Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum, in the valleys of Cuneo province (Piedmont, SW Alps).

Pierluigi Beraudo; Bruno Caula; Massimo Pettavino

doi:10.4081/rio.2010.93

Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum, in the valleys of Cuneo province (Piedmont, SW Alps).

https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2010.93

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Vol. 80 No. 2 (2010)

Submitted: 29 September 2014
Accepted: 29 September 2014

Published: 31 May 2012

Eurasian Pigmy Owl, distribution, reproductive habitat, density.

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Authors

Pierluigi Beraudo
igiberaudo@libero.it
Salmour, Cuneo, Italy.
Bruno Caula Cuneo, Italy.
Massimo Pettavino Peveragno, Cuneo, Italy.

In the South-Western Italian Alps references on the presence and habitat selection of Eurasian Pigmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum, are few and fragmented and they do not allow to delineate a continuous range with the other sections of the Alps. The search of this species in the mountain valleys of Cuneo province (SW Piedmont) was conducted in 2006-2009 by playback. Thirteen occupied territories were located, with a density of 0.53 territories/square kilometer calculated on an area of 13 square kilometers. Habitat selection showed a clear preference for fir (Abies alba).

Beraudo, P., Caula, B., & Pettavino, M. (2012). Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum, in the valleys of Cuneo province (Piedmont, SW Alps). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 80(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2010.93