Nursery colonies of three bat species of the genus Myotis (M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. nattereri) sharing the same roost in eastern Slovakia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Maternity colonies of ...three Myotis species were documented for the first time in the Východoslovenská rovina (East Slovakian Lowland). The colonies were found sharing a concrete underground corridor adjacent to the Okna river southwest of Blatná Polianka; the bats roosted in crevices between concrete segments. Reproduction was observed directly in the Daubenton’s bat, lactating females and juveniles were examined, while in the other two species, the signs of reproduction at the site were observed just indirectly.
Remarkably high age found in Myotis emarginatus and Myotis brandtii from Slovakia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). New longevity records of the Geoffroy’s bat (Myotis emarginatus) and Brandt’s bat ...(Myotis brandtii) were made in eastern Slovakia with the help of ringing. The minimum age of twenty years and two months was evidenced for a Myotis emarginatus individual re-captured at a small cave near Beňatina in the Východné Beskydy Mts. on 2 September 2016 (first caught and ringed at the same site on 2 August 1996). It is the second highest age found in this bat from Slovakia, where the known longevity maximum is 22 years and eight months. In Myotis brandtii, the minimum age of 28 years was recorded, when a male was netted in a forest near Priekopa in the Vihorlat Mts. on 12 August 2022 that was first caught and ringed at a very close site on 14 August 1994.
In the 1 9th century the long-legged buzzard bred in the Balkan Peninsula only in Greece. From the first half of the 20th century it began to expand to the north, and at the end of 201 2 the northern ...boundary of its breeding expansion in south-eastern Europe extended to central Hungary, south-western Romania, Romanian Dobruja, the southern half of Ukraine and along the western border of Kazakhstan. In the work are 232 faunistic data on the occurrence of the species on the territory of Slovakia from the year 1 870 to the end of 201 2. In the period from 1 911-1 950 only 7 cases were found here; from the period 1 951-2000 43 observations exist, and for the short period from 2001-201 2 there are as many as 1 80, of which 98 occurred in the year 201 2 alone. The text in particular evaluates the invasive occurrence of the species in 201 2 in Slovakia and its neighbouring countries (Austria, Czech Republic and Poland). Given this increasing trend in the frequency of occurrence of the long-legged buzzard in Slovakia, its breeding on the territory of Slovakia in the near future can be anticipated, though by the end of 201 2 this had not yet to be confirmed.
Myšiak hrdzavý hniezdil v 1 9. storocí na Balkánskom polostrove len v Grécku. Od prvej polovice 20. storocia sa zacal šírit severným smerom a do konca roka 201 2 severná hranica jeho hniezdneho rozšírenia v juhovýchodnej Európe dosiahla po stredné Madarsko, juhozápadné Rumunsko, rumunskú Dobrudžu, južnú polovicu Ukrajiny a po západnú hranicu Kazachstanu. V práci je zhrnutých 232 faunistických údajov o výskyte druhu na území Slovenska od roku 1 870 do konca roku 201 2. V období rokov 1 911-1 950 bol tu zistený len v 7 prípadoch, z obdobia rokov 1 951-2000 už existuje 43 pozorovaní a za krátke obdobie rokov 2001-201 2 až 1 80, z coho len v roku 201 2 to bolo 98 pozorovaní. V texte je zvlášt zhodnotený invazný výskyt druhu v roku 201 2 na Slovensku aj v susedných krajinách (Rakúsko, Ceská republika a Polsko). Na základe uvedeného rastúceho trendu pocetnosti výskytov myšiaka hrdzavého na Slovensku možno predpokladat v blízkej budúcnosti jeho hniezdenie aj na území Slovenska, do konca roka 201 2 ešte nebolo potvrdené
Štefan Pčola 1949 – †2020 Danko, Štefan
Tichodroma : zborník Slovenskej ornitologickej spoločnosti SZOPK = Proceedings of the Slovak Ornithological Society of the Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Protectors,
02/2021, Letnik:
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Štefan Pčola 1949 – †2020 Štefan DANKO
Tichodroma : zborník Slovenskej ornitologickej spoločnosti SZOPK = Proceedings of the Slovak Ornithological Society of the Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Protectors,
12/2020, Letnik:
32
Journal Article
On May 1 5, 201 2 an individual of Levant sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes was observed at the southern edge of Trebišov town in eastern Slovakia, situated in the Východoslovenská rovina Lowlands. The ...sighting was documented with photographs. This is the first recorded occurrence of this species in terms of the bird fauna of Slovakia. The present article describes in detail its distribution and breeding in eastern Hungary and western Romania, based on an isolated population in the Pannonian Basin at the north-western edge of its breeding range. The occurrence of the Levant sparrowhawk beyond the boundaries of its breeding range and outside the Pannonian Basin consists mostly of rare movements by young individuals (northern Moravia, central and northern Poland) far north of its breeding range. An adult male was observed in south-eastern Poland in the pre-breeding period, and in Slovakia an adult female was observed in the breeding period.
Dna 1 5. mája 201 2 bol na južnom okraji mesta Trebišov na východnom Slovensku v orografickom celku Východoslovenská rovina pozorovaný jastrab krátkoprstý. Je to prvý zaznamenaný, zároven fotograficky dokumentovaný, výskyt tohto druhu pre avifaunu Slovenska. V texte je podrobnejšie opísaný jeho výskyt a hniezdenie vo východnom Madarsku a západnom Rumunsku, kde žije izolovaná populácia v Panónskej panve na severozápade jeho hniezdneho rozšírenia. Výskyty jastraba krátkoprstého mimo hniezdneho areálu a mimo Panónskej panvy predstavujú zriedkavé zálety mladých jedincov (severná Morava, stredné a severné Polsko) na sever od hniezdneho rozšírenia. Na juhovýchode Polska sa vyskytol dospelý samec v predhniezdnom a na Slovensku dospelá samica v hniezdnom období.
In 2005, five nestling Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca) were fitted with battery-powered GPS Satellite Transmitters (PTTs) in Slovakia to study their behaviour after fledging, two of them in the east ...and the other three in the west of the country. The PTTs (LC4s made by Microwave Telemetry, Inc. USA) had one of the batteries removed to reduce the weight, and weighed about 90g. A total of 598 GPS fixes were received. The number of locations varied between 45 and 244 per bird, the tracking periods between three months and one year. From a female (PTT 59281, “Stefani”), a total of 110 GPS fixes were acquired during 23 August 2005 – 26 August 2006.
The aim of the bibliography is to provide a list of publications on the raptors and owls of Slovakia and of Slovak authors including articles dealing with various organisational issues. The previous ...parts, which focused on genera from the orders Accipitrifromes, Falconiformes and Strigiformes, are now followed by a fifth part focusing on the raptor and owl species mentioned in various wider associations in the individualarticles. The species, objective and author indexes and the list of periodicals enable better overview
Cielom bibliografie je poskytnút zoznam publikácií o dravcoch a sovách Slovenska ako aj prác od slovenských autorov vrátane rôznych organizacných správ. Na prvé casti zamerané na rody radov Accipitriformes, Falconiformes a Strigiformes nadväzuje piata cast zameraná na dravce a sovy spomínané v jednotlivých publikáciách v rôznych širších súvislostiach. Zoznam citácií sprehladnujú druhový, vecný a autorský register a zoznam periodík.
The roosting and foraging habitats of tree-dwelling Bechstein's bats can vary greatly. We hypothesised that the most important determining variables would not vary between different forest habitats ...and that social constraints may play a role in limiting commuting distances between roosting and foraging sites. Altogether 11 post-lactating adult females were radio-tracked in two predominantly oak forest habitats, where both potential roost and tree stand characteristics differed. We recorded 18 roosts; the distances between occupied roosts and commuting distances to foraging areas were measured. Within a 0.1 ha wide plot centred on each roost, a total of 17 habitat variables were recorded. Regardless of the different habitat structure (canopy closure, stand density) and roost-site availability, tracked females selected tree hollows with similar dimensions. The size of both roosting and foraging areas did not differ between habitats. We suggest that protection from predators and social constraints may determine the spatial distribution of Bechstein's bat roosts.
We completed data on the diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) predominately from pellets for the period of the last 50 years from Slovakia. We analyzed material from 251 locations and 16 territorial ...units. The aggregate represents 119,231 pieces of prey from 47 species of mammals (Mammalia, 95.7%) and 58 species of birds (Aves, 3.9%), with a small representation of amphibians, reptiles (Amphibia and Reptilia, 0.2%) and invertebrates (Invertebrata, 0.2%). The obtaining of food among the owls is limited to synanthropic environments and the surrounding agricultural landscape, and the centre of its distribution in the recent period (i.e. the past 50 years: 1965-201 5) has been concentrated mainly on the southern parts of Slovakia. In this environment the common vole (Microtus arvalis, 59.6%) is the primary prey. Additional prey are rodents of the family Muridae: Mus musculus (5.6%), Micromys minutus (2.2%), Apodemus microps (2.2%), A. flavicollis (2.0%), A. sylvaticus (1 .6%) and A. agrarius (1 .5%); insectivores of the family Soricidae: Sorex araneus (6.2%), S. minutus (2.4%), Crocidura leucodon (4.8%) and C. suaveolens (2.8%); and the house sparrow Passer domesticus (2.9%). In the higher situated Turcianska kotlina Basin the species M. arvalis (74.3%) has higher domination, and instead of the white-toothed shrews the water shrews Neomys anomalus (2.8%) and N. fodiens (1 .3%) are more abundantly represented. In 3 localities owls focused on hunting bats; for example, in the church in Ratková the order Chiroptera made up 35.2% of prey. From the subrecent period (i.e. from before more than 50 years ago) we evaluate 4 samples from the territory of Slovakia with 15,601 pieces of prey ofT. alba. Before more than 50 years ago owls were also more abundantly represented at higher elevations in Slovakia, evidence of which is Weisz’s collection of pellets from 1 6 localities in the Ondavská vrchovina Upland in the years 1945 to 1963, but also a registry of data from the 19
and 20
centuries from higher located basins. In 4 samples of food from the subrecent period diversity in the representation of owl prey is higher, accompanied by low domination ofM. arvalis and a more abundant representation of murids from the genera Mus and Apodemus. The oldest sample, dated to the 16
century, is from a church in Žilina-Rudiny
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