Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 2 abstract The Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) is a globally threatened species. It is included into the Lithuanian Red Data Book as extinct or probably extinct. During fieldwork in 2000n2004 four nonterritorial Greater Spotted Eagles were observed. 261 spotted eagles were described in 161 breeding territories (about […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 3 abstract On 24th October 1993, we caught an adult Spotted Eagle north of Taif 1 in Saudi Arabia. Its weight was 1,900 g and its wing-length 53 cm. A 48-g PTT was attached as a backpack with teflon ribbon and sewn with biodegradable cotton thread (plate 98).Transmitter […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 1 abstract A study of Greater Spotted Eagles (GSE)(Aquila clanga), was carried out by direct observation from 20 April to 19 August 1997 in the Biebrza National Park in north-east Poland. This study provided information on home range, flight behavior, hunting methods, hunting territory, prey composition, and interaction […]

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) Science Article 5 abstract Greater and lesser spotted eagles (Aquila clanga, A. pomarina) are two closely related forest eagles overlapping in breeding range in east-central Europe. In recent years a number of mixed pairs have been observed, some of which fledged hybrid young. Here we use mitochondrial (control region) DNA […]

Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) Science Article 1 abstract Little is known about the diet or hunting strategies of Great Black-Hawks (Buteogallusurubitinga), a widely distributed but poorly known species in Central and South America.In Panama, Wetmore (Wetmore 1965, p. 231) reported that frogs form a principal food source,and that lizards, particularly basilisks (Basiliscus), also are […]

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Science Article 1 abstract Aims: Spatial distribution patterns of Golden Eagle Aquila chrys tos and Bonelli s Eagle Hiera tus fasciatus have been analyzed in a sympatric Mediterranean area.Location: Castellon province and the Teruel border area, in the M strazgo region. Methods: The nearest neighbor distance has been taken as an […]

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Science Article 4 abstract We studied the diet and the relationship between prey density fluctuations and breeding success of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) population on themountain tundra region of northern Sweden.We used a new PCR basedmethod to analyse theDNAin bone fragments fromGolden Eagle prey remains. This allowed us to accurately […]

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Science Article 2 abstract The diet of young Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in Corsica (Western Mediterranean) has been studied by identifying remains and pellets collected at nests after fledging from 1991 to 1996. Ten mammalian species, 17 birds and two reptiles have been identified, of which snakes, Bovidae (mostly Feral Goat […]

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Science Article 3 abstract To assess the importance of semi-domesticated reindeer Rangifer tarandus calves in the diet of Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos, in Finnmark (northern Norway), we collected prey remains at 37 nests over six years (2001-2006). The study area was divided into 1) a fjord area, which is an important […]

European Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) Science Article 1 abstract Observations on the schedule, volume and direction of spring and autumn migration of Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus show that the northern Arava is at the southeastern edge of the species’ main autumn flyway (funneling into the Negev with southwesterly directions), and at the northwestern edge of […]