First record of Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus laying in a Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus nest

Awatif Talbi; Farrah Samraoui; Laid Touati; Boudjema Samraoui; Corrado Battisti

doi:10.30456/avo.2021104

Authors

Awatif Talbi University of Guelma - Department of Ecology and Environmental Engineering
Farrah Samraoui University of Guelma - Department of Ecology and Environmental Engineering
Laid Touati University of Guelma - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides
Boudjema Samraoui University of Guelma - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides
Corrado Battisti Torre Flavia’ LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) Station, Protected areas – Regional park Service. Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30456/avo.2021104

Keywords:

wetlands, waterbirds, Rallidae, egg dumping, brood parasitism, breeding, Ardeidae

Abstract

We discuss the possible mechanisms explaining the potential brood parasitism between Little Bittern and Common Moorhen by reporting the first case worldwide of a Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus laying on a nest of Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus recorded at Boussedra Pond (Algeria, Northern Africa). In this regard we review the cases of possible brood parasitism between Little Bittern and Common Moorhen.

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Author Biographies

Awatif Talbi, University of Guelma - Department of Ecology and Environmental Engineering

Université 8 Mai 1945 - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Guelma, Algeria
Farrah Samraoui, University of Guelma - Department of Ecology and Environmental Engineering

Université 8 Mai 1945 - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Guelma, Algeria
Laid Touati, University of Guelma - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides

University of Constantine - Biology and Ecology Department, Constantine, Algeria
Boudjema Samraoui, University of Guelma - Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides

University Badji Mokhtar Annaba - Department of Biology, Annaba, Algeria