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Africa/Asia/Interna onal many Siberian Stonechats Saxicola maura Mancuso E, Toma L, Polci A, d’Alessio SG, Di present in the area, a prominent white su Luca M, Orsini M, Di Domenico M, Marcacci percilium and rela vely long wings piqued M, Mancini G, Spina F, Goff redo M, Monaco our curiosity. It had a buff streaked blackish F 2019: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever face and crown, a strong white malar stripe, Virus Genome in Tick from Migratory Bird, and a bright orange throat and breast. The Italy. Emerging infec ous diseases 25.7, upperparts and rump were mo led dark, 1418 1420. DOI: h ps://doi.org/10.3201/ the tail was dark brown with white outer eid2507.181345 feathers. The bird was observed for 10–15 minutes and good photographs were taken They detected Crimean Congo hemorrhagic (Plates 1,2). SO confi rmed that it was a male fever virus in a Hyalomma rufi pes nymph Whinchat Saxicola rubetra in breeding plu collected from a whinchat ( Saxicola rubet- mage. The Whinchat is a migratory pas ra ) on the island of Ventotene in April 2017. serine breeding in Europe and western Par al genome sequences suggest the virus Asia, east to the Ob river basin in Russia originated in Africa. Detec on of the genome and wintering in tropical Africa. Although of this virus in Italy confi rms its poten al dis Afghanistan could be part of the migratory persion through migratory birds. fl yway of individuals from the easternmost Asian popula ons, there has been so far only a single observer sight record from Afgha Rajabi AM, Ostrowski S 2019: First confi r nistan and that needs verifi ca on. The med record of Whinchat Saxicola rubetra staff of the Wildlife Conserva on Society from Afghanistan. Sandgrouse 41: 93 94. have been present con nuously in Wakhan „On 29 May 2018 at 15.25 h AMR saw in Qila district (which became a na onal park in e Panja village (Wakhan district, Badakhshan 2014) since July 2006 and have recorded province, Afghanistan), a small passerine all bird observa ons in a database, but moving on the ground with small hops, in ours is the fi rst confi rmed record of Whin a wet meadow with sca ered sea buckt chat in Wakhan and Afghanistan.“ horn Hippophae rhamnoides shrubs. It was feeding on insects or other small inverte brates. Ini ally thought to be one of the
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Germany suchungsjahr teils deutliche Unterschiede in Evers A, Sohler J, Hötker H 2018: Popu Abhängigkeit zur Intensität der landwirt la onsökologische Untersuchungen zum scha lichen Nutzung in der Nestumge Braunkehlchen in Schleswig Holstein. Pro bung. Dabei legten Brutvögel an landwirt jektbericht für das Ministerium für Energie scha lich intensiv genutzten Standorten wende, Landwirtscha , Umwelt und ländli signifi kant längere Distanzen zur Nahrungs che Räume des Landes Schleswig Holstein. suche zurück als solche an extensiv genutz Bergenhusen, 21p. ten / ungenutzten Standorten. Trotz erneut großer Unterschiede hinsichtlich der Habi Zusammenfassung: Im Jahr 2018 wurde das tataussta ung an den Neststandorten konn Projekt „Popula onsökologische Untersu ten diese Diskrepanzen im Jahr 2018 nicht chungen zum Braunkehlchen in Schleswig bestä gt werden. Weder hinsichtlich der Holstein“ im Au rag des MELUND im vierten Flugdistanzen noch der Dauer der Nah Jahr am Michael O o Ins tut im NABU wei rungsfl üge ergaben sich signifi kante Un tergeführt. Es wurden auf 2511 ha Pro terschiede zwischen den einzelnen Nest befl äche in der Eider Treene Sorge Region standorten. In beiden Untersuchungsjahren (ETS) Untersuchungen durchgeführt. Insge war erneut eine starke Bindung an lineare samt konnten nur 26 Reviere des Braunkehl Saumstrukturen festzustellen. Diese wurden chens festgestellt werden. Damit verringerte vor allem von den Vögeln an landwirt sich der Bestand im Untersuchungsgebiet scha lich genutzten Standorten während auf einen neuen Tiefstwert seit Projekt der Nahrungssuche stark frequen ert. Aus beginn. Verglichen mit den Ergebnissen der diesem Grund erscheint das Ausweiten der SPA Kar erung von 2008 2012 bedeutet dies vorhandenen Säume zu breiten Brachestrei eine Abnahme um etwa 75 % in etwa 10 Jah fen als eine zielführende Schutzmaßnahme ren. Von den 26 Revieren konnte bei 11 für Braunkehlchen im Wirtscha sgrünland, Brutpaaren eine erfolgreiche Brut festge um geeignete Strukturen zur Nestanlage so stellt werden. Neun Brutpaare verblieben wie ein gutes Nahrungsangebot in direkter ohne Bruterfolg und weitere sechs Revie Nestumgebung zu schaff en. Erste Erfahrun re wurden von unverpaarten Männchen gen mit alternierenden Brachestreifen auf besetzt. Eine Betrachtung der Daten aller Flächen der S ung Naturschutz SH wer Untersuchungsjahre ergab, dass die Wahr den disku ert. scheinlichkeit, in Revieren mit intensiver landwirtscha licher Nutzung fl ügge Jungvö gel zu erzeugen, signifi kant geringer war als Robra N, Stanik N, Thielen J, Rosenthal G in Revieren mit extensiver Nutzung. Auch 2019: Versuche zur Wiederansiedlung und der Anteil unverpaarter Männchen war in Lebensraumop mierung von Braunkehl Revieren mit intensiver Nutzung höher als chen (Saxicola rubetra) und Wiesenpieper in Revieren mit extensiver Nutzung. Einen (Anthus pratensis ) in der hessischen Rhön. Schwerpunkt der Untersuchungen stellte Jahrbuch Naturschutz in Hessen 18, 111 die Erfassung der zum Nahrungserwerb 115. genutzten Habitate, der notwendigen Flug Abstract: The chapter summarises the results distanzen, sowie der Dauer der Nah from fi eld experiments in large scale pastu rungssuche während der Jungenaufzucht res for the repopula on of the whinchat and dar. Daten aus den Jahren 2017 und 2018 habitat op misa on of the meadow pipit in wurden für insgesamt 16 Brutpaare ausge the Hessian part of the biosphere reserve wertet. Die Untersuchungen hinsichtlich Rhön. In the experiments, measures were der zurückgelegten Distanzen während tested to provide whinchats with more song der Nahrungsfl üge ergaben im ersten Unter
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posts (bamboo s cks) and to increase habitat not aff ect fi rst year survival of booted warb heterogeneity for meadow pipits. We found ler and yellow wagtail. The possible reasons that the increased number of song posts had of the observed apparent fi rst year survival no posi ve eff ects on the repopula on of rates are discussed. We assume that obser whinchats, which suggests the presence of ved low values could be determined by the addi onal limi ng factors in habitat quality. habitat quality in abandoned fi elds. The stu For meadow pipits, temporarily fallow areas dy was funded by the Russian Founda on for provided more heterogeneous ver cal ve Basic Research, grant number 18 34 00466 geta on structures for nes ng and foraging, and 19 04 01043. which resulted in a higher number of bree ding territories. The fi ndings highlight the specifi c importance of diverse habitat struc Shi kov D 2019: Nest survival of open nes tures and the need of considering landscape ng passerines: species diff erences, tem level limi ng factors for the conserva on of poral variability and the impact of weather these two ground breeding bird species. condi ons. Zoologicheskiĭ zhurnal 98(12), 1408–1419. Abstract: Nest survival is one of the key life Russia history traits of open nes ng birds, aff ec Grudinskaya V, Makarova T, Samsonov S, ng the popula on numbers both directly, Grabovsky A, Shi kov D 2019: Low fi rst ye through changes in breeding produc vity, ar apparent survival of passerines in aban and indirectly, via varia ons in the apparent doned fi elds. h ps://www.researchgate. survival of adult birds. This determines the net/publica on/335540899 importance of obtaining any reliable es Abstract: The fi rst year survival is one of the mates of nest survival and of iden fying the key life history traits in migratory passerines. environmental factors that aff ect this para Quan fying this trait is necessary to iden meter. A wide range of methods have been fy factors aff ec ng popula on dynamics. developed that allow for such es mates to be Here we used a long term mark–recapture made. The objec ve of the present paper is dataset (2002–2018) to examine apparent to introduce Russian speaking researchers to fi rst year survival in three migratory passe the modern technique for es ma ng the nest rine species breeding in abandoned fi elds in survival as implemented in the free so ware north western Russia: booted warbler Iduna MARK. The analysis is based on a sample of caligata , whinchat Saxicola rubetra and yel 523 Booted Warbler, Iduna caligata nests and low wagtail Motacilla fl ava . We examined 553 Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra nests moni apparent survival rates of birds ringed as tored on abandoned fi elds of the Vologda nestlings using Cormack Jolly Seber model in Region in 2005–2018. The daily survival rates MARK. The analysis was conducted for each of the nests failed to diff er between the two species separately and within the mul spe species and showed signifi cant interannual cies approach. Addi onally, we tested eff ect varia ons. Intraseasonal varia ons in the dai of the fl edge date on apparent fi rst year sur ly survival rates were weaker than interannu vival. Our results showed that apparent fi rst al ones. The daily survival rate of the nests year survival rates were extremely low in all depended nonlinearly on nest age, this eff ect three species and reached the lower limits showing diff erent direc ons in diff erent ye known for migratory passerines. We found ars. In some years, the mean daily air tem no species specifi c diff erences in fi rst year perature rendered a signifi cant impact on the survival. The fl edge date had a signifi cant im nest daily survival rate. pact on fi rst year survival of whinchat but did
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Shi kov D, Samsonov S, Makarova T 2019: study of the age related variability of indi Cold weather events provoke egg ejec on vidual repertoires in Whinchat S. rubetra at behaviour in open nes ng passerines. Ibis the popula on and individual levels. To infer 161.2 (2019), 441 446. the Whinchat song learning strategy, we de scribed and cataloged song type repertoire, revealed age diff erences and examined song Vay na TM, Shi kov D 2019: Age related sharing strategies among males. We recor changes in song repertoire size and song ded song vocaliza ons of 40 males in a limi type sharing in the Whinchat Saxicola rube- ted (104 ha) study plot for four years. Whin tra. Bioacous cs 28.2, 140 154. 9. chats produce short and discrete songs with Abstract: In many oscine passerines males’ clear intersong pauses. Total 45 song types songs, the repertoire size increases with were allocated, the individual repertoire size age. At the same me it o en remains unk averaged 23,5 ± 7,6 song types (range 9–34 nown when and where males learn new song types). The males’ age signifi cantly in songs. To infer the Whinchat Saxicola rube- fl uenced the song type repertoire size. The tra song learning strategy, we described and second calendar year (fi rst breeding) males catalogued song type repertoire, revealed had a smaller repertoire size than the ol age diff erences and examined song sharing der males. The majority of song types were strategies among neighbouring and distant shared by less than half of males. The Jaccard males. We recorded song vocaliza ons of 40 similarity indexes varied from 0.5 to 0.7. We males in a limited (104 ha) study plot during could not fi nd a rela onship between males’ four years. Whinchats produce short and song sharing and geographic distances bet discrete songs with clear intersong pauses. ween their nests. In total 45 song types were allocated, the in dividual repertoire size averaged 23.5 ± 7.6 Slovenia song types (range 9–34 song types). The ma les’ age signifi cantly infl uenced the song ty Lenarčič, David 2019: Vpliv košnje na pe repertoire size. The second calendar year številčnost repaljščice ( Saxicola rubet- (fi rst breeding) males had a lower repertoire ra ) na Ljubljanskem barju. Diss. Univerza size than the older males. The majority of v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, 2019. song types were shared by less than half of (https://repozitorij.uni lj.si/IzpisGradiva. males in our sample. The Jaccard similarity php?id=109788) indexes varied from 0.5 to 0.7. We could not Summary: The numbers of grassland birds fi nd a rela onship between males’ song sha are declining due to several reasons, like the ring and geographic distances between their use of pes cides and global warming. The nests. We assume that Whinchat males lear most important reason for that is probably ned new songs in the local popula on befo agricultural intensifi ca on, predominant re territory establishment. ly mowing, which directly causes bird mor tality and indirectly lowers the availability and diversity of food. The same goes for the Vay na TM, Shi kov D 2019: Adver sing whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra), which is an im song type vocalisa on in Whinchat Saxico- portant indicator of extensively managed la rubetra L.: age related changes and song grasslands which also appear on Ljubljana type sharing in local popula on. В Marsh. To determine the infl uence of chan Т ГУ. С „Б “. 2019. ges in the mowing regime on the local Whin № 1(53). DOI: 10.26456/vtbio48 chat popula on, we mapped mown surfaces Summary: Here we provide the results of a and whinchat territories. We found that mo
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wing did not start earlier each year. Howe species linked to chalk steppe. The trends in ver, the dates when the 10 % and 50 % of numbers and synchrony in fl uctua ons in the the surface was mown, happened increa numbers of both species in this habitat were singly earlier. The changes we‘ve measured studied in na onal nature park ‘Dvorichans were not strictly linear. In the period when kyi’, Kharkiv region, North eastern Ukraine for the last half of whinchats was suscep ble to 9 years’ period (2010–2018). The data were death by mowing, the percentage of mown retrieved from the results of yearly monito surfaces increased through the years. These ring bird counts in chalk grassland habitats. results show that mowing started becoming The total area census method was used on increasingly faster. The percentage of nests 3 plots of unequal size (17.8, 33.2, and 41.0 failed due to mowing also increased through ha). The trends were analysed in programme the years. An earlier onset of the day, when TRIM (TRends & Indices for Monitoring data) 10 % or 50 % of surfaces were mown, also vers. 3.53. The extent of synchrony was es caused greater nest mortality due to mo mated by means of zero lag cross correla on wing. Rainfall delayed mowing more than between the me series of log transformed nes ng. Even though most of our indicators growth rates. Addi onally, the coincidence of of the eff ects of mowing are indirect, we are the direc on of changes and the coincidence es ma ng that the changes in them are ne of peaks in series were checked. The trend ga vely impac ng the numbers of whinchats in Whinchat abundance is characterised as on Ljubljana Marsh. signifi cant steep decline (mul plica ve slo pe 0.840, standard error 0.03; p<0.01). The trend in European Stonechat abundance is Ukraine classifi ed as non signifi cant uncertain (mul Banik MV 2019: Trends and synchrony in plica ve slope 0.909, standard error 0.06). fl uctua ons of the numbers of Whinchat The trends in both species correspond to (Saxicola rubetra) and European Stonechat general trends in Europe evidenced in Pan (S. rubicola) in chalk steppe of Northeastern European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme Ukraine). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Khar for 1980–2016 and 1989–2016 for Whinchat kiv Na onal University, Zoology and Ecolo and European Stonechat accordingly. The gy, 45 51. (h ps://periodicals.karazin.ua/ synchrony in fl uctua ons of the numbers of biology/ar cle/download/12945/12257) Whinchat and European Stonechat in chalk steppe habitats proved to be weak. Time se Summary: The problem of coexistence of ries of both species abundances run in dif related species within the same communi ferent direc ons almost in all cases where es poses a ques on of how similar are the the comparison was possible, which indica fl uctua ons of their numbers. Whinchat tes probable diff erences in the causes of the (Saxicola rubetra) and European Stonechat dynamics of their popula ons. The study (S. rubicola) is an example of such a pair of prompts to launch new or extend exis ng phylogene cally related bird species, which monitoring schemes in nature reserves and are members of a foraging guild of sit and na onal parks in Ukraine to get reliable es wait insec vores in open habitats. In Ukraine mates for the trends in numbers of both rare both species are quite common in meadows, and common bird species. steppes, fallow lands and other grassland ha bitats including undisturbed areas in nature reserves. In North eastern Ukraine Whinchat Please support us by sending abstracts of and European Stonechat are characteris c new papers by 1 st December 2020. of the bird communi es of hills with chalk outcrops where they represent a group of Email: [email protected]
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