J. Thibault, Chistian Frelin, Nathalie Legrand, Ludovic Lepori, Antoine Rossi, A. Cibois
Distribution and nest locations of Common and Pallid Swifts are compared in two towns located in the Mediterranean zone, Bastia in Corsica and Nice on the French Riviera. Our goal is to evaluate whether nesting site selection by swifts on urban settings differs between the two locations. First, we noted an avoidance in the distribution between the two swifts in both towns. Secondly, our results show that Common and Pallid Swifts use different nesting sites to breed in Bastia, whereas the same structures are used by the two species in Nice. Requirement of each species differs between the two localities, suggesting that nesting site use is more locality dependent than species dependent.
{"title":"Distribution and characteristics of urban nesting sites of sympatric swifts","authors":"J. Thibault, Chistian Frelin, Nathalie Legrand, Ludovic Lepori, Antoine Rossi, A. Cibois","doi":"10.4081/rio.2023.628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.628","url":null,"abstract":"Distribution and nest locations of Common and Pallid Swifts are compared in two towns located in the Mediterranean zone, Bastia in Corsica and Nice on the French Riviera. Our goal is to evaluate whether nesting site selection by swifts on urban settings differs between the two locations. First, we noted an avoidance in the distribution between the two swifts in both towns. Secondly, our results show that Common and Pallid Swifts use different nesting sites to breed in Bastia, whereas the same structures are used by the two species in Nice. Requirement of each species differs between the two localities, suggesting that nesting site use is more locality dependent than species dependent.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85280398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Rattus rattus. Uropygial secretions and hissing calls from chicks and incubating female inside the breeding cavity always saved the clutches, while no active defense was performed by parents if outside the nest.
{"title":"Predation attempts on Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in a rural Mediterranean area of central Italy","authors":"Matteo Annessi, Alessandro Montemaggiori","doi":"10.4081/rio.2023.658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.658","url":null,"abstract":"Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Rattus rattus. Uropygial secretions and hissing calls from chicks and incubating female inside the breeding cavity always saved the clutches, while no active defense was performed by parents if outside the nest.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76950087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study reports the first data on the ecology and distribution patterns of a population of Eurasian Roller Coracias garrulus breeding in the province of Alessandria in northwestern Italy. The research was conducted between 2017 and 2021. 13 pairs were found, 12 of which were confirmed to be breeding. The species primarily chose to nest in natural cavities in White poplar Populus alba, with nesting observed to a lesser extent in Black poplar Populus nigra, Turkey Oak Quercus cerris and in one case sandy river banks. The home range of each pair is mostly within pluriannual stable meadows and arable crops; on average it extends over 0,92 km2 with values that seems to oscillate according to the degree of fragmentation and isolation of patches of stable meadows: this can be explained by the lower availability of arthropods (consisting mostly of Orthoptera) found in mosaics of alternating meadows interspersed with annual crops. In such conditions, a low density of pairs was observed, along with an increase in territorial boundaries and greater distance between the nests. In the sectors characterised by large, multi-annual stable meadows, with more diverse and abundant entomofauna, supporting a higher number of breeding pairs, a significant contraction of home ranges is observed, with an increased concentration of nesting sites, and higher intraspecific tolerance. Between 2019 and 2021 a total of 17 artificial nest boxes were installed, 3 of which have been successfully occupied. Given the continuous anthropogenic transformation these territories are regularly facing, sometimes subtracting potential nesting or feeding sites due to crop rotation, coppicing, ex-novo construction of ground solar panel systems on agricultural land, etc., in order to protect and conserve this population of European Roller, it is desirable to put in place a greater number of artificial nest structures together with monitoring aimed at protecting the biodiversity of the territory.
{"title":"Ecology and distribution of the European Roller Coracias garrulus in a recently recolonized area of Northern Italy","authors":"Alessandro Ghiggi","doi":"10.4081/rio.2023.633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.633","url":null,"abstract":"This study reports the first data on the ecology and distribution patterns of a population of Eurasian Roller Coracias garrulus breeding in the province of Alessandria in northwestern Italy. The research was conducted between 2017 and 2021. 13 pairs were found, 12 of which were confirmed to be breeding. The species primarily chose to nest in natural cavities in White poplar Populus alba, with nesting observed to a lesser extent in Black poplar Populus nigra, Turkey Oak Quercus cerris and in one case sandy river banks. The home range of each pair is mostly within pluriannual stable meadows and arable crops; on average it extends over 0,92 km2 with values that seems to oscillate according to the degree of fragmentation and isolation of patches of stable meadows: this can be explained by the lower availability of arthropods (consisting mostly of Orthoptera) found in mosaics of alternating meadows interspersed with annual crops. In such conditions, a low density of pairs was observed, along with an increase in territorial boundaries and greater distance between the nests. In the sectors characterised by large, multi-annual stable meadows, with more diverse and abundant entomofauna, supporting a higher number of breeding pairs, a significant contraction of home ranges is observed, with an increased concentration of nesting sites, and higher intraspecific tolerance. Between 2019 and 2021 a total of 17 artificial nest boxes were installed, 3 of which have been successfully occupied. Given the continuous anthropogenic transformation these territories are regularly facing, sometimes subtracting potential nesting or feeding sites due to crop rotation, coppicing, ex-novo construction of ground solar panel systems on agricultural land, etc., in order to protect and conserve this population of European Roller, it is desirable to put in place a greater number of artificial nest structures together with monitoring aimed at protecting the biodiversity of the territory.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88186352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Barrero, J. Gómez‐Catasús, D. Bustillo-de la Rosa, J. Traba, J. Zurdo, M. Reverter
Interspecific brood or nest parasitism is a relatively common breeding behavior in birds. Through this reproductive tactic, brood-parasites avoid the costs associated with raising and maintaining chicks by laying their eggs in the nests of the host species in which they are specialized. The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) follows this brood parasite strategy. Female cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, mimicking egg shape, size, and color of the host species. In this paper we report the first documented case of parasitism of tawny pipit nests by the common cuckoo in Spanish steppe habitats, where no record of parasitism on this species has been reported to date.
{"title":"First documented case of Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris nest parasitism by Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus in Spanish steppes","authors":"A. Barrero, J. Gómez‐Catasús, D. Bustillo-de la Rosa, J. Traba, J. Zurdo, M. Reverter","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.634","url":null,"abstract":"Interspecific brood or nest parasitism is a relatively common breeding behavior in birds. Through this reproductive tactic, brood-parasites avoid the costs associated with raising and maintaining chicks by laying their eggs in the nests of the host species in which they are specialized. The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) follows this brood parasite strategy. Female cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, mimicking egg shape, size, and color of the host species. In this paper we report the first documented case of parasitism of tawny pipit nests by the common cuckoo in Spanish steppe habitats, where no record of parasitism on this species has been reported to date.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72658768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gli atlanti ornitologici sono strumenti importanti sia per acquisire informazioni preziose sulla qualità ambientale, sia per una corretta pianificazione del territorio. Di particolare rilevanza sono poi le indicazioni dei cambiamenti nelle distribuzioni che possono emergere da indagini condotte sullo stesso territorio a distanza di tempo. Prendendo spunto dalla pubblicazione a partire dal 2020 del secondo Atlante degli uccelli nidificanti in Europa (EBBA2) e di alcuni altre analoghe indagini sia a scala nazionale sia regionale, viene brevemente ricordata la storia di questa tipologia di opere e confrontata la situazione italiana con quella di altre nazioni sia europee che extra-europee. Per superare le difficoltà rilevate nel pubblicare i risultati del primo atlante degli uccelli svernanti in Italia, una possibile soluzione è l’adozione del modello semplificato già utilizzato dal Giappone in aderenza ai principi minimalisti della Shibusa.
{"title":"Atlanti ornitologici, tra successi e fatiche di Sisifo","authors":"Flavio Ferlini","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.596","url":null,"abstract":"Gli atlanti ornitologici sono strumenti importanti sia per acquisire informazioni preziose sulla qualità ambientale, sia per una corretta pianificazione del territorio. Di particolare rilevanza sono poi le indicazioni dei cambiamenti nelle distribuzioni che possono emergere da indagini condotte sullo stesso territorio a distanza di tempo. Prendendo spunto dalla pubblicazione a partire dal 2020 del secondo Atlante degli uccelli nidificanti in Europa (EBBA2) e di alcuni altre analoghe indagini sia a scala nazionale sia regionale, viene brevemente ricordata la storia di questa tipologia di opere e confrontata la situazione italiana con quella di altre nazioni sia europee che extra-europee. Per superare le difficoltà rilevate nel pubblicare i risultati del primo atlante degli uccelli svernanti in Italia, una possibile soluzione è l’adozione del modello semplificato già utilizzato dal Giappone in aderenza ai principi minimalisti della Shibusa.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88806527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We report the first confirmed breeding record of the pygmy cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus within the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in a recently discovered heronry located along the Metauro river, where at least 4 nests were found occupied in 2021. In the same year, a further breeding attempt occurred at Miralfiore urban park in the city of Pesaro, proving the species’ distribution expansion at regional level and affirming its breeding status.
我们报告了Pesaro e Urbino省最近发现的位于Metauro河沿岸的一个鹭群中首次确认的侏儒鸬鹚Microcarbo pygmaeus的繁殖记录，在2021年至少发现了4个巢穴。同年，在Pesaro市Miralfiore城市公园进行了进一步的繁殖尝试，证明了该物种在区域层面上的分布扩大，肯定了其繁殖地位。
{"title":"The pygmy cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus in central Italy: the status in the Marche region and the first confirmed breeding record in the province of Pesaro e Urbino (PU)","authors":"Paolo Giacchini, Federico Fanesi, M. Prosdocimi","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.616","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first confirmed breeding record of the pygmy cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus within the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in a recently discovered heronry located along the Metauro river, where at least 4 nests were found occupied in 2021. In the same year, a further breeding attempt occurred at Miralfiore urban park in the city of Pesaro, proving the species’ distribution expansion at regional level and affirming its breeding status.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73215114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Birds of Siberia","authors":"Flavio Ferlini","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.587","url":null,"abstract":" ","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91182801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
From November 2017 until February 2022, with a partial interruption during 2020 linked to the COVID 19 pandemic, the bird community was monitored in a 30 hectares periurban plot in north-western Lombardy, in the province of Varese. The study area consists of a mosaic of farmland/ urban habitat (Luino and Germignaga municipalities) with scattered strips of woodland on the east side of Lake Maggiore. The farmland is mainly cultivated ryegrass or maize and permanent grassland. The turnover and phenology of the avifauna was regularly monitored. The year was divided up 4 seasons: winter, spring migration, breeding season and autumn migration. Each season was further divided into 10-day periods, giving a total of 37 ten-day periods over the whole year. For each ten-day period, there was a minimum of 4 surveys, alternating a 500m transect over 30 minutes with a single point count for 30 minutes. A total of 134 species were observed. The trend in species richness follows a sinusoidal curve relating to the migration periods. The area of farmland, while not having any regularly breeding species, supported 65 foraging species, with permanent grassland being more species rich than either maize or ryegrass. The Sorensen Similarity Index, based on incidence matrices, ranged from the lowest value of 0.6480 (during the winter of 2018/19 to spring migration in 2019) to the highest value of 0.8572 (from spring migration 2019 to the breeding period in 2019). Most of the nesting species are synanthropic, occupying the urban areas of this plot, including a colony of northern house martins.
{"title":"Steady turnover in a bird community in a periurban landscape in Northern Italy: a look at the change in species richness over time","authors":"F. Saporetti","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.631","url":null,"abstract":"From November 2017 until February 2022, with a partial interruption during 2020 linked to the COVID 19 pandemic, the bird community was monitored in a 30 hectares periurban plot in north-western Lombardy, in the province of Varese. The study area consists of a mosaic of farmland/ urban habitat (Luino and Germignaga municipalities) with scattered strips of woodland on the east side of Lake Maggiore. The farmland is mainly cultivated ryegrass or maize and permanent grassland. The turnover and phenology of the avifauna was regularly monitored. The year was divided up 4 seasons: winter, spring migration, breeding season and autumn migration. Each season was further divided into 10-day periods, giving a total of 37 ten-day periods over the whole year. For each ten-day period, there was a minimum of 4 surveys, alternating a 500m transect over 30 minutes with a single point count for 30 minutes. A total of 134 species were observed. The trend in species richness follows a sinusoidal curve relating to the migration periods. The area of farmland, while not having any regularly breeding species, supported 65 foraging species, with permanent grassland being more species rich than either maize or ryegrass. The Sorensen Similarity Index, based on incidence matrices, ranged from the lowest value of 0.6480 (during the winter of 2018/19 to spring migration in 2019) to the highest value of 0.8572 (from spring migration 2019 to the breeding period in 2019). Most of the nesting species are synanthropic, occupying the urban areas of this plot, including a colony of northern house martins.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76130529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
An analysis of the observations of Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus in the Marche region, also regarding a recent recovery of an adult of the species, which appears to be the southernmost movement in Italy.
{"title":"Contributions and data regarding the Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus phenology in Marche region","authors":"M. Pantalone, Riccardo Fama', M. Saltarelli","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.601","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of the observations of Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus in the Marche region, also regarding a recent recovery of an adult of the species, which appears to be the southernmost movement in Italy.","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90329370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atlante degli uccelli nidificanti in Friuli Venezia Giulia","authors":"Flavio Ferlini","doi":"10.4081/rio.2022.597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2022.597","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53351,"journal":{"name":"Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Research in Ornithology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74032098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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