Investigating individual and social behaviour of the Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita): behavioural variety and welfare.

ABSTRACT: The Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) (NBI) is one of the most threatened birds in the world. Intense conservation efforts have been undertaken and several research projects on the species are being done in Morocco and in Europe. Observing animal behaviour has been proved to be an efficient and non-invasive technique to assess the animal welfare, with the performance of a wide array of natural behaviours being one of the mostly used indicators of good mental and physical well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the behaviour of a flock of 14 zoo-living NBI of different ages. The study focused on the variety of species-specific individual and social behaviours, in the light of reintroduction of the study juveniles in the wild. Per subject, 20 10-min. sessions were d

SUBMITTER: Spiezio C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128256 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature