Pen-reared fulvous tree ducks used in movement studies of wild populations
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: Edward L. Flickinger, K. A. King, and O. Heyland
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Abstract
To obtain movement data on wild fulvous tree ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) 165 immature pen-reared fulvous tree ducks were color-marked and released in three southeast Texas counties in July October 1969/70. Nine (5 percent) of the marked birds were recovered from 3 days to 9 months after release, and an additional 15 birds provided sight records. Many released birds apparently became integrated into the wild population; all of those observed were with wild flocks. Six birds were recovered over 50 miles from the release sites. Four released in late July to mid-September had moved eastward and two went southward in September or later. Five were still in the Texas-Louisiana rice belt (three in late November). The sixth bird was recovered in October in Veracruz, which supports the assumption that U.S. Gulf Coast nesting populations winter in southern Mexico.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Pen-reared fulvous tree ducks used in movement studies of wild populations |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 171-175 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| First page | 171 |
| Last page | 175 |
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