A STUDY ON THE RAPTOR MIGRATION HABITS IN THE EASTERN COAST OF CHINA / 中国东部沿海地区猛禽迁徒规律研究

8 046 birds of prey were banded from 1985 to 1987 in Dalian City, Laotieshan District in Liaoning Province and Shangdong Province, which belonged to 2 orders, 3 families and 21 genera, of which 522 were Accipiter gcntilis, 1 828 A. virgatus, 2 404 A. nisus, 2155 Otus scops and 583 Asia otus, which a...

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Published inForest research (Beijing) Vol. 3; no. 3; p. 207
Main Authors 侯韵秋, 杨若莉, 刘岱基, 范强东, 王黎
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Beijing Chinese Academy of Forestry 01.01.1990
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Birds
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Summary:8 046 birds of prey were banded from 1985 to 1987 in Dalian City, Laotieshan District in Liaoning Province and Shangdong Province, which belonged to 2 orders, 3 families and 21 genera, of which 522 were Accipiter gcntilis, 1 828 A. virgatus, 2 404 A. nisus, 2155 Otus scops and 583 Asia otus, which account for 6.48%, 22.19% , 22.19%, 29.87% and 7.24% of the total respectively.The south-migrating birds of prey began to be seen to pass through the research regions from late-August to mid-December. A. virgatus was the first one captured on Sept. 1 and Buteo laguous was the last one captured on Dec. 12. From late August to early September, the birds of prey, such as A. virgatus, A. nisus, A. solocnsis, Pernis pitilorkyncnus, Falco tinnunculus, F. subbuteo migrated in turn. From late September to early October, came Circus cyaneus, Buteo buteo, Asio otus etc. in series. From late November to early December, B. lagopus etc. followed. The migrating peak was from early September to mid-November. Based on the data and
ISSN:1001-1498