Articles
July 14 2025
Vol. 95 No. 1 (2025)
Breeding bird species on Ventotene Island (Latium, Italy)
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
0
Views
0
Downloads
Authors
Ventotene Island is a well-known stopover site for bird species, especially during the spring migration. Despite the high number of scientific works on migratory birds, less information is available for the breeding species of the island. This study aims to provide a preliminary characterization of the breeding bird species on Ventotene Island by using standard bird atlas protocols. A high number of standardized field surveys (contact points) were carried out respectively during the first weeks of May, June, and July 2024 to sample bird species’ presence and July 2024 to sample bird species’ presence through visual and vocal identification. Frequency analyses. Frequency analyses and Shannon-Weiner indices were used to evaluate the diversity of the species during the sampling months. All the bird-contacted species were classified into one of the three breeding categories (“Probable Nesting, PN”, “Eventual Nesting, EN” and “Not-Evidenced Nesting, NN”) based on the following criteria on the following criteria: breeding vocalizations, suitable habitat, and suitable breeding period. Of the 19 contacted species, 8 were classified as PN, 5 as EN and the remaining 6 as NN. Further research and sampling strategies are needed to achieve a more detailed classification of the species, primarily for the “Confirmed Nidification” category.
Altmetrics
Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Citations
Baccetti N., Fracasso G. & Commissione Ornitologica Italiana, 2021 – CISO-COI Checklist of Italian birds - 2020. Avocetta, 45: 21-85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30456/avo.2021_checklist_en
Battisti C., Dodaro G. & Vannuccini M. 2020 – A fine-grained bird Atlas as tool for spatial monitoring: a case study from a remnant wetland during the breeding period (Torre Flavia, central Italy). Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, 90 (1): 41-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2020.447
Battisti C. & Zullo F., 2019 – A recent colonizer bird as indicator of human-induced landscape change: Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) in a small Mediterranean island. Regional Environmental Change, 19: 2113-2121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01547-y
Bensouilah T., Brahmia H., Zeraoula A., Bouslama Z. & Houhamdi M., 2014 – Breeding biology of the European Greenfinch Chloris chloris in the loquat orchards of Algeria (North Africa). Zoology and Ecology, 24: 199–207. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2014.934514
Bibby C. J., Burgess N. D., Hill D. A. & Mustoe S., 2000. – Bird census techniques. Elsevier, London.
Brichetti P., Caffi M & Gandini S., 1993 - Biologia riproduttiva di una popolazione di Passera d’Italia, Passer italiae, nidificante in una “colombaia” della pianura lombarda. Avocetta, 17: 65-71.
Brichetti P., Saino N. & Canova L., 1986 – Immigrazione ed espansione della Tortora dal collare orientale Streptopelia decaocto in Italia. Avocetta, 10: 45-49.
Brunelli M., Sarrocco S., Corbi F., Sorace A., Boano A., De Felici S., Guerrieri G., Meschini A. & Roma S., 2011 – Nuovo Atlante degli Uccelli Nidificanti nel Lazio. Edizioni ARP (Agenzia Regionale Parchi), Roma.
Calvi G., Campedelli T., Florenzano & G. T., Rossi P., 2018 – Evaluating the benefits of agri-environment schemes on farmland bird communities through a common species monitoring programme. A case study in northern Italy. Agricultural Systems, 160: 60-69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.09.002
Capizzi D., Sposimo P., Sozio G., Fratini S., Zanet S., Biondo C., Romano A., Dell’Agnello F., Baccetti N. & Petrassi F., 2023 – For birds and humans: challenges and benefits of rat eradication from an inhabited island (Ventotene, central Italy). Pest Management Science, 953: 176090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7947
Cecere J.G., Spina, F., Jenni-Eiermann, S. & Boitan L., 2011 – Nectar: an energy drink used by European songbirds during spring migration. Journal of Ornitholy, 152: 923-931. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-011-0675-4
Cody M. L. & Walter H., 1976 – Habitat selection and interspecific interactions among Mediterranean sylviid warblers. Oikos, 27: 210-238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3543900
Dinetti M., 2008 – I passeri Passer spp.: da “problematici” a specie di interesse conservazionistico. Avocetta, 32: 61-68.
Fujisaki I., Pearlstine E. V. & Mazzotti F. J., 2010 – The rapid spread of invasive Eurasian Collared Doves Streptopelia decaocto in the continental USA follows human-altered habitats. Ibis, 152: 622-632. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01038.x
Ghisolfi M., 2016 – Distribuzione e densità dei siti di nidificazione di passera d’Italia (Passer domesticus italiae, Vieillot, 1817) e passera mattugia (Passer montanus montanus, Linnaeus, 1758) sintopici in un contesto rurale della Pianura Padana lombarda. Pianura, Scienze e Storia dell’Ambiente Padano, 34: 95-112.
Goymann W., Spina F., Ferri A. & Fusani L., 2010 – Body fat influences departure from stopover sites in migratory birds: evidence from whole island telemetry. Biology Letters, 6: 478-481. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.1028
Gregory D. R., Gibbons W. D.& Donald F. D., 2004. – Bird census and survey techniques. In: Bird ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques. Newton I. & Sutherland W. J. (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198520863.003.0002
Hammer Ø., Harper D. A. T. & Ryan, P. D., 2001 – PAST: paleontological statistics software package for education and data analysis. Palaeontologia Electronica, 4: 9pp.
Hatchwell B. J., Chamberlain D. E. & Perrins C. M., 1996 – The reproductive success of Blackbirds Turdus merula in relation to habitat structure and choice of nest site. Ibis, 138: 256-262. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04337.x
Konopiński M. K., 2020 – Shannon diversity index: a call to replace the original Shannon’s formula with unbiased estimator in the population genetics studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9391
Manica M., Riello S., Scagnolari C. & Caputo B., 2020 – Spatio-temporal distribution of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens along an urban-natural gradient in the Ventotene Island, Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17: 8300. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228300
Mansouri I., Squalli W., Dakki M., Assouguem A., El Agy A., El Hassani A., Belarbi C., Dbiba Y., Kouali H. & El Ghadraoui L., 2021 – Breeding biology, chronology, and reproductive success of the European Serin (Serinus serinus) at Moulouya high plain (Morocco). International Journal of Zoology, 2021: 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8737951
Moreno-Mosquera E.A., Drechsler R.M., Rivera S. & Monrós J.S., 2024 – Breeding habitat selection of three sympatric species of Mediterranean warblers in eastern Spain. Avian Biology Research, 17: 3-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17581559231216907
Pilastro A. & Spina F., 1997. – Ecological and morphological correlates of residual fat reserves in passerine migrants at their spring arrival in southern Europe. Journal of Avian Biology, 28: 309-318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3676944
QGIS.org, 2024. – QGIS geographic information system. Open-source geospatial foundation project. <http://qgis.org>.
Schaefer T. & Barkow A., 2004 – Habitat and nest site preferences of Sylvia atricapilla and S. melanocephala in Majorca. Ardeola, 5: 445-450.
Sorace A., Trotta M., Mirabile M., Lorenzetti E., Monti P., Petrella S., Taffon D., Teofili C. & Battisti C., 2017 – Atlante degli uccelli nidificanti della Riserva Naturale Regionale di Decima- Malafede. Dati faunistici per la gestione di un’area protetta. ISPRA, Quaderni - Natura e Biodiversità, 9/2018.
Spina F., Massi A., Montemaggiori A. & Baccetti N., 1993 – Spring migration across central Mediterranean: general results from the “Progetto Piccole Isole”. Die Vogelwarte, 37: 1-94.
Spina F. & Volponi S., 2008 – Atlante della migrazione degli uccelli in Italia. I. non-passeriformi. Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA). Tipografia CSR, Roma.
Tenan S. & Spina F., 2010 – Timing and condition-related effects on recapture probability, mass change and stopover length of spring migrating songbirds on a small Mediterranean island. Ardeola, 57: 121-132.
How to Cite
Breeding bird species on Ventotene Island (Latium, Italy). (2025). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 95(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2025.817
Copyright (c) 2025 Jan Giordano, Sara Riello
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.