<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents data on the occurrence and breeding of Eurasian eagle owl (<italic>Bubo bubo</italic>) in south Moravia, Czech Republic (Břeclav and Znojmo districts), in the floodplains of the Morava and Dyje Rivers, since 1994, and the first cases of confirmed breeding from 2009 to 2011. In two cases, eagle owls bred successfully in large, wooden artificial nestboxes originally installed for saker falcon (<italic>Falco cherrug</italic>).</p></abstract>

This paper presents data on the occurrence and breeding of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in south Moravia, Czech Republic (Břeclav and Znojmo districts), in the floodplains of the Morava and Dyje Rivers, since 1994, and the first cases of confirmed breeding from 2009 to 2011. In two cases, eagle owls bred successfully in large, wooden artificial nestboxes originally installed for saker falcon (Falco cherrug).

Eurasian eagle owl (<italic>Bubo bubo</italic>) colonizing lowland floodplain forests in south Moravia (Czech Republic) and cases of its breeding in wooden nestboxes

Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Regional Centre Brno, Kotlářská 51, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Lukov 44, CZ-669 02 Znojmo, Czech Republic

Raptor Journal

Eurasian eagle owl () colonizing lowland floodplain forests in south Moravia (Czech Republic) and cases of its breeding in wooden nestboxes

This paper presents data on the occurrence and breeding of Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in south Moravia, Czech Republic (Břeclav and Znojmo districts), in...

Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) colonizing lowland floodplain forests in south Moravia (Czech Republic) and cases of its breeding in wooden nestboxes

Published Online: Aug 21, 2012

Page range: 127 - 129

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10262-012-0059-6

Keywords
unusual breeding, Břeclav and Znojmo districts

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