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Birdlife Iran Dr Jamshid Mansoori, Ornithology Unit, Dept of the Environment, P0 Box 5181, Tehran 15875 Iran. +98 21 8071665; birdlife@morva.net Green Party of Iran This is a pollitical party but is very involved in conservation within Iran. OSME / Trip reports - Iran Iran - 18 August to 14 September 1998 Iran - October 1997 and March 2000 Iran - 20 February to 7 March 2000 Iran - April 2001 Iran (Qeshm Island) - 25 to 27 April 2001 Iran & Uzbekistan - 4 to 18 September 1997 Iran & Turkey - 20 September to 13 October 1999 Iran - Feb-Mar 2000 (Trip report) Lots of useful info including sites and annotated checklist. Trip Report for Iran Feb - Mar 2000 Likewise, a big thank you for the Department of the Environment for its help on location, and especially to Mrs. Ektakar, Vicepresident of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to Mr. A. Najafi, Deputy of the Department of the Environment, to Mr. Peyraster (Shiraz) and Mr. Rostamian (Bushehr), also to Mr. Faradhpour, ornithologist in Shiraz, and especially Dr. Jamshid Mansoori for his valuable help about the country. Finally, thanks to Alain Guillemot for the travel preparations. Bird list of Northen Iran [Golestan province] "To avoid co"(South eastern part of the Caspian sea) - by Behrouz Behrouzi-Rad (1994) and "The birds of Iran" by Dep. of the Environment (1975). Bird names are taken mostely from "Geese, Swans, Ducks of IRAN nfusion (I hope) I also added the Scientific names and the English names." There is also a photo gallery. Iran Nature & Wildlife Magazine RAMSAR Sites e.g. "The site supports large breeding colonies of Pelecanus onocrotalus (1,000-1,600 pairs), Platalea leucorodia (50-100 pairs), Phoenicopterus ruber roseus (40,000-80,000 pairs), Tadorna ferruginea (500-1,000 pairs), Himantopus himantopus (500-700 pairs), Recurvirostra avosetta (2,000-3,000 pairs) and Larus genei (3,000-4,000 pairs). The lake is also an important staging area for migratory water birds." Trip report - Iran 28 September to 7 October 2003, Rients Niks Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World - Iran Cranes in Iran BCUG web-site: Collection of links BCUG web-site: Content BCUG web-site: Main page |
