Abstract
Between 2012 and 2017, we conducted a Common Gallinule banding study to determine the feasibility of catching and banding gallinule with an airboat in Ontario, estimate how many birds could potentially be banded and subsequently encountered, calculate an index of productivity and assess whether enough data could be obtained to inform management decisions and conservation planning. We captured gallinules using dip nets and spotlights at night from an airboat. In total, we banded 440 (approximately 28%) of the 1,564 gallinules that have ever been banded in Ontario. Five of our banded birds were subsequently encountered, four within Ontario and one in Texas. We compared our data to historical banding and encounter data for gal linules in the Americas. There have been 212 encounters of banded gallinules in the Americas; 53 were banded in On tario. Thirty-seven of the encounters occurred within Ontario. The number of band encounters for gallinules is very low com pared to other gamebirds and we conclude that studies will need to integrate multiple components, such as transmitters or surveys, into their design to obtain the best available information to inform gallinule conservation and management in North America.
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Wood, Ross W.; Campbell, Barbara A.; Meyer, Shawn W.; and Buchanan, Tore
(2020)
"Common Gallinule Banding in Ontario,"
Ontario Birds: Vol. 38
:
Iss.
3
, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ontario_birds/vol38/iss3/6