A review on the spot-billed pelican Pelecanus philippensis literature

Abstract

Literature on spot-billed pelican has not been reviewed lately which could provide a critique of the emerging data. We have now chosen it as a key species through which we suggest a conservation action plan which will benefit several waterbird species. The information provided here is scholastic in nature and is meant to focus on aspects that require attention and help plan future work for applied conservation. All known information on this species is brought together in this review which will also provide an update of its biology. Notes on the breeding biology of the species first published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. So far, 380 works have appeared on the species; of these, 36 contain material reported in earlier works or appeared as papers subsequently. Most appeared as articles in journals, both national and regional, a few international journals, newsletters/bulletins (48.2%), 4 dissertations, 76 reports and 6 popular science articles in magazines. This review on the species will provide an insight into different factors that can be weighed and combined while making a decision in investing resources in species conservation, i.e. importance of the species, level of threat and the time frame over which results are to be achieved.

Key words： spot-billed pelican; biology; waterbird species; conservation

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the Rahmani AR and Ranjit Manakadan of the Bombay Natural History Society for giving support. We acknowledge the staff of the library of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and the staff of IBA (Zafar-ul-Islam) department (BNHS) for help in accessing literature during the writing of the Important Bird Area Book. We also thank the staffs of the Department of Zoology & Wildlife Biology, AVC College (Autonomous) for their co-operation. Kannan want to thank Gopi Sundar, for his suggestion during the early part of this manuscript preparation and my special thanks to Nagarajan Baskaran of Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, Bangalore for his help in various ways.

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