2004/07/01 by CÉSAR-JAVIER PALACIOS · 3 citations
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Avian ecology and behavior #Species Distribution and Climate Change #Genetic diversity and population structure #Accipiter #Subspecies #Accipitridae #Tyto #Predation #Buzzard #Vulture #Buteo #Threatened species #Geography #Zoology #Population #Peregrinus #Ecology #Biology #Demography #Habitat
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I analyse recent trends in the status and distribution of breeding birds of prey in the Canary Islands (Spain). Populations of Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides , Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae , Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus granti , Buzzard Buteo buteo insularum and Osprey Pandion haliaetus recovered throughout the 1990s. Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus majorensis continues to be seriously threatened, with a total population of only around 130 birds. There is a lack of information on status of nocturnal birds of prey, especially of the Canary subspecies of Barn Owl Tyto alba gracilirostris , whose numbers seem to have decreased. Genetic studies should be carried out to clarify the taxonomic status of the birds of prey of the Canary Islands.