Breeding biology of the Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola) on the Mond Islands, Northern Persian Gulf, Iran

• Main Authors: Tayefeh, Farhad Hosseini, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, De Marchi, Giuseppe, Amini, Hamid, Moradi, Aghayar, Ahmadpour, Parisa, Ghasemi, Saber
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Waterbird Society 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29164/1/29164.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29164/; http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1675/063.036.0402

The present study describes the breeding biology of Crab Plovers (Dromas ardeola), a little-known shorebird species nesting on Nakhilu and Omol-Karam Islands located in the Nakhilu Marine National Park in the northern Persian Gulf, Iran. This study occurred during the breeding seasons of 2009–2011....