Movement ecology applied to the conservation of threatened birds

One of the main challenges in species conservation and management is to incorporate movement ecology with management goals. The framework, in this theme, is still incipient therefore we have not achieved the incorporation of the movement of species in their conservation and management plans. It is frequently found that the movement data are incorporated into conservation intuitively by conservationists without a framework. In this study, I used the “Movement Management Framework” for incorporing the movement ecology to conservation of three theatered species.The Caribean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) was studied in Colombia, Venezuela and Bonaire (n=2), young Black-and-chestnut Eagles (Spizaetus isidori) was studied in Colombia y Argentina (n=2), and Crowned Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius) was studied in Argentina (n=20). I used hypothetical distribution of species as alternative data sources. The movement data contributed to improve the accuracy about important geographical zones for species conservation, at different scales. Management actions designed from alternative data how distribution models, bands and historical records, could be complemented with movement data in the “Movement Management Framework” to redefine management goals in the long-term, but new information may also lead to iterative improvements in the near-term by refocusing objectives and/or defining new actions via adaptive management.