Short communication, Note
Contribution to the list of birds of the island of Šolta
Jasmina Mužinić
; Department of Ornithology CASA, Gundulićeva 24, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Jenö J. Purger
; Department of Animal Ecology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Ifjúság útja 6, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
Abstract
This paper presents data on 26 species and two subspecies, which are new in relation to the already existing list of the birds of the Šolta Island published two decades ago, and which add up to the knowledge of its ornithofauna to an overall number of 132 species. New data were gathered from various sources: 7 species were recorded during the authors’ own field research on the island, 3 species concern the recovery of ringed birds, 12 species were found in the private collections of J. Purtić and the Vlak family, 2 new species in the catalogue of the ornithological collection of the Natural History Museum in Split, 1 new species from the catalogue of the Bird Collection of the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb and 1 in the older ornithological literature. From the total of 26 species new to Šolta Island, 3 are breeding birds, and 23 are migrant or winter visitors birds of the island.
Keywords
ornithofauna; bird collection; bird skin; Adriatic island; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
54357
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2010.
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