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BIRDS ON TENERIFE
Author(s) -
Lack David,
Southern H. N.
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1949.tb02313.x
Subject(s) - habitat , fauna , geography , ecology , parus , western europe , biology , european union , business , economic policy
Summary. .1. A visit was paid to Tenerife in March 1948. 2. Of 16 species common to Tenerife and Britain, all showed detectable differences in song or call‐notes. The differences were in some cases slight but in others very marked. 3. Various species occupy broader habitats on Tenerife than in Western Europe, and this can in most cases be correlated with the absence of a related species which fills part of the habitat in Western Europe. For instance, on Tenerife Parus cceruleus breeds in conifers as well as broad‐leaved woods, and Phylloscopus collybita breeds in low scrub as well as woods. 4. Fringilla ccelebs is more restricted in habitat on Tenerife than in Western Europe. a fact which can be correlated with the presence of the related F. teydea. 5. The bird fauna of the Canary Islands is recommended as a profitable field for ai detailed ecological study.