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EUROPEAN STUDBOOK CROWNED PIGEONS<br />
1. Introduction<br />
The EEP for crowned pigeons started in 1987 and was changed into ESB in 2001. This is due to<br />
the improvement of the status of the populations in captivity which resulted in less need for<br />
management. Another change has been that a lot of privately owned crowned pigeons are no longer<br />
allowed to the ESB programme. This decision was made because of the lack of accurate<br />
information the private owners were able to offer. For example, it occurred frequently that when a<br />
pigeon hatched that the parents were unknown and that the sex will not be determined.<br />
In the past eight years the number of crowned pigeons registered in the programme increased<br />
substantially. This increase was mostly due to natural growth since not many imports and<br />
confiscations occurred since 2000. The progress of the registered crowned pigeons populations<br />
from 2000 up to <strong>2008</strong> is presented in figure 1.1. In chapter 2, 3 and 4 the management data is given<br />
of the three species of crowned pigeons as well as the age distribution. In these chapters the current<br />
status of the three species is described and special attention is paid to the development of the ESBpopulation<br />
(births, deaths and transfers). Furthermore a historical list is included for all three<br />
species. Unfortunately in the past eight years little research on crowned pigeons has been done.<br />
Therefore the research part of this studbook, chapter 5, consists mainly of obtained summaries of<br />
the most practical information from previous studbooks. The final chapter lists the publications of<br />
crowned pigeons used for this studbook. The tables in the appendix show the numbers of crowned<br />
pigeons that are registered in ISIS arranged by continent. More information on crowned pigeons<br />
can be found in the Crowned Pigeons <strong>Studbook</strong> number 1 by Han Assink, and number 3 and 4 by<br />
Joeke Nijboer.<br />
Number of animals<br />
130<br />
120<br />
110<br />
100<br />
90<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 <strong>2008</strong><br />
G. cristata G. scheepmakeri G. victoria<br />
Figure 1.1: progress of the crowned pigeons ESB-populations 2000 up to <strong>2008</strong><br />
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