Author/Editor		Božič, Luka; Vrezec, Al
Title		Sove Pohorja
Translated title		Owls of the Pohorje mountains
Type		članek
Source		Acrocephalus
Vol. and No.		Letnik 21, št. 98-99
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 47-53
Language		slo
Abstract		The article discusses the owls of the Pohorje Mountains (NE Slovenia). Ten species have been registered so far, 4 of them as breeders: Tawny Owl Strix aluco, Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum (rediscovered in 1993), Tengmalms Owl Aegolius funereus (rediscovered in 1996) and Long-eared Owl Asio otus; 1 species, i.e. Little Owl Athene noctua, occurs here merely as a chance guest and most probably does not breed. Five species, however, have not been registered in the Pohorje Mountains in recent years, and only some of their historical data from the end of the 19th century and from the beginning of the 20th century are at hand. These species are: Barn Owl Tyto alba, Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops, Eagle Owl Bubo bubo, Ural Owl Strix uralensis (expected species) and Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus. A very interesting owls' habitat in these mountains are the environs of raised bogs (Sphagno-Piceetum association), which are shared by 3 owl species: Tawny Owl, Pygmy Owl and Tengmalm's Owl. Utterly new for Slovenia are the findings regarding the upper limit of the altitudinal distribution of the Little Owl (777 m a.s.l.) and Long-eared Owl (1,450 m a.s.l.) and the lower limit of the altitudinal distribution of the Pygmy Owl in the non-breeding season (310 m a.s.l.).
Summary		Članek obravnava sovjo favno na Pohorju. Do sedaj je bilo registriranih 10 vrst sov; 4 vrste so bile ugotovljene kot gnezdilke: lesna sova Strix aluco, mali skovik Glaucidium passerinum (na Pohorju ponovno odkrit leta 1993), koconogi čuk Aegolius funereus (na Pohorju ponovno odkrit leta 1996) in mala uharica Asio otus; 1 vrsta, čuk Athene noctua, se pojavlja kot naključni gost in na Pohorju najverjetneje ne gnezdi; 5 vrst pa v zadnjem času na Pohorju ni bilo ugotovljenih in zanje obstajajo le zgodovinski podatki s konca 19. st. in začetka 20. st.: pegasta sova Tyto alba, veliki skovik Otus scops, velika uharica Bubo bubo, kozača Strix uralensis (pričakovana vrsta) in močvirska uharica Asio flammeus. Zelo zanimiv habitat za sove na Pohorju je okolica visokih barij (združba Sphagno-Piceetum), kjer si življenjski prostor delijo 3 vrste sov: lesna sova, mali skovik in koconogi cuk. Nove so ugotovitve zgornje meje višinske razširjenosti čuka (777 m) in male uharice (1.450 m) ter spodnja meja višinske razširjenosti malega skovika v negnezditvenem obdobju (310 m).
Descriptors		BIRDS ECOSYSTEM