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December 17th, 2012

[Video] What do you know about GEPOG?

Sophie Maillé, a project leader at GEPOG, outlines the history of this association from its…
November 29th, 2012

[Video] Interview with Marc Salamolard: Why the name ’Tuit-tuit’?

The Réunion Cuckoo-shrike, better known on the island under the name 'tuit-tuit', can trace its…
November 8th, 2012

Life+ Cap DOM at the International Festival of Animal and Natural History Photography, Montier-en-Der, from 15th to 18th November 2012

Come to meet us and find out about the work of Life+ Cap DOM at the animal photography…

Life+ CAP DOM equip five Agami Herons with Argos transmitters

Launched by GEPOG in 2011, the "Heron project" of Life+ Cap DOM has the aim of studying the movements of eight Agami Herons with Argos transmitters fitted to them. Three birds were fitted with the transmitters in 2012, and one of them was tracked between April and November, notably during a movement extending across French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela!

In 2013, five new individuals were fitted with transmitters at the end of April, in the Marais de Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, and we eagerly await news of their movements.

Agami Heron in flight, fitted with its transmitter © Vincent Rufray 2013
Agami Heron in flight, fitted with its transmitter © Vincent Rufray 2013

Anna Stier
Project leader
LIFE+ Cap DOM

Keywords : French Guiana, Kaw Marshes, Agami heron, Argos tracking

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