Black Kites (M<scp>ilvus migrans</scp>) Winter in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey

Biricik, Murat; Karakaş, Recep

doi:10.3356/jrr-10-109.1

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“…An exceptionally large group of 100 roosting birds observed near the River Seyhan in the Mediterranean area on 11 February 1996 was assumed to consist of either very early migrants or a significant wintering concentration. Recently a common wintering of black kites was described in south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey (Biricik & Karakaş 2011). The region with wintering kites is characterized by dry valleys with patches of steppe and agricultural fields interspersed with limestone cliffs, which is similar to the area where we found the birds in central Greece.…”

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“…2) and reportedly Turkey as well (Biricik & Karakaş 2011), coincides with climate warming in Europe. According to key findings of the European Environmental Agency (EEA 2013), the period 2002-2011 was the warmest on record in Europe, with the European land temperature being 1.3°C warmer than the pre-industrial average.…”

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“…Potential risks experienced by the wintering population include illegal hunting, carcass poisoning and declining food availability caused by new sanitary regulations affecting the processing and exposure of garbage within dumps (Biricik & Karakaş 2011). An advantage, on the other hand, is that the costs for migration are probably much lower for birds wintering in Europe than for birds wintering in sub-Saharan Africa.…”

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“…The birds winter in variable densities in sub-Saharan Africa south to Cape Province with the exception of dense forests. Another important wintering area for black kites is the Middle East: the black kite is the most common wintering raptor in Israel, with increasing numbers from the 1980s (Shirihai et al 2000), and significant concentrations of wintering black kites have appeared in Turkey (Biricik & Karakaş 2011). Moreover, black kites have begun to winter regularly in Sicily (Sarà 2003).…”

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Common wintering of black kites (Milvus migrans migrans) in Greece, and new data on their wintering elsewhere in Europe

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Black kites of the nominal subspecies Milvus migrans migrans breed in the Western Palearctic and in Central Asia, while the European population is relatively small. The birds winter mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Until 2000 winter observations of black kites were rare in Greece, and also within the tri-point border area of Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At that time regular wintering of black kites started there. These data and evidence from recent local literature as well as from a number of unpublished data obtained throughout European countries and reviewed in this paper corroborate the impression that numbers of black kites wintering in Europe and the whole Mediterranean area including Turkey are increasing. The reasons considered are climate warming in the area and some negative changes in sub-Saharan Africa in the traditional wintering grounds of black kites. Notes about the wintering of black/red kite hybrids are also added.

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Common wintering of black kites (Milvus migrans migrans) in Greece, and new data on their wintering elsewhere in Europe

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“…The migration peak is observed between end of March and early April, mainly around the Tigris River valley. Moreover, wintering groups (up to 7,000-8,500 individuals) have been identified in this part of country, mainly around Gaziantep city, between the years 2001-2011 (Biricik & Karakaş 2011).…”

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Current status and distribution of diurnal raptor species in the south-eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey

Karakaş

2015

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The status and distribution of diurnal raptor bird species were analysed in the south-eastern part of Turkey based on studies and records between 1994 and 2014. Our information about raptor species is very limited in the south-eastern Anatolia Region. The study showed that of 42 diurnal raptor species listed in Turkey, 37 of these species were found in the studied region; 9 of them are certainly, 4 probably and 1 possibly breeding in the area -according to the breeding criteria of the EBCC -while 17 of them were transitory migrating or wintering birds for the region, and the breeding/migratory status of 6 is unknown. Habitats lost and fragmentation related to agricultural intensification together with pesticide applications are the main hazards threatening wildlife including raptors in the region. So as to increase knowledge on raptors in south-eastern Anatolia and evaluate their populations, a coordinated education and research program is essential.Abstrakt: Stav a rozšírenie denných druhov dravých vtákov v juhovýchodnej časti Turecka boli vyhodnotené na základe publikovaných prác a vlastných pozorovaní z rokov 1994 až 2014. Informácií o diverzite tejto skupiny je z oblasti juhovýchodnej Anatólie málo. Z výsledkov vyplýva, že zo 42 denných druhov dravých vtákov bolo v regióne zaznamenaných 37 druhov; z toho 9 druhov hniezdičov, 4 pravdepodobných hniezdičov a 1 možný hniezdič -na základe kritérií EBCC, 17 z nich je migrujúcich alebo zimujúcich druhov a hniezdny/migračný status 6 druhov nie je známy. Strata a fragmentácia habitatu súvisiaca s intenzifikáciou poľnohospodárstva sprevádzaná aplikáciou pesticídov sú hlavným rizikom ohrozujúcim divo žijúce zvieratá vrátane denných dravých vtákov v regióne. Na získanie detailnejších poznatkov o populáciách denných dravcov juhovýchodnej Anatólie je ale potrebná koordinovaná osveta a ďalší výskum.

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