Montagus Harrier (Circus pygargus) Science Article 2 abstract The hunting behaviour and habitat use of second-calendar-year males (subadult) and grey (adult) males of Montagu’s harrier Circus pygargus were compared in south-east Poland. Subadult males performed cruising flights less frequently than did adult males. In contrast, subadult males more frequently soared thermals and were harassed more […]
Category: Accipitriformes
Veranderungen in der Zusammensetzung der PCB- und DDT-Gemische in verschiedenen Lebensstadien der Wiesenweihe (Circus pygargus) und der Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus) in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Montagus Harrier (Circus pygargus) Science Article 3 abstract Egg and liver samples of Montagu’s and Marsh Harriers from the 1990’s were examined for their burden of DDT and PCB. The DDT burden in both species was distinctly higher in the eggs than in juveniles and adults, whereby the values for the adults were clearly higher […]
Long-Winged Harrier Predation on Wattled Jacana Eggs
Long-winged Harrier (Circus buffoni) Science Article 1 abstract Long-winged Harriers (Circus buffoni) prey on small birds, mammals, and reptiles (ffrench, A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 1973:1131. Although they take eggs of various species of birds (Haverschmidt, The Birds of Surinam 1968:67), no records are available on the efficiencies and rates of […]
Mallophaga Species on Long-Legged Buzzards(Buteo rufinus): New Records from Turkey
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) Science Article 2 abstract This study was carried out on two long-legged buzzards that were brought for treatment to the surgery clinic of the VeterinaryFaculty, University of Selcuk. A few lice were observed on the body surfaces of the birds. Bilal DIK, Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 30 (3): 226-230, 2006 Download article […]
NOTES ON THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD (Buteo rufinus) IN BULGARIA
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) Science Article 3 abstract Observations were made on Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) nests in Bulgaria between1978-83. Egg hatching interval was 29-44 hr. First nestling plumage color was dirty-white tinged beige, cere and legs yellow; iris color changed from sepia at hatching to brownish yellow-grey at fiedging. ILIYA Ts. VATEV, J. Raptor […]
Mallophaga Species on Long-Legged Buzzards(Buteo rufinus) in Turkey
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) Science Article 1 abstract This study was carried out on three long-legged buzzards to be brought for treatment to Veterinary Faculty, University of Kirikkale. Twenty lice were collected from the buzzards. Bilal DIK, Meral AYDENIZOZ OZKAYHAN, Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 31 (4): 298-301, 2007 Download article download full text (pdf)
Mallophaga Species on Long-Legged Buzzards(Buteo rufinus): New Records from Turkey
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) Science Article 2 abstract This study was carried out on two long-legged buzzards that were brought for treatment to the surgery clinic of the VeterinaryFaculty, University of Selcuk. A few lice were observed on the body surfaces of the birds. Bilal DIK, Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 30 (3): 226-230, 2006 Download article […]
BIOMETRIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AGE AND SEX CLASSESOF THE LEVANT SPARROWHAWK ACCIPITER BREVIPES ONMIGRATION AT EILAT, ISRaeL
Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Science Article 1 abstract The Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) is a typical raptor with reversedsexual size dimorphism wherein the female is larger than the male. Here, wepresent the factors contributing to biometric differences between the age andsex classes. REUVEN YOSEF, AND LORENZO FORNASARI, ISRaeL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. […]
MIGRANT LEVANT SPARROWHAWKS (ACCIPITER BREVIPES) AT ELAT, ISRaeL: MEASUREMENTS AND TIMING
Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Science Article 2 abstract We banded 218 migrating Levant Sparrowhawks (Acdpiter brevipes) in the course of a raptorbanding project in Elat, Israel during the spring of 1996. To our knowledge, this is the largest sample examined in a single season. WILLIAM S. CLARK and Reuven Yosef, j. Raptor Res.3 1 (4):317-320 […]
The Situation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina in Germany: The need for an Action Plan and active Conservation
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) Science Article 3 abstract Since about 1800 the total breeding area of the Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina in Germany has shrunk by some 90 % from a then 83,000 km2 to a small residual area today of some 10,000km2. The western border of the breeding range has shifted several […]