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June 6 2023
Vol. 93 No. 1 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.628

Distribution and characteristics of urban nesting sites of sympatric swifts

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Apodidae, competition, nesting site, sympatry
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Jean-Claude Thibault
jncldthibault@aol.com
Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Christian Frelin
Le Monet, Les jardins de Gairaut, Nice, France.
Nathalie Legrand
Urbanis, Bastia, Corsica, France.
Ludovic Lepori
Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels Corse, Maison Andreani, Borgo, Corsica, France.
Antoine Rossi
Ville di Pietrabugno, Corsica, France.
Alice Cibois
Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland.

Distribution and nest locations of Common and Pallid Swifts are compared in two towns located in the Mediterranean zone, Bastia in Corsica and Nice on the French Riviera. Our goal is to evaluate whether nesting site selection by swifts on urban settings differs between the two locations. First, we noted an avoidance in the distribution between the two swifts in both towns. Secondly, our results show that Common and Pallid Swifts use different nesting sites to breed in Bastia, whereas the same structures are used by the two species in Nice. Requirement of each species differs between the two localities, suggesting that nesting site use is more locality dependent than species dependent.

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Distribution and characteristics of urban nesting sites of sympatric swifts. (2023). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 93(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.628
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