VOLUME 4 (I-II) 2001

Articoli e Note/ Papers & Notes

- Checklist of the birds of Sardinia. Updated to December 2001. Marcello Grussu

- Muta e biometria dell’Occhiocotto Sylvia melanocephala nella Sardegna meridionale. Luca Biddau &  Gianpaolo Ruzzante

- Presenza invernale di Piviere tortolino Charadrius morinellus in Sicilia. Andrea Corso & Carmelo Iapichino

Recenti avvistamenti/ Recent records around the Region

Periodo: aprile 2000 - maggio 2001 / April 2000 - May 2001. A cura di Marcello Grussu

Progetti e Ricerche/ Projects and Researches

- La mortalità della Cicogna bianca durante la migrazione. O. Bibier & A. Aebischer/ Nos Oiseaux 
- Gabbiani corallini con anelli colorati. Richiesta di collaborazione. Renaud Flamant

Novità e commenti/ News and Comment

Recensioni/ Reviews

 

Foto di copertina/ Cover photograph: Picchio rosso maggiore Picoides m. harterti Arrigoni. Endemismo presente soltanto in Sardegna. Monti dei Sette Fratelli, Sardegna, 1999./ The Sardinian endemic Harterti’s Great Spotted Woodpecker is found in this Island only. Sette Fratelli Mts, 1999 (Roberto Meloni).

Purple Heron  (Alberto Tidu)

                    

ABSTRACTS

Marcello Grussu

Checklist of the birds of Sardinia. Updated to December 2001.  

This checklist aims at providing anyone interested in Sardinian ornithology with an up-to-date list of the species recorded on the island up to the present time, together with their phenological status.The latest updated list of Sardinian birds was published in the mid 90's (Grussu 1995b, 1996a). Subsequently, a series of positive events stimulated research on Sardinian ornithology. In the spring of 1997, the setting up of the Gruppo Ornitologico Sardo made it possible to co-ordinate most of the agencies engaged in this research which until then had been divided among different work groups. Somemonths later the presentation of over 30 papers on Sardinian avifauna during the 9 th Italian Ornithological Conference (Alghero, 1997) and the publication of Aves Ichnusae, the first ornithological magazine of Sardinia, highlighted the high standard reached by ornithology on the island. In the same period, groups of birdwatchers (both from Italy and abroad) visited the island more frequently, thus contributing to the knowledge of Sardinian avifauna. All these elements made it possible, during the period 1995 - 2001, to provide precise information on the status of a great number of species present on the island and to ascertain the presence of further accidental species. After 6 years, I think it advisable to provide an update of the checklist of the species recorded on the island up to now.(*GOS - C.P. 160/C - 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena/ Cagliari)

Luca Biddau & Gianpaolo Ruzzante

Biometry and moult pattern of the Sardinian Warbler in South Sardinia, Italy.

We studied moult pattern and measurements of a population of Sardinian Warblers at Capo Spartivento/Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy). A total of 315 birds were trapped and measured, 150 during the post-breeding season and 165 during the overwintering period. The birds overwintering are slihtly larger than the breeding ones. Sex differences significant for wing during the breeding season. We found a population showing a very short wing length and among the smaller known for the Mediterranean areas; 50% of adults have a partial pre-breding moult and 22% of Juvenes have a complete post-juvenile moult; 3 second year birds (n=106) have a first pre-breeding moult replacing some wing feathers.(*GOS - C.P. 160/C - 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena/ Cagliari)

Andrea Corso* & Carmelo Iapichino

Winter records of Dotterel in Sicily (Italy).

On December 20th and 29th 1997 a 1st winter Dotterel has been observed at Capo Murro di Porco, Siracusa (Southeast Sicily). The area is characterized by wide open uncultured fields covered by low Mediterranean macchia and sparse rocks, being then a perfect habitat for the species. These are the first recent winter records of this species for Italy. Probably the bird observed was wintering in the area and thus would be the first wintering for Italy. Wintering in Europe is regularly reported only for Spain. This winter record is not so surprising considering that the species is regularly encountered in winter in the near Tunisia. Further, records of Dotterel are increasingly more common during migration in both autumn and spring in Southeast Sicily.(*Via Camastra, 10 - 96100 Siracusa)

 

Pollo sultano Porphyrio porphyrio./ Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (Piero Basoccu)