<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In the years 2009-2012 a total of 316 individuals were marked in a colour ringing programme of the population ofA. pomarina in Slovakia. From this a total of 39 inds. were ringed with yellow readable plastic rings with a two-place alphanumeric code (all young in a nest) and 277 inds. (273 young and 4 adult inds.) with light-blue rings. For the entire period of the programme of marking the A. pomarina population in Slovakia in the years 2000-2012 a total of 952 inds. were ringed, 933 of which were young birds in nest and 19 adult individuals. In the period 2009-2012 48 records were obtained from observations of 35 individuals of different age categories (31 individuals from one to 11 years old, three of unknown age and one young individual about one month after fledging the nest). The age categories of immature individuals were determined, and six were found to be one-year-old individuals (12.5%) in the second calendar year of life after their first return from wintering grounds, six were two-year-old eagles (12.5%) and five were three-year-old eagles (10.4%) which spent breeding periods in Europe at a relatively small distance from their place of hatching. Adult individuals were found to be in their current breeding grounds at distances of 8-249 km from their hatching place. In the period 2000-2012 three individuals were recorded 3× and four individuals 2×. The results confirm breeding site fidelity in adults, but also the fidelity of immature individuals to their hatching place, and the return of one-year-old individuals from their wintering grounds to the vicinity of their hatching place immediately in the first year of life (that is, in the second calendar year).</p></abstract>

In the years 2009-2012 a total of 316 individuals were marked in a colour ringing programme of the population ofA. pomarina in Slovakia. From this a total of 39 inds. were ringed with yellow readable plastic rings with a two-place alphanumeric code (all young in a nest) and 277 inds. (273 young and 4 adult inds.) with light-blue rings. For the entire period of the programme of marking the A. pomarina population in Slovakia in the years 2000-2012 a total of 952 inds. were ringed, 933 of which were young birds in nest and 19 adult individuals. In the period 2009-2012 48 records were obtained from observations of 35 individuals of different age categories (31 individuals from one to 11 years old, three of unknown age and one young individual about one month after fledging the nest). The age categories of immature individuals were determined, and six were found to be one-year-old individuals (12.5%) in the second calendar year of life after their first return from wintering grounds, six were two-year-old eagles (12.5%) and five were three-year-old eagles (10.4%) which spent breeding periods in Europe at a relatively small distance from their place of hatching. Adult individuals were found to be in their current breeding grounds at distances of 8-249 km from their hatching place. In the period 2000-2012 three individuals were recorded 3× and four individuals 2×. The results confirm breeding site fidelity in adults, but also the fidelity of immature individuals to their hatching place, and the return of one-year-old individuals from their wintering grounds to the vicinity of their hatching place immediately in the first year of life (that is, in the second calendar year).

Colour ringing programme of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) population in Slovakia and its new results in the period 2009–2012

Raptor Protection of Slovakia, Kuklovská 5, SK–841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia

Protection of Slovakia, Kuklovská 5, SK–841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia

M. R. Štefánika 681 /1 91 , SK–075 01 Trebišov, Slovakia

Podturen 506, SK–033 01 Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia

Buzulucká 23, SK–040 22 Košice, Slovakia

State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republics, Administration of Landscape Protected Area Latorica, SK–075 01 Trebišov, Slovakia

Masarykova 1 5, CZ–51 7 50 Castolovice, Czech Republic

Stodolisko 261 , SK–027 41 Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

Raptor Journal

In the years 2009-2012 a total of 316 individuals were marked in a colour ringing programme of the population ofA. pomarina in Slovakia. From this a total of...

Colour ringing programme of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) population in Slovakia and its new results in the period 2009–2012

Published Online: Mar 26, 2014

Page range: 17 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/srj-2013-0008

Keywords
colour rings, recovery rate, resighting rate, nest site fidelity, age categories, occurrence of immature individuals

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Colour ringing programme of the lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) population in Slovakia and its new results in the period 2009–2012

Published Online: Mar 26, 2014

Page range: 17 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/srj-2013-0008

Keywordscolour rings, recovery rate, resighting rate, nest site fidelity, age categories, occurrence of immature individuals

This content is open access.

Keywords
colour rings, recovery rate, resighting rate, nest site fidelity, age categories, occurrence of immature individuals