Trend of a breeding population of Black kites Milvus migrans along the Po river in Turin (Italy)

Paolo Marotto

doi:10.4081/rio.2015.297

Trend of a breeding population of Black kites Milvus migrans along the Po river in Turin (Italy)

https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2015.297

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Vol. 85 No. 2 (2015)

Submitted: 31 May 2016
Accepted: 31 May 2016

Published: 2 August 2016

Black Kite, breeding density, waste dump

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Paolo Marotto
hcmarott@tin.it
San Mauro Torinese (TO), Italy.

Black kites used the biggest waste dump of Turin for trophic purposes also during their reproductive months. After the dump closure there has been a sudden decrease in breeding pairs all over the area. During the following years the number of nests settled again however the small colonies trend was more scattered than before the landfill was closed.

Marotto, P. (2016). Trend of a breeding population of Black kites Milvus migrans along the Po river in Turin (Italy). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 85(2), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2015.297