The White-backed Woodpecker <i>Dendrocopos leucotos</i> in Hungary: results of a two-year nationwide survey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos in Hungary: results of a two-year nationwide survey

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:1 Volume:32 Page:162-182
ISSN:2061-9588
Container-title:Ornis Hungarica
language:en
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Author:

Molnár Márton¹,Gorman Gerard²,Schmidt András³

Affiliation:

1. Coordinator of the White-backed Woodpecker Working Group, Hungarian Woodpecker Group, BirdLife Hungary 1121 , Budapest, Költő utca 21 ., Hungary

2. Independent Picid Researcher, Hungarian Woodpecker Group, BirdLife Hungary 1121 , Budapest, Költő utca 21 ., Hungary

3. Head of Natura 2000 Unit , Department for Nature Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture , 1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 11 ., Hungary

Abstract

Abstract This paper summarizes a two-year (2021 and 2022) survey which sought to determine the breeding population of White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos) in Hungary. The survey was initiated by the Hungarian Woodpecker Group of MME/BirdLife Hungary and was the first to be conducted nationwide on this species. All hill ranges where the species was historically known to occur were visited. A total of 31 observers were involved, and 102 UTM squares in which White-backed Woodpeckers were known to breed, or potentially breed, were visited. The results suggest that the Hungarian breeding population of this endangered species ranges between 480 and 800 pairs.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/orhu-2024-0012

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