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The book gives a complete overview of the migration ecology of Western Palearctic raptors. Across seasons and continents, with great navigation abilities and facing high mortality risks, these
species move twice a year between their breeding and wintering sites.
List of contents
Foreword. Raptors as models to study animal migrations. Osprey Pandion haliaetus. Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus. Western honey buzzard
Pernis apivorus. Crested honey buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus. Eurasian griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus. Short-toed snake eagle
Circaetus gallicus. Lesser spotted eagle
Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga. Booted eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus. Steppe eagle
Aquila nipalensis. Eastern imperial eagle
Aquila heliaca. Levant sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes. Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus. Western marsh harrier
Circus aeruginosus. Hen harrier
Circus cyaneus. Pallid harrier
Circus macrourus. Montagu's harrier
Circus pygargus. Red kite Milvus. Red kite
Milvus. Black kite
Milvus migrans. Rough-legged buzzard
Buteo lagopus. Long-legged buzzard
Buteo rufinus. Eurasian buzzard
Buteo. Lesser kestrel
Falco naumanni. Common kestrel
Falco tinnunculus. Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus. Amur falcon
Falco amurensis. Eleonora's falcon
Falco eleonorae. Sooty falcon
Falco concolor. Merlin
Falco columbarius. Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo. Saker falcon
Falco cherrug. PEREGRINE FALCON Falco peregrinus. References.
About the author
Michele Panuccio obtained his Ph.D. in Experimental Ecology at the University of Pavia. He is a co-founder member of the Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network (MEDRAPTORS), a non-profit association working to improve research and protection of birds of prey in the Western Palearctic. He has carried out research on migratory strategies of diurnal birds of prey, from 1998 using different methodologies: direct visual observations, ringing recoveries, radar and GPS tracking. He was also involved in research on breeding and wintering ecology. In recent years he made his research activity both as post-doctoral researcher at the University of Pavia and as research coordinator of MEDRAPTORS. While working on this book and conducting a research on waterbird movements in ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), he passed away in 2019, after having fought for a long time against a hard illness.
Ugo Mellone is also a co-founder of MEDRAPTORS; he has carried out research on raptor migration from 2003. In 2013, he got his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alicante, Spain, with a thesis focused on movement ecology on migrating raptors studied by means of satellite telemetry. He developed research stays also in the Centre for Animal Movement Research (Lund, Sweden), Ecotono (Bariloche, Argentina), and Estación Biológica de Doñana (Seville, Spain). Besides his role in the MEDRAPTORS project, he also freelances as a photo journalist. Aimed at raising awareness on conservation issues and endangered species, he produces stories that are disseminated through magazines, books and exhibitions.
Nicolantonio Agostini obtained his Ph.D. in Experimental Ecology at the University of Pavia. Between 1986 and 1989 he was member of the Scientific Coordination of the Raptor Rescue Centre in Parma, managed by LIPU-Birdlife Italy. In this period he studied predatory and social behaviour of both captive wild diurnal and nocturnal birds of prey. Co-founder member of MEDRAPTORS, since 1989 he has been studying migration of diurnal birds of prey by direct visual observation at several watchsites in Italy, Tunisia, Malta, Greece, Turkey and Georgia. In recent years he has been involved in studies carried out by radar and GPS tracking such as in ecology research of birds of prey at wintering sites. Between 1984 and 1996 he was active in protectionist actions against poaching of diurnal birds of prey at the Strait of Messina together with LIPU-Birdlife Italy.
Summary
The book gives a complete overview of the migration ecology of Western Palearctic raptors. Across seasons and continents, with great navigation abilities and facing high mortality risks, these species move twice a year between their breeding and wintering sites.
