Open AccessAn early and the first documented records of Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola in Montenegro
Author(s) -
Peter Sackl
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acrocephalus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.148
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2199-6067
pISSN - 0351-2851
DOI - 10.1515/acro-2018-0005
Subject(s) - montenegro , geography , ornithology , ecology , biology , regional science , southern hemisphere
For evaluating the current status of Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola in Montenegro, all available sightings were compiled from published and unpublished personal sources. A hitherto hardly known record of the species for the country by a holiday group of British birdwatchers, under the guidance of renowned ornithologist Bob Scott (1938–2009), dates from May 1982. The sighting in the Ulcinj Salina, in 1982, constitutes the first record of Citrine Wagtail in Montenegro and in the Western Balkans. More than 30 years later the species was sighted, between 2013 and 2017, again in the Ulcinj Salina (May 2013, Mar 2016, Nov 2017) and in the former Tivat Salina (Apr 2014). Hence, five observations are currently on record for Montenegro.