Avtor/Urednik		Geister, Iztok; Ciglič, Henrik
Naslov		Ptice otoka Srakane Vele v Creško-Lošinjskem arhipelagu
Prevedeni naslov		Birds of Srakane Vele in the Cres-Lošinj archipelago
Tip		članek
Vir		Annales Koper
Vol. in št.		Letnik 7, št. 11
Leto izdaje		1997
Obseg		str. 73-84
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		From 1994 to 1996, 23 breeding birds were registered on the Quarnero island of Srakane Vele (Croatia), i.e. Common Kestrel, Stone-curlew, Yellow-legged Gull, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, Rock Dove, Little Owl, European Bee-eater, Sky Lark, Barn Swallow, Tawny Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, Blackbird, Cetti's Warbler, Olivaceous Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Blackcap, Hooded Crow and House Sparrow. During 1987-1996, 7 breeders of the neighbouring islands were registered, i.e. Shag, Griffon Vulture, Common Tern, Pallid Swift, Common Swift, Short-toed Lark and Black-eared Wheatear. During 1974-1996, 77 migratory species were recorded on the island. Particulary interesting among the breeders of Srakane Vele are the Bee-eater and Stone-curlew. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) has bred on Srakane Vele since 1991, on the nearby Susak from at least 1987. These birds return from their wintering grounds in early May and leave the island in the first half of August. The breeders of the two Srakane islands (Srakane Vele and Srakale Male) must be dealt with as a single population, for they are frequently seen flying over Srakane Vele in a flock incorporating the inhabitants of both islands. These birds do not associate only in the post-breeding season but also during nesting, particulary in the period when one of the partners hatches the eggs. Bee-eaters nest in sandy-clayey banks of either natural or anthropogenous origin. The natural and well eroded banks are to be found on the edge of the intertidal belt, while the banks which are the work of man are situated at the bottom of cultivated terraces. There are also passages which have long ago been cut into the light soil; here they are scarcer than on Srakane Male, where they are still much scarcer than on the island of Susak. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters.)
Deskriptorji		BIRDS ECOSYSTEM CROATIA