<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Author reports the results of a survey about a breeding extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon population in Cuneo Province, NW Italy. The first reproduction was recorded in 2000, and from that year, the monitoring work localized 16 occupied territories in an area of 1,900 km2 covering the hills and nearby lowland areas. The average distance between breeding territories was of 7.6 km with a density 0.7 pairs/100 km2. During the eighteen years, 89 successful breeding attempts were recorded, 81 of them led to fledging of 206 young. Average breeding success was 2.5 juv/reproducing pairs. The nests are located on bridges (motorway viaducts and rail way bridges) and clay/sandstone cliffs. Preliminary prey analyses showed that pigeons and doves represent the 75% of their diet.</abstract>

The Author reports the results of a survey about a breeding extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon population in Cuneo Province, NW Italy. The first reproduction was recorded in 2000, and from that year, the monitoring work localized 16 occupied territories in an area of 1,900 km2 covering the hills and nearby lowland areas. The average distance between breeding territories was of 7.6 km with a density 0.7 pairs/100 km2. During the eighteen years, 89 successful breeding attempts were recorded, 81 of them led to fledging of 206 young. Average breeding success was 2.5 juv/reproducing pairs. The nests are located on bridges (motorway viaducts and rail way bridges) and clay/sandstone cliffs. Preliminary prey analyses showed that pigeons and doves represent the 75% of their diet.

Results of eighteen years (2000–2017) monitoring study of an extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon <italic>Falco peregrinus</italic> population in North-Western Italy

Ornis Hungarica

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Results of eighteen years (2000–2017) monitoring study of an extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon  population in North-Western Italy

The Author reports the results of a survey about a breeding extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon population in Cuneo Province, NW Italy. The first reproduction was...

Results of eighteen years (2000–2017) monitoring study of an extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population in North-Western Italy

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 130 - 133

Received: Sep 27, 2018

Accepted: Oct 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2018-0021

Keywords
Cuneo survey, density, reproduction, nest site, food

© 2018 Pier Luigi Beraudo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Results of eighteen years (2000–2017) monitoring study of an extra-alpine Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus population in North-Western Italy

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 130 - 133

Received: Sep 27, 2018

Accepted: Oct 23, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2018-0021

KeywordsCuneo survey, density, reproduction, nest site, food

© 2018 Pier Luigi Beraudo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cuneo survey, density, reproduction, nest site, food