<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During the years 2000-2008 1377 Spotted Eagles (SE) (<italic>Aquila pomarina</italic>, <italic>Aquila clanga</italic> and their hybrids) have been colour ringed in Europe. Out of these, 1303 (94.6 %) were young birds and 74 (5.4 %) were adults. Out of the total, 1290 (93.7 %) were the <italic>Aquila pomarina</italic> Lesser Spotted Eagles (LSE) - 1229 (95.3 %) young and 61 (4.7 %) adults, 50 (3.6 %) were the <italic>Aquila clanga</italic> Greater Spotted Eagles (GSE) - 44 (88.0 %) young and 6 (12.0 %) adults and 37 (2.7 %) were the <italic>Aquila pomarina</italic> x <italic>Aquila clanga</italic> hybrids (LSE x GSE) - 30 (81.1 %) young and 7 (18.9 %) adults. With respect to the individual European countries the following SE species and numbers were ringed: Slovakia 636 (46.2 %), Poland 333 (24.2 %), Estonia 153 (11.1 %), Germany 116 (8.4 %), Lithuania 68 (4.9 %), Latvia 45 (3.3 %) and Belarus 26 (1.9 %). In the article authors presents a review on Spotted Eagle colour ringing programmes running in individual European countries.</p></abstract>

During the years 2000-2008 1377 Spotted Eagles (SE) (Aquila pomarina, Aquila clanga and their hybrids) have been colour ringed in Europe. Out of these, 1303 (94.6 %) were young birds and 74 (5.4 %) were adults. Out of the total, 1290 (93.7 %) were the Aquila pomarina Lesser Spotted Eagles (LSE) - 1229 (95.3 %) young and 61 (4.7 %) adults, 50 (3.6 %) were the Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagles (GSE) - 44 (88.0 %) young and 6 (12.0 %) adults and 37 (2.7 %) were the Aquila pomarina x Aquila clanga hybrids (LSE x GSE) - 30 (81.1 %) young and 7 (18.9 %) adults. With respect to the individual European countries the following SE species and numbers were ringed: Slovakia 636 (46.2 %), Poland 333 (24.2 %), Estonia 153 (11.1 %), Germany 116 (8.4 %), Lithuania 68 (4.9 %), Latvia 45 (3.3 %) and Belarus 26 (1.9 %). In the article authors presents a review on Spotted Eagle colour ringing programmes running in individual European countries.

Colour ringing of the Spotted Eagles (<italic>Aquila pomarina, Aquila clanga</italic> and their hybrids) in Europe - a review

Rovníková 8, SK-040 12 Košice, Slovakia

Hauka, Valgjarve side, Polvamaa EE-63406, Estonia

Administration of Nature Reserve Teici, Aiviekstes 3, LV-4862 Laudona, Madonas raj., Latvia

APB-BirdLife Belarus, a/c 306, Minsk, BY-220050, Belarus

Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw Univeristy, Sienkiewicza 21, PL-50-335 Wroclaw, Poland

Zoology Department, University of Live Sciences, ul. Wojska Polskiego 71 c, PL-60-625 Poznaň, Poland

Ochrana dravcov na Slovensku, Svätoplukova 1, SK-841 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

Wangenheimstrasse 32, D-14193 Berlin, Germany

ul. Podzamcze 1a, PL-38-200 Jasło, Poland

Laboratory of Avian Ecology, Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University, Akademijos st. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

ul. Pogodna 34/11, PL-20-337 Lublin, Poland

Raptor Journal

Colour ringing of the Spotted Eagles ( and their hybrids) in Europe - a review

During the years 2000-2008 1377 Spotted Eagles (SE) (Aquila pomarina, Aquila clanga and their hybrids) have been colour ringed in Europe. Out of these, 1303...

Colour ringing of the Spotted Eagles (Aquila pomarina, Aquila clanga and their hybrids) in Europe - a review

Published Online: Jul 04, 2012

Page range: 37 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10262-012-0017-3

Keywords
Lesser Spotted Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, hybrids, colour-ringing, SECR

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