<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper acts as an introduction to a series that will describe the exploratory analyses of migration phenology and morphometrics of the most common passerine species at the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station. This station is situated in the Ócsa Landscape Protection Area that belongs to the Duna–Ipoly National Park, Hungary. The area is somewhat cooler and more humid than the surrounding agricultural fields and tree plantations, covered by a mosaic of diverse hygrophilous vegetation patches. Bird trapping is mostly based on Japanese mist-net lines crossing different plant communities. During the period of 1984–2015, a total of 422,862 birds were trapped and ringed here, while 202,739 local, 1,235 within country, and 443 foreign recaptures were also recorded. Each bird is characterized by the following data: location and time of capture, species, age, sex, scores of fat, pectoral muscle, wing tip abrasion, and moult, length of wing, 3<sup>rd</sup> primary, and tail, and body mass. After subjected to a rigorous quality check, digital data are deposited in the archive of the Hungarian Bird Ringing Centre, and the EURING data base. From time to time, other research projects also utilized the accessibility of wild birds captured here, thus collection of blood samples, ecto- and endoparasites was carried out at the station. The relatively long time span, large number of species and individuals, and the readily available environmental (weather, vegetation, etc.) data makes the avian data collected here a suitable base for studies of various disciplines like capture methodology, habitat preferences, breeding, migration, and wintering, effects of weather and climate change, and epidemiology of viruses and parasites.</p></abstract>

The present paper acts as an introduction to a series that will describe the exploratory analyses of migration phenology and morphometrics of the most common passerine species at the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station. This station is situated in the Ócsa Landscape Protection Area that belongs to the Duna–Ipoly National Park, Hungary. The area is somewhat cooler and more humid than the surrounding agricultural fields and tree plantations, covered by a mosaic of diverse hygrophilous vegetation patches. Bird trapping is mostly based on Japanese mist-net lines crossing different plant communities. During the period of 1984–2015, a total of 422,862 birds were trapped and ringed here, while 202,739 local, 1,235 within country, and 443 foreign recaptures were also recorded. Each bird is characterized by the following data: location and time of capture, species, age, sex, scores of fat, pectoral muscle, wing tip abrasion, and moult, length of wing, 3rd primary, and tail, and body mass. After subjected to a rigorous quality check, digital data are deposited in the archive of the Hungarian Bird Ringing Centre, and the EURING data base. From time to time, other research projects also utilized the accessibility of wild birds captured here, thus collection of blood samples, ecto- and endoparasites was carried out at the station. The relatively long time span, large number of species and individuals, and the readily available environmental (weather, vegetation, etc.) data makes the avian data collected here a suitable base for studies of various disciplines like capture methodology, habitat preferences, breeding, migration, and wintering, effects of weather and climate change, and epidemiology of viruses and parasites.

Detailed description of the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, Hungary

Department of Anatomy, Cell- and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C,

Department of Biomathematics and Informatics, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1078 Budapest, István utca 2.,

MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C,

Hungarian Bird Ringing Center, BirdLife Hungary, 1121 Budapest, Költő utca 21.,

Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13.,

Ornis Hungarica

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Location, methods and overview of results (1984–2015)

The present paper acts as an introduction to a series that will describe the exploratory analyses of migration phenology and morphometrics of the most common...

Detailed description of the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, Hungary

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2017

Páginas: 91 - 108

Recibido: 26 nov 2016

Aceptado: 14 dic 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0018

Palabras clave
bird banding, Carpathian Basin, long-term data set, standard methodology, migration phenology, morphology, habitat preference, parasite

© 2016 Tibor Csörgő et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Detailed description of the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station, Hungary

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2017

Páginas: 91 - 108

Recibido: 26 nov 2016

Aceptado: 14 dic 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0018

Palabras clavebird banding, Carpathian Basin, long-term data set, standard methodology, migration phenology, morphology, habitat preference, parasite

© 2016 Tibor Csörgő et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Palabras clave
bird banding, Carpathian Basin, long-term data set, standard methodology, migration phenology, morphology, habitat preference, parasite