Open AccessSummary on raptors and owls ringing in Slovakia in 2007 and 2008
Author(s) -
Vladimír Slobodník,
Roman Slobodník,
Miroslav Dravecký
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
slovak raptor journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1338-7227
pISSN - 1337-3463
DOI - 10.2478/v10262-012-0035-1
Subject(s) - geography , ringing , zoology , ecology , biology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Summary on raptors and owls ringing in Slovakia in 2007 and 2008 This article provides brief information about the number, species and reports about ringed raptors and owls in Slovakia during the period 2007-2008. It is a continuation of similar results of the ringing of raptors and owls in the periods 2002-2004, 2005-2006. In 2007, from 1346 individuals of raptorial birds, 941 raptors and 405 owls of 24 species (16 species of raptors and 8 species of owls) including 805 raptors' and 218 owls' nestlings were ringed. In 2008, a total of 856 individuals were ringed, including 542 raptors and 314 owls of 25 species (15 species of raptors and 10 species of owls) including 421 raptors' and 113 owls' nestlings. Also in 2008, the number of ringed raptors and owls decreased by 36.4% in comparison to 2007.