Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 1 abstract Playback experiments performed in a colony of Least Terns near Fort Macon, North Carolina, demonstrated that adults can distinguish the call of their mate from that of a stranger. Sonagram analysis of the ‘Purrit-tit-tit’ call, the most common vocalization used when an adult approaches its mate, revealed […]
Category: Charadriiformes
Primary moult, body mass and moult migration of Little Tern Sterna albifrons in NE Italy
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 3 abstract Large post-breeding gatherings of Little Terns Sterna albifrons are regularly observed in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy. Here, during five consecutive trapping seasons, 2956 birds were examined and ringed. Their breeding area, as indicated by 163 direct recoveries (mainly juveniles, ringed as chicks), spans over a broad […]
Primary moult, body mass and moult migration of Little Tern Sterna albifrons in NE Italy
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 3 abstract Large post-breeding gatherings of Little Terns Sterna albifrons are regularly observed in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy. Here, during five consecutive trapping seasons, 2956 birds were examined and ringed. Their breeding area, as indicated by 163 direct recoveries (mainly juveniles, ringed as chicks), spans over a broad […]
Ageing and sexing the curonicus subspeciesof the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 3 abstract Data presented here concern the curonicus subspecies of the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and are based mainly on information from Central Europe and Africa gathered duringthe breeding, migration and wintering periods. Therefore these criteria should be applied to other Little Ringed Plover subspecies or curonicus […]
Ageing and sexing the curonicus subspeciesof the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 3 abstract Data presented here concern the curonicus subspecies of the Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius and are based mainly on information from Central Europe and Africa gathered duringthe breeding, migration and wintering periods. Therefore these criteria should be applied to other Little Ringed Plover subspecies or curonicus […]
Provision of nest cages to reduce little ringed plover Charadrius dubius nest predation at Welney, Norfolk, England
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 2 abstract At a site in eastern England, wire mesh cages were placed over little ringed plover Charadrius dubiusnests to protect their eggs from predation. The adult birds continued incubating their eggs and no nestdesertions were attributed to cage placement. Protection with cages resulted in an increase inproductivity, […]
Provision of nest cages to reduce little ringed plover Charadrius dubius nest predation at Welney, Norfolk, England
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 2 abstract At a site in eastern England, wire mesh cages were placed over little ringed plover Charadrius dubiusnests to protect their eggs from predation. The adult birds continued incubating their eggs and no nestdesertions were attributed to cage placement. Protection with cages resulted in an increase inproductivity, […]
Do northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus and little ringed ploversCharadrius dubius rely on egg crypsis during incubation?
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the possible role of clutch crypsis in antipredator behaviour in tworelated species of ground-nesting waders with camouflaged eggs, the northern lapwing (Vanellusvanellus) and the little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). We examined whether this behaviourappears regularly in both species and tested the difference in the […]
Do northern lapwings Vanellus vanellus and little ringed ploversCharadrius dubius rely on egg crypsis during incubation?
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) Science Article 1 abstract We studied the possible role of clutch crypsis in antipredator behaviour in tworelated species of ground-nesting waders with camouflaged eggs, the northern lapwing (Vanellusvanellus) and the little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius). We examined whether this behaviourappears regularly in both species and tested the difference in the […]
Radio telemetry as a tool for impact assessment of wind farms: the case of Little Terns Sterna albifrons at Scroby Sands, Norfolk, UK
Little Tern (Sterna antillarum) Science Article 4 abstract Many seabirds travel widely to exploit variably distributed prey resources, utilizing even profitable patches only briefly as prey become available. Assessing the relative importance of areas occupied by wind farms relies on sufficient survey effort to increase the probability of detection and later assessment to an acceptable […]