Table 2 Monthly breakdown of foraging observations (N) of 14 waterbird species wintering at the Vourkari inlet, Saronikos Gulf, Greece
From: Identifying important habitats for waterbird conservation at a Greek Regional Nature Park
Common name | Scientific name | December (10 surveys) | January (10 surveys) | February (10 surveys) | Total (30 surveys) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean ± SE | N | Mean ± SE | N | Mean ± SE | N | Mean ± SE | ||
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 105 | 10.5 ± 1.4 | 75 | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 94 | 9.4 ± 0.9 | 274 | 9.1 ± 1.0 |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | 117 | 11.7 ± 2.8 | 35 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 56 | 5.6 ± 0.5 | 208 | 6.9 ± 2.2 |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | 87 | 8.7 ± 1.1 | 135 | 13.5 ± 3.1 | 484 | 48.4 ± 33.4 | 706 | 23.5 ± 16.7 |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | 12 | 1.2 ± 0.7 | 27 | 2.7 ± 1.7 | 186 | 18.6 ± 11.1 | 225 | 7.5 ± 5.8 |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | 43 | 4.3 ± 2.7 | 128 | 12.8 ± 5.4 | 369 | 36.9 ± 13.8 | 540 | 18.0 ± 6.9 |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 34 | 3.4 ± 2.0 | 25 | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 17 | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 76 | 2.5 ± 1.3 |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | 654 | 65.4 ± 20.4 | 670 | 67.0 ± 10.8 | 584 | 58.4 ± 3.8 | 1908 | 63.6 ± 9.4 |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | 12 | 1.2 ± 0.8 | 10 | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 180 | 18.0 ± 7.8 | 202 | 6.7 ± 6.5 |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | 1365 | 136.5 ± 43.8 | 1294 | 129.4 ± 20.7 | 1157 | 115.7 ± 25.0 | 3816 | 127.2 ± 37.9 |
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | 417 | 41.7 ± 19.1 | 437 | 43.7 ± 18.6 | 385 | 38.5 ± 14.1 | 1239 | 41.3 ± 18.8 |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | 36 | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 39 | 3.9 ± 1.1 | 26 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 101 | 3.4 ± 0.6 |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | 201 | 20.1 ± 8.3 | 235 | 23.5 ± 5.9 | 235 | 23.5 ± 4.1 | 671 | 22.4 ± 5.7 |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | 155 | 15.5 ± 1.6 | 145 | 14.5 ± 2.7 | 133 | 13.3 ± 3.5 | 433 | 14.4 ± 2.4 |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | 218 | 21.8 ± 3.5 | 239 | 23.9 ± 2.0 | 202 | 20.2 ± 4.5 | 659 | 22.0 ± 3.1 |