Title:

Timing of breeding in the feral pigeon Columba livia f. domestica in Słupsk (NW Poland)

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 39, no. 2 ; Chronologia i czas trwania okresu lęgowego gołębia miejskiego w Słupsku ; Breeding period in feral pigeon

Creator:

Hetmański, Tomasz ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Contributor:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Museum & Institute of Zoology

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2004

Description:

Bibliogr. s. 109 ; S. [105]-110 : il. ; 27 cm ; Streszcz. pol.

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

Gołąb miejski -- biologia lęgowa -- Polska Słupsk [KABA] ; Feral Pigeon ; Columba livia f. domestica ; chronology ; reproduction ; structure of breeding population

Abstract:

The study was conducted from 1997–2001 in the city of Słupsk. Observations of individually marked birds were conducted from blinds located at city-centre sites where Feral Pigeons breed. The pigeons bred throughout the year, with peak broods in spring and summer. Different pairs timed their breeding such that the beginning of the season (from October to September of the next calendar year) overlapped the dates of completion (from April to December). 10% of pairs had already begun breeding in the autumn, while 86% did so between January and May. The remaining pairs (young ones, in particular) started breeding even later, mainly because of the lack of suitable nesting sites. The breeding period most often ended between August and October (75% of pairs), when the pigeons began their moult. 91% of the young birds joined the breeding population in their second calendar year of life. The remaining young birds had their first broods in the first or third calendar year of life. Pairs of young birds started nesting 2–3 months later than adult birds. The average length of a pair's breeding season was 183 days.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

39

Issue:

2

Start page:

105

End page:

110

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Czasopismo

Format:

text/xml

Resource Identifier:

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Source:

MiIZ PAN, sygn. patrz sygn. czas. P.257-39-2 ; MiIZ PAN, sygn. patrz sygn. czas. P.4568-39-2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp nieograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Access:

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