Reproductive Indicators of Cuban Flamingos in the Wild and in Semi-Captivity
Abstract
From 1998 to 2009, the behavior of the reproductive indicators of the Cuban flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) was investigated, in the wild and in semi-captivity, in two locations under similar climate conditions. One of them was the Maximo River, in Camagüey, Cuba, and the other was San Diego Zoo in the United States. A random design was used. Central tendency and dispersion statistics were calculated using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 15.0 software. It was found that the main reproductive indicators of wild flamingos were better than in the semi-captive ones. Incubation time ranged between 87.77 % and 31.73 %, and hatching values were between 88.67 % and 36.14 %, at the Maximo River and San Diego Zoo, respectively. There is an apparent tendency towards improvement from 2007 to 2008. Mortality of the chicks in both areas was high, as well as the rate of unfertilized eggs and dead embryos.
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