Title:

Breeding populations and diets of the sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus and the hobby Falco subbuuteo in the Wigry National Park (NE Poland)

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 36, no. 1 ; Liczebność populacji lęgowej i skład pokarmu krogulca i kobuza w Wigierskim Parku Narodowym ; Sparrowhawk and hobby in Wigry National Park

Creator:

Zawadzka, Dorota ; Zawadzki, Jerzy

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2001

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 30 ; P. [25]-31 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Hobby ; Eurasian Hobby ; Sparrowhawk ; Eurasian Sparrowhawk ; populations ; nutrition ; diet ; Poland ; Wigry National Park ; breeding birds ; prey selection ; birds ; Falco subbuteo ; Falconidae ; Accipiter nisus ; Accipitridae ; Aves ; 1990-95

References:

In 1990-1995, 12-15 pairs of Sparrowhawks (9.1/100 km2) and 7-9 pairs of Hobbies (5.6 pairs/100 km2) inhabited the forest-lakeland area of the Wigry National Park (NE Poland). The diet composition of the two species was studied by the analysis of pellets and prey remains. Sparrowhawks fed on birds (97% of prey items, 99% of food biomass), especially Turdus spp., Parus spp. and Fringilla coelebs. Hobbies consumed birds (52% of prey, 94% of biomass) and insects (43% of prey, 1% of biomass). Sparrowhawks specialized in forest birds, positively selecting Parus spp., Turdus spp., Picidae and Ficedula spp. Hobbies hunted mainly birds of open habitats (Alauda arvensis) and woodland (Anthus trivialis).

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

36

Issue:

1

Start page:

25

End page:

31

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257, Vol. 36, No 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568, Vol. 36, No 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Closed