species (common name) winter population, x1,000 ([dagger]) Anatidae (waterbirds) Anas penelope (Eurasian wigeon) 680-920 Aythya fuliqula (tufted duck) 190-230 Unidentified waterfowl Podicipedidae (grebes) Ardeidae (herons) ([section]) Phalacrocoracidae (comorants)
Rallidae (rallids) Scolopacidae (shorebirds) ([paragraph]) Laridae (gulls) Larus marinus (great black-backed gull) 7.4-13 Accipitridae (hawks) Falconidae (falcons) Falco pereqrinus (peregrine falcon) 0.36-0.52 Corvidae (corvids) Aves indet.
Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos, Linne, 1758 is the numerous species by populations among
Rallidae. It belongs to Aves birds class, to Anseriformes order to Anatidae family [18].
Pertenece al orden Gruiformes y a la familia
Rallidae, no presenta dimorfismo sexual, es omnivora, se alimenta principalmente de plantas vasculares acuaticas y algas; en la epoca de reproduccion consume insectos, moluscos, crustaceos, anfibios y peces; todo su ciclo de vida lo realiza en el cuerpo de agua (Brisbin et al., 2002).
Entre las aves residentes, las familias Ardeidae, Tyrannidae, Icteridae, Emberizidae y
Rallidae tuvieron el mayor numero de representantes, mientras que las familias Cathartidae, Falconidae, Furnariidae, Jacanidae, Mimidae, Picidae, Podicipedidae, Psittacidae, Threskiornithidae y Tytonidae registraron solo un representante.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 21% of the world's 156
Rallidae species are extinct, and approximately one-third of the remaining species are classified as either "Near Threatened" or at a higher risk of extinction (International Union for Conservation of Nature, http://www.
It was felt convenient to include some of these species because they share habitat or belong to the same bird family to identify; case of moorhens (
Rallidae family).
Waterbirds included 27 shorebird species from five families, twelve herons (Ardeidae), six rails and crakes (
Rallidae), four terns (Sternidae), three ducks (Anatidae) and two storks (Ciconiidae).