Archive for March, 2006


Igor Karyakin’s web project

Monday, March 27th, 2006 by Admin / No Comments

We would like to invite you to visit the website of Igor Karyakin: Russian Birds of Prey Researchers Club. General and some local /map/ information on Short-toed Eagle can be found there:

• Игорь Карякин, 1998 - Змееяд - Пернатые хищники Уральского региона. Соколообразные (Falconiformes) и Совообразные (Strigiformes). Пермь: Центр полевых исследований Союза охраны животных Урала / Социально-экологический союз: 180-189 - Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru)

• Г. П. Дементьев, 1951 - Змееяд (Circaetus gallicus) - Птицы Советского Союза, т.1. - М.: Сов. наука - Short-toed Eagle. file (Ru)

(the source is a subsection of the site: Publications)

One more general description (Ru) (composed, in this case, by Igor Karyakin) is located in the subsection named Articles on Species.

Fotonatura.org gallery

Monday, March 27th, 2006 by Admin / No Comments
Short-toed Eagle. Fotonatura.org search results for Culebrera

Here you can find some selection of photos of Short-toed Eagles on Fotonatura.org gallery. Birds are close (even very close) and distant, sitting and flying. Single and companion portraits are represented on the site with a lot of comments (Es) on them. Resolution of the images is about 600×400 px. The content of this gallery is being updated quite often, just check it from time to time.

Wintering in Spain and habitat in Greece

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 by Admin / No Comments

Here you can acquaint yourself with the work on the wintering of Short-toed Eagle and Booted Eagle in Spain:

• José Enrique Martínes y José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata, 1999 - Invernada de Aguililla Calzada (Hieraaetus pennatus) y Culebrera Europea (Circaetus gallicus) en España - Ardeola 46(1): 93-96 - Short-toed Eagle. file (Es)
(source - Ardeola website)

…and with abstract of the article about the Greek Short-toed Eagles:

• D. E. Bakaloudis, C. G. Vlachos, G. J. Holloway, 1998 - Habitat Use by Short-Toed Eagles Circaetus gallicus and Their Reptilian Prey During the Breeding Season in Dadia Forest (North-Eastern Greece) - Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 35, No. 6: 821-828 (En) /map/
(source - the JSTOR database).

Short-toed Eagle in the North of Ukraine

Saturday, March 11th, 2006 by Admin / No Comments

S. M. Zhyla’s article about nesting of Short-toed Eagle in the nothern part of the Zhytomir Region (North of Ukraine):

• С. М. Жила, 1999 - Про гніздування змієїда (Circaetus ferox) на півночі Житомирщини - Поліському природному заповіднику - 30 років - Збірник наукових праць, В.1: 89-93 (Uk)
- The summary (En)

Also see below an extract from the work of V. T. Afanas’ev dedicated to ecology of Short-toed Eagle and Booted Eagle in the North of the Sumy Region (north-eastern Ukraine) and in the South of the Bryansk Region (Russia); and just take a look at the map to get a notion about geographical location of both authors’ research regions:

Short-toed Eagle. Regions location

• В. Т. Афанасьев, 1997 - К экологии змееяда и орла-карлика на севере Сумской и юге Брянской областей - Заповідна справа в Україні, 3 (2): 57-59 (Ru)
- The summary (En)