Behavioural patterns and activities of newly-introduced black swan to open lake environment in Putrajaya Wetlands

Amran, Maisarah (2023) Behavioural patterns and activities of newly-introduced black swan to open lake environment in Putrajaya Wetlands. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

New living environment has an important influence in the behavioural study of the waterbird species. The behavioural patterns in locomotion, foraging, resting, self-maintenance and social activities provide a better insight in identification of responses towards different living environment and recognition of potential predator risk. Research about the behavioural adaptation of lake-born Black Swan in the wetland environment is less present due to limited amount of the related waterbird species in the country. Thus, the objective of this study is to describe the behavioural patterns and the social interaction of Black Swan with other bird species in the new open lake environment at Putrajaya Wetlands. The time budgets of a male and female Black Swan were recorded for six categories of behaviour. The data collected comprised of 30 minutes observation in the morning, afternoon and evening for two weeks. Overall, the major activity carried out by the Black Swan was resting (35%), followed with self-maintenance (22%), foraging (17%), locomotive behaviour (15%), social behaviour (7%) and other behaviour that were not included in the main categories (4%). In addition, the intraspecies and interspecies interaction of Black Swan had occurred during the second week of observation at the central lake area; indicating the social adaptation period in the new living environment. The findings indicated that the natural behaviours displayed in the open lake environment can help to evaluate the normal behavioural patterns of Black Swan during the adaptation period and provide assistance in the management of other species such as duck species in the future.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms. Nordeena Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2024 03:00
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 03:00
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2142

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