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Title: Distribution of non-breeding Eleonora's falcon Falco eleonorae
Authors: Ristow, Dietrich
Wink, Michael
Keywords: Eleonora's falcon -- Breeding -- Malta
Birds -- Malta
Falco
Falconidae
Falconiformes
Issue Date: 1995
Publisher: Birdlife Malta
Citation: Ristow, D., & Wink, M. (1995). Distribution of non-breeding Eleonora's falcon Falco eleonorae. Il-Merill, 28, 1-10.
Abstract: During spring migration of Eleonora's Falcon the species proceeds by about 300 km per day from the eastern to the western Mediterranean. Old falcons pair and occupy territories after arrival in April/May. As the breeding islands cannot support the population with food during the non-breeding months, the birds have to leave in the early morning to hunt on the nearest large island or mainland. Then they can be seen all over the Mediterranean and occasionally far inland. During the autumn breeding months the immature non-breeders are still distributed all over the Mediterranean. The breeding population and fledglings start their autumn migration in the second half of October via routes which are still unclear. From mid-October to mid-April the falcons can be seen in east Africa and Madagascar.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37126
Appears in Collections:Il-Merill : issue 28 : 1992-1994
Il-Merill : issue 28 : 1992-1994

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