EASTERN IMPERIAL EAGLE (Aquila Heliaca) on ITS MOST NORTH

EASTERN IMPERIAL EAGLE ( Aquila heliaca ) ON ITS MOST NORTH-WEST DISTRIBUTION EDGE

Schmidt Matthias 1 & Horal David 2, 3 Eagles of Palearctic: Study and Conservation September 8, 2018 1BirdLife Österreich , Museumsplatz 1/10/8, Wien, Österreich, [email protected] 2 Czech Society for Ornithology , Na Bělidle 34, Prague, Czechia, [email protected] 3Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic , Kotlářská 52, Brno, Czechia Overview

• Introduction & History • Population Development & Distribution • Habitat & Nesting site • Breeding success • Diet • Ringing and tagging • Threats • PannonEagle LIFE • Interesting findings

©V.Gahura Introduction

Belarus

Distribution EIE in Central Europe

Breeding Areal Poland

Ukraine Germany

Czech Rep. Moldova Slovakia France

Austria Hungary Liechtenstein Switzerland Romania Slovenia Croatia

Italy Serbia Bosnia and Herz. Bulgaria San Marino Montenegro

Source: Handbook of the birds of the world alive History

Austria: Extinct early 19th century. Last confirmed brood 1810 Some unconfirmed possible breedings in ©R. Katzinger the 1960ties

Belarus

Distribution EIE in Central Europe

Breeding Areal Poland Czechia:

Ukraine Germany No historical records

Czech Rep. Possible but unconfirmed breedings in the Moldova Slovakia France early 20 century

Austria Hungary Liechtenstein Switzerland Romania In frame of the recovering of the Slovenia Croatia Central European population first Italy Serbia Bosnia and Herz. confirmed broods end of the 1990ties Bulgaria San Marino Montenegro in both countries Return of the EIE

1998/1999 Return of the EIE

1998/1999 2003

2008 2013 Return of the EIE

2018

31 TP, 22 BP, 32 Juv population development

Austria: Ʃ 158 Territorial pairs Ʃ 143 Breeding pairs Ʃ 218 Fledglings

Czechia: Ʃ 84 Territorial pairs Ʃ 60 Breeding pairs Ʃ 86 Fledglings population development

success rate

Austria: Mean 0,75

Czechia: Mean 0,75 population development

Productivity & fledging success [fledgling/ BP] & [fledg./succ. BP] Austria: mean productivity = 1,5 mean fledg.success = 1,95

Czechia: mean productivity = 1,04 mean fledg. success = 1,95 Breeding habitat

Habitat categories Breeding habitat

Corine Landcover habitat-types Nesting trees

Tree species habitat & breeding success

Czechia

©M atusi k habitat & breeding success

Austria

©J. Stefan ©B. Wendelin

©J. Stefan Diet of EIE in CZ & AT

©R. Katzinger

Diet of nestlings of IE from CZ (n=109, Horák & Horal) and AT (n=93, Gamauf 2008). Graph adapted from Bierbaumer et. al 2010 Ringing & Tagging

Austria

Ringing (2007-2018) 47 juv + 1 immat. Tagging (2011-2018) 23 juv + 1 immat.

Czechia

Ringing (1998-2018) 66 juv Tagging (2017-2018)

7 juv. ©V.Gahura Ringing & Tagging

Austria

Ringing (2007-2018) 47 juv + 1 immat. Tagging (2011-2018) 23 juv + 1 immat.

Czechia

Ringing (1998-2018) 66 juv Tagging (2017-2018) 7 juv.

1st record for Malta

©S. Cilia

Dispersal Movement (utilization distribution) of young IE from Austria. Dynamic Brownian Bridge Movement Modell. Threats and mortality of birds after fledging

tagged EIE from Austria

33 % victims of (prob.) illegal persecution 6 not older than one year 2 birds start nesting 5 birds lost? Threats and mortality of birds after fledging

©P.Simcik

©H. Matušìk

LIFE+ Project

“Conservation of the eastern imperial eagle by decreasing human-caused mortality in the Pannonian Region (PannonEagle LIFE (LIFE15 NAT/HU/000902)”

Project duration: 2016.10.01 - 2022.03.31 Budget: 3 583 577 € (75 % EU-Contribution)

11 Organisation from 5 countries Co-financiers

Breeding female with min 22years in CZ 1994 - 2013

Building of two nests on one tree in one season (CZ)

(unsuccessful) brood of 4 chicks in AT in 2018

Successful broods of 3cy birds in CZ

©M. Pali čka

Czechia: Marek Palička, Hynek Matušík, Vlasta Škorpíková, Gašpar Čamlík, Ivan Literák, Rainer Raab, Jaroslav Sedláček, Petr Dvořan and many more...

Austria: Anita Gamauf ( ), Hans-Martin Berg, Michael Bierbaumer, Beate Wendelin, Michael Dvorak, Konrad Edelbacher ( ), Johannes Laber, Gábor Wichmann, Thomas Zuna- Kratky, Johannes Hohenegger, Marion Schindlauer, Richard Katzinger, Benjamin Watzl, Mike McGrady, Andreas Ranner, Klemens Wessely, Markus Furch, Marie-Therese Furch, Sabine ZelzThank Susanne Schreiner,you very Johanna much Petrus, for Stephan your Höller, Katharina Loupal, Eva Karner-Raner, Michael Tiefenbach, Christian Friedl, Christina Wolf-Petre, Christian Pichler, Flora Hoser and manyattention! more....