<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A total of 13 Red Kites <italic>Milvus milvus</italic> fitted with GPS/GSM telemetry loggers in central Europe were tracked in Serbia from 10 July 2014 until 31 March 2018. These birds remained in Serbia for 138 days (counted as number of one bird/one day stays). Red Kites occurred mostly in the Vojvodina Province (NW Serbia). They were registered most often in April and October, which corresponded to their spring and autumn migrations. It is possible that Red Kites occur in Serbia more often than formerly, and this could in future result in this threatened European raptor’s more frequently wintering and breeding within the country.</p></abstract>

A total of 13 Red Kites Milvus milvus fitted with GPS/GSM telemetry loggers in central Europe were tracked in Serbia from 10 July 2014 until 31 March 2018. These birds remained in Serbia for 138 days (counted as number of one bird/one day stays). Red Kites occurred mostly in the Vojvodina Province (NW Serbia). They were registered most often in April and October, which corresponded to their spring and autumn migrations. It is possible that Red Kites occur in Serbia more often than formerly, and this could in future result in this threatened European raptor’s more frequently wintering and breeding within the country.

Occurrence of Red Kites <italic>Milvus milvus</italic> in Serbia based on birds tracked by telemetry devices

Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno

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Occurrence of Red Kites  in Serbia based on birds tracked by telemetry devices

A total of 13 Red Kites Milvus milvus fitted with GPS/GSM telemetry loggers in central Europe were tracked in Serbia from 10 July 2014 until 31 March 2018....

Occurrence of Red Kites Milvus milvus in Serbia based on birds tracked by telemetry devices

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2019

Páginas: 27 - 32

Recibido: 03 may 2018

Aceptado: 22 jun 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2018-0002

Palabras clave
raptor, vagrancy, migration, poisoning

© 2018 Ivan Literák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Occurrence of Red Kites Milvus milvus in Serbia based on birds tracked by telemetry devices

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2019

Páginas: 27 - 32

Recibido: 03 may 2018

Aceptado: 22 jun 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acro-2018-0002

Palabras claveraptor, vagrancy, migration, poisoning

© 2018 Ivan Literák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
raptor, vagrancy, migration, poisoning