<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In 2014, 162 bird species were recorded during the bird ringing activities in Slovenia. Of 155 species, 62,275 birds were ringed, and 107 recoveries of birds ringed in Slovenia and found abroad, 148 foreign recoveries in Slovenia and 1395 local recoveries were recorded. The most frequently ringed species were Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla and Great Tit Parus major. As far as ringed nestlings are concerned, Great Tits and Barn Swalllows Hirundo rustica predominated. Considering the recoveries ringed of found birds abroad, the commonest were Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus and Mute Swans Cygnus olor. The farthest recovery was a Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5171 km away). Among the more interesting finds was also the so far southernmost recovery of a Sand Martin Riparia riparia found in Israel. Let us also mention the first recovery of a Corncrake Crex crex, which bred and was ringed in 2013 at Planinsko polje (central Slovenia) and was found in the 2014 breeding season in the Czech Republic. Among rare species, two Little Buntings Emberiza pusilla were caught and ringed. After nine years, the Roller Coracias garrulus bred again in Slovenia in 2014 and its nestlings were ringed. The paper also brings the description of the migration route of the first African migrant, the Black Stork Ciconia nigra, marked with a GPS/GSM telemetric device, which migrated across the Adriatic Sea, Sicily and Sahara to Nigeria.</p></abstract>

In 2014, 162 bird species were recorded during the bird ringing activities in Slovenia. Of 155 species, 62,275 birds were ringed, and 107 recoveries of birds ringed in Slovenia and found abroad, 148 foreign recoveries in Slovenia and 1395 local recoveries were recorded. The most frequently ringed species were Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla and Great Tit Parus major. As far as ringed nestlings are concerned, Great Tits and Barn Swalllows Hirundo rustica predominated. Considering the recoveries ringed of found birds abroad, the commonest were Black-headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus and Mute Swans Cygnus olor. The farthest recovery was a Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (5171 km away). Among the more interesting finds was also the so far southernmost recovery of a Sand Martin Riparia riparia found in Israel. Let us also mention the first recovery of a Corncrake Crex crex, which bred and was ringed in 2013 at Planinsko polje (central Slovenia) and was found in the 2014 breeding season in the Czech Republic. Among rare species, two Little Buntings Emberiza pusilla were caught and ringed. After nine years, the Roller Coracias garrulus bred again in Slovenia in 2014 and its nestlings were ringed. The paper also brings the description of the migration route of the first African migrant, the Black Stork Ciconia nigra, marked with a GPS/GSM telemetric device, which migrated across the Adriatic Sea, Sicily and Sahara to Nigeria.

Bird ringing in Slovenia in 2014 and results of the first telemetry study of an African migrant

Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije, Prešernova c. 20, p.p. 290, SI–1001 Ljubljana

Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije (DOPPS-BirdLife Slovenia), Tržaška 2, SI–1000 Ljubljana

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In 2014, 162 bird species were recorded during the bird ringing activities in Slovenia. Of 155 species, 62,275 birds were ringed, and 107 recoveries of birds...

Bird ringing in Slovenia in 2014 and results of the first telemetry study of an African migrant

Published Online: Mar 16, 2016

Page range: 145 - 172

Received: Nov 13, 2015

Accepted: Dec 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2015-0010

Keywords
bird ringing, telemetry, Slovenia, 2014, Black Stork, Ciconia nigra, recoveries

© by Al Vrezec

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Bird ringing in Slovenia in 2014 and results of the first telemetry study of an African migrant

Published Online: Mar 16, 2016

Page range: 145 - 172

Received: Nov 13, 2015

Accepted: Dec 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2015-0010

Keywordsbird ringing, telemetry, Slovenia, 2014, Black Stork, Ciconia nigra, recoveries

© by Al Vrezec

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bird ringing, telemetry, Slovenia, 2014, Black Stork, Ciconia nigra, recoveries