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.ויפנכב רוחשל םודאה ןיב דוגינה רכינ ופועמב ,דורוה ועבצב טלוב :וגנימלפ .ונוזמ ןוניסל תמאתומה תיסופיט הרוצ ורוקמל .םיזוא עוגעג םיריכזמה תולוק עימשמ ופועמ תעשב ,רתויב תולודג תוקהלב ץבקתמה ,ינלוק ףוע .תדדוב הציב השארבש ץוב תמרעכ הארנ ןקה .תוילקלא תוציבו תוחולמ תנוגל ,םידודר םימגא ולודיג תיב .ףרוחו ץיק רקבמו חרוא רבוע ץראב | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
p. r. ruber Caribbean and Galapagos p. r. roseus Spain to Kzakhstan S to africa and through Middle East to India and Sri Lanka. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.140-165 cm, 3500 g, wingspan 155 cm. Male larger, juvenile grey brown with some pink in underparts, wings and tail, the legs, feet and bill are brown. Race roseus paler and less brightly colored.Habitat.Lagoons and salt pans, saline lakes also sandbanks and mud flats.Food and FeedingVaried diet: aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, molluscs and insects. Also plant matter like largely of seeds or marsh grasses, algae and decaying leaves.Normally feeds with head, and often most of neck, completely under water, while walking along steadily. Breeding.Apr In Europe, Feb-Mar in N Africa and Mar-Jun in BahamasDense colonies of up to 20,000 pairs, in Galapagos small colonies of 50 pairs. Nest is normally truncated cone of mud with shallow bowl on top. 1 egg, incubation 27-31 days. chicks have pale grey down. Sexual maturity 5-6 years old. Movements.Migratory and dispersive, N population regular migrations in W Mediterranean, migration apparently by night.In warmer climes dispersive after breeding. Daily movements during breeding between Bonaire Is. and Venezuela , in search of food. The Galapagos population is sedentary. Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened.Israel.In Israel the subspecies p. r. roseus Scarce to uncommon passage migrant and winter and summer visitor. |
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