Planet of Birds

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 5 abstract The corncrake Crex crex is among 1,186 bird species (about 10% of all species) recently assessed as being globally threatened. Corncrake population declines are well documented in western Europe, but until recently little was known about populations and trends elsewhere in Europe and Asia. In the last […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 3 abstract We tested whether the temporal parameters of corncrake (Crex crex) call change seasonally and/or individually. We defined a new, compound variable called RHYTHM, which quantitatively describes how corncrake call is perceived. Temporal parameters of calls, including RHYTHM, were significantly associated with both the time within the breeding […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 4 abstract Halverwege de jaren negentig leek het doek definitief gevallen voor de Nederlandse populatie Kwartelkoningen. Het broedbestand telde nog hooguit 60 territoria en zou gezien de ontwikkelingen in voorgaande jaren waarschijnlijk snel verder afnemen. Groot was dan ook de verrassing toen in 1997 uit het niets meer dan […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 8 abstract In het kader van de Bescherming Kwartelkoning 2001 (Gerritsen et al. 2001) is door SOVONVogelonderzoek Nederland een overzicht gemaakt van de gebieden die in Nederland van belang zijnvoor het voorkomen van de Kwartelkoning. Doel van deze analyse was het in kaart brengen van diegebieden die van nationale […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 11 abstract The Corncrake is considered ‘near threatened’ worldwide. It is included in Annex I of the EU Bird Directive, Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Appendix II of the Bonn Convention. Corncrakes breed widely across Eurasia, from the Atlantic to western Siberia. The core wintering area is […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 7 abstract After a population recovery in 1997, efforts to protect Corncrakes in the Netherlands have increasedrecently. Since 2001, a national conservation scheme is carried out by Vogelbescherming Nederland(BirdLife The Netherlands), SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland (Dutch Centre for FieldOrnithology), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quality and several localgovernmenmental […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 9 abstract An International Corncrake Monitoring Scheme is suggested in order to follow the populationtrend of Corncrakes affected by large-scale changes in land-use in Central and EasternEuropean Countries. A low cost and relatively low effort monitoring method is described inthis paper. Corncrake experts in all breeding range countries are […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 6 abstract After a population recovery in 1997, efforts to protect Corncrakes in the Netherlands have increased recently. Since 2001, a national conservation scheme is carried out by Vogelbescherming Nederland (BirdLife The Netherlands), SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland (Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quality […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 1 abstract A comparison of Corncrakes Crex crex of known age showed that the tips of the secondary remiges were, on average, more pointed for birds with remiges grown in the hatching year (HY) than for older adults with remiges grown after the hatching year (AHY; Green et al […]

Corn Crake (Crex crex) Science Article 2 abstract Two methods for ageing Corncrake Crex crex chicks are described. Data on the body weight of chicks of known age, from broods of radio-tagged females, were used to produce a formula for determining the age of chicks of unknown age. This method was, however, prone to error […]