<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">We studied the population trend and movements of the Song Thrush during the winter near the Tyrrhenian coast in the region of Latium, from 2012 to 2014, in order to establish the timing of spring migration.During standardized mist-netting we captured and ringed 431 birds. The data collected indicate that the study area is mainly visited by wintering thrushes with significant year-toyear fluctuations in the number of birds.Based on the information gathered during this study, confirmed by the results of other studies carried out in southern Italy and France, we assume that spring migration starts in Latium between the second and third decade of February.</abstract>

We studied the population trend and movements of the Song Thrush during the winter near the Tyrrhenian coast in the region of Latium, from 2012 to 2014, in order to establish the timing of spring migration.During standardized mist-netting we captured and ringed 431 birds. The data collected indicate that the study area is mainly visited by wintering thrushes with significant year-toyear fluctuations in the number of birds.Based on the information gathered during this study, confirmed by the results of other studies carried out in southern Italy and France, we assume that spring migration starts in Latium between the second and third decade of February.

Timing of the Spring Migration of the Song Thrush Turdus Philomelos through Southern Italy

Gruppo Inanellamento Limicoli (G.I.L., Napoli), Via Traversa Napoli 58, 80078 Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy.

FIDC–Ufficio Avifauna Migratoria–Via Salaria, 298/a–00199 Rome, Italy.

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We studied the population trend and movements of the Song Thrush during the winter near the Tyrrhenian coast in the region of Latium, from 2012 to 2014, in...

Timing of the Spring Migration of the Song Thrush Turdus Philomelos through Southern Italy

Published Online: Jan 29, 2015

Page range: 23 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ring-2014-0002

Keywords
timing, spring migration, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

© 2014 Sergio Scebba et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Timing of the Spring Migration of the Song Thrush Turdus Philomelos through Southern Italy

Published Online: Jan 29, 2015

Page range: 23 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ring-2014-0002

Keywordstiming, spring migration, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

© 2014 Sergio Scebba et. al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
timing, spring migration, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos