K
hniezdnemu výskytu kôrovníka krátkoprstého (Certhia
brachydactyla) v lesoch západnej časti
Cerovej vrchoviny (južné Slovensko) On breeding occurence of Short-toed
Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) in
forests of the western part of the Cerová vrchovina
Mts. (S Slovakia)
Abstract. Mapping of breeding territories of
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
took place in the forests of the western part of
Cerová vrchovina in 2017. Of the total area (61
km²), forests account for 36.6 km². The species has
only been registered in oak forests and mixed
deciduous forests with oaks aged 60 years and older.
Those stands covered 32% (11.54 km²) of the total
forest area in the study area. In total, 47
Short-toed Treecreeper territories were found.
Breeding density was 1.28 p./100 ha of the total
forest area. The local density varied between
0.5–4.2 p./10 ha, on average 1.4 p./10 ha. The local
breeding density of species breeding territories was
positively associated with stand age (R2 = 0.19, P =
0.003). Sympatric occurrence with Eurasian
Treecreeper (C. familiaris) was also mapped
at breeding sites occupied by Short-toed
Treecreeper. The breeding territories of the
Short-toed Treecreeper overlapped with the breeding
areas of the Eurasian Treecreeper at 30 sites (in
which 31 Eurasian Treecreeper territories have been
registered), i.e. in 66.7% of the sites occupied by
Short-toed Treecreeper. Eurasian Treecreeper is more
numerous in the woods of the study area than
Short-toed Treecreeper.
Abstract: The last update of conservation
status of Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in
Armenia was
implemented in 2009, including data collected in
2003–2008. The current update of conservation status
of the
species in the country considers data collected from
2003 until 2019. Results show that the species
population
consists of 48–54 breeding pairs. Such trend
demonstrates moderate increase of population. The
annual breeding
success measured as fledglings per occupied nest was
also increased from 71% in 2003 to 79% in 2019.
Current
threats are related to direct tracing down for
trophy or to domesticate as pet. One of possible
paths of domestication
can be related to catching of the birds, which have
been poisoned by heavy metals at municipal dumps or
by use of
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The proposed
conservation measures include (1) change in trophy
policy
and captive breeding, particularly meaning listing
down all existing specimens and introduction of
obligatory
procedure of issuing a certificate of origin for
each new specimen; (2) stricter penalization for
illegal shooting
or trapping; (3) strengthening of inspection body to
improve control; (4) improving public outreach aimed
at
raising the value of this species; (5) study of
application of Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
in livestock husbandry; (6) improving waste
management. These measures should be accompanied by
species’ monitoring.
Abstract. The first
breeding of the Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
in Slovakia was documented in 2019 on the water
reservoir Glabušovce (southern Slovakia). The nest
was located in the cattail (Typha sp.)
Minimum four eggs were laid and two chicks
hatched. This breeding in Ipeľ river catchment may
be the result of the increase of European
population as well the species bred in the
neighbouring Ipoly – Völgye Special protection
area, where this species start to breed in 2005
and already two pairs bred in 2018.
Key words: Whooper
Swan, Cygnus cygnus, first breeding,
Slovakia
Prvé dokumentované
hniezdenie trasochvosta žltého severského (Motacilla
flava thunbergi) na Slovensku
First documented breeding of the Western Yellow
Wagtail (Motacilla flava thunbergi) in
Slovakia
Abstract. First documented and successful
breeding of the Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla
flava thunbergi) was documented in an abandoned
field near Piešťany in western Slovakia in June–July
2016. Altogether four nestlings fledged on July 5,
2016. Breeding and all the observations of Motacilla
flava in the study area are described.
Key words: Western Yellow Wagtail,
distribution, breeding, Slovakia
Prvé hniezdenie haje
červenej (Milvus milvus) v Ipeľskej
pahorkatine (južné Slovensko)
The first breeding of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
in the Ipeľská pahorkatina Hills (S Slovakia)
Ladislav ŠNÍRER, Stanislav HARVANČÍK, Andrej
DÚBRAVSKÝ & Viliam ŠUMICHRAST
Horská 1314/42, 95806 Partizánske, Slovensko;
e-mail: snirer@pobox.sk
Štátna ochrana prírody SR, Správa Chránenej
krajinnej oblasti Ponitrie, Samova 3, 949 01 Nitra,
Slovensko
Strojárenská 198, 95801 Partizánske, Slovensko
935 85 Demandice č. 44, Slovensko
Abstract. A pair of Red Kite (Milvus
milvus) bred successfully in the Ipeľ Hills
(Ipeľská pahorkatina), Southern
Slovakia in 2019. One young fledged, two eggs
remained unhatched in the nest. Two Red Kites were
observed in this
area already in breeding season 2018. It is the
first confirmed breeding of Red Kites in this part
of western Slovakia.
Key words: Red Kite, breeding, ecology,
Slovakia
Prvé dokázané
hniezdenie husi divej (Anser anser) na
Levických rybníkoch (juhozápadné Slovensko)
The first documented breeding of Greylag Goose (Anser
anser) on the fishponds near Levice (SW
Slovakia)
Terézia JAUSCHOVÁ 1, Lucia TURČOKOVÁ RUBÁČOVÁ 2
& Peter ZACH 3
1 Starohutská 16, 968 01 Nová Baňa, Slovensko;
e-mail: tereziajauschova@gmail.com
2 Katedra zoológie, PRIF UK, Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská
dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovensko
3 Ústav ekológie lesa SAV, Ľ. Štúra 2, 960 53
Zvolen, Slovensko
Abstract. Recently, the breeding sites of
Greylag Goose have been increasing in number both
within Europe and in Slovakia. Due to positive
population and distribution trend, Greylag Goose
started breeding for the first time also in the
Protected area Levické rybníky – The fish ponds
near Levice, southwestern Slovakia, Central
Europe. The first breeding of this species in the
area was recorded on May 3, 2017 when a female
with three goslings was observed. These geese were
repeatedly observed on July 7 and July 8, 2017.
Three adults of Greylag Goose were recorded on
April 16, 2018, and breeding was proved by
observation of three goslings in July 2018.
Further breeding record was made on April 13, and
assessed more precisely on April 14, 2019 when two
breeding pairs of Greylag Goose with three and
four chicks were noticed. Goslings were seen for
the last time on April 21, 2019 and, possibly,
predated. Another three pairs without chicks were
also observed over the breeding season of 2019.
Greylag Goose repeatedly bred on the same pond
with well-developed littoral vegetation.
Key words: Greylag Goose, first breeding,
fishponds near Levice, Central Europe
Výskyt melanickej sýkorky
veľkej (Parus major) na
Slovensku A record of a melanistic Great Tit (Parus
major) from Slovakia
Alžbeta DAROLOVÁ
Ústav zoológie Slovenskej akadémie vied, Dúbravská
cesta 9, 84506 Bratislava, Slovensko, e-mail:
alzbeta.darolova@savba.sk
Abstract. Melanism in animals is the most frequent
anomalous coloration and it is caused by melanins,
influenced by different genes. The number of records
of melanistic individuals in birds has been
increasing in the last decades. One melanistic
individual of Great Tit (Parus major) was
recorded at a feeding site in Bratislava, Western
Slovakia on November 11 and December 14, 2019. The
head of this individual was black without the
contrastingly white patches on cheeks and
ear-coverts characteristic of the species, whereas
it only showed small paler patches in the area of
ears. Black ventral stripe was broader than usual.
The rest of the body did not show any other color
aberrations. Mechanisms driving melanism and
examples of melanism in birds are discussed.
Key words: Parus major, melanism, black head
Prehľad krúžkovania vtákov na
Slovensku za rok 2018
Bird-ringing results in Slovakia in 2018
Michal JENČO & Matej REPEL
Slovenská ornitologická spoločnosť/BirdLife
Slovensko, Krúžkovacia centrála, Námestie
osloboditeľov 1, 071
01 Michalovce, Slovensko; e-mail: kruzkysk@gmail.com
Abstract. In 2018, 84 ringers ringed
altogether 58,542 birds, of them 5,381 were
nestlings. That number was 4.07%
(2,291) higher compare to 2017. The ringed birds
belonged to 149 species. The most numerous ringed
species
were Great Tit (Parus major, 7,084
individuals), Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla, 6,976
ind.), Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica, 5,913 ind.), European robin (Erithacus
rubecula, 3,920 ind.), Blue Tit (Cyanistes
caeruleus, 3,899 ind.). The
colour ringed schemes in Slovakia are given.
Alltogether 523 abroad recoveries were registered,
out of them were
191 individuals re-trapped in Slovakia and ringed
abroad, 332 idividuals ringed in Slovakia re-trapped
abroad.
19.
správa Faunistickej komisie Slovenskej
ornitologickej spoločnosti/BirdLife Slovensko The 19th report of the Rarities
Committee of the Slovak Ornithological
Society/BirdLife Slovakia
Richard KVETKO 1, Marian MOJŽIŠ 2, Stanislav
HARVANČÍK 3, Dušan KARASKA 4, Milan OLEKŠÁK 5,
Vladimír ŠRANK 6 & Rudolf JUREČEK 7
1 SNP 14, 903 01 Senec, Slovensko; e-mail:
richard.kvetko@centrum.sk
2 Školská 211/22, 985 31 Mučín, Slovensko
3 Pod Šípkom 1153 /1, 958 06 Partizánske, Slovensko
4 02741 Oravský Podzámok 261, Slovensko
5 Správa NP Slovenský kras, Hámosiho 188, 049 51
Brzotín, Slovensko
6 Ul. SNP 19/3, 972 01 Bojnice, Slovensko
7 Správa CHKO Záhorie, Vajanského 11, 901 01
Malacky, Slovensko
Abstract: In 2018, the Rarities Committee of
the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia
reviewed 54 records, of which 35 were accepted in
the category A, three in category C, nine in
category D, one in category E. Furthermore five
breeding records were accepted and one record was
rejected. One record of Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis
melba), six records of Rosy Starling (Pastor
roseus), one record of Lesser White-fronted Goose
(Anser erythropus), one record of Snow Goose (Anser
caerulescens), two records of Bearded Vulture
(Gypaetus barbatus), one record of Common Chiffchaff
(Phylloscopus collybita tristis type) and one record
of Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
were the most interesting records in 2018. Rarities
Committee accepted also some other valuable
observations from the years 2016 and 2017. For
example one record of Barnacle Goose (Branta
leucopsis), three records of Red-breasted Goose
(Branta ruficollis), three records of Egyptian Goose
(Alopochen aegyptiaca), seven records of Ruddy
Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), four breeding records
of Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), one breeding
record of Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca), three
records of Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), one
record of Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), two records
of Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), several
records of Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius
morinellus), two records of Parasitic Jaeger
(Stercorarius parasiticus), two records of European
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), two records of
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus
intermedius/heuglini), one record of European Roller
(Coracias garrulus), one record of Citrine wagtail
(Motacilla citreola), one record of Greenish Warbler
(Phylloscopus trochiloides) and one record of
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus).