A TRAVELER Tit
Tit (Parus major)
8:08:09 -
Our colleague Setting Matilla of LLEBEIG Banding Group, tells us the recovery a banded bird. Most surprising of all is the species involved: a tit (Parus major) , which is "theoretically settled."
The bird was ringed as an adult male (M4) on 10/09/2005 in Macastre ( València), and retrieved later by ringing Ringing Group Parus on 08/05/2008 in West Park (Madrid) after 1062 days and a straight-line distance of 277 km!!
The tit is considered by most sedentary bird guides in Spain. However, thanks to which banded individuals have subsequently been recovered, we detected some weak dispersive movements entity. I have not thoroughly reviewed the recoveries obtained for this species in Spain , but I could see in the databases of the Office of Migratory Species (OEM) not exceed in the best of 30-40 km. Therefore, the recovery of Setting is of exceptional interest because demonstrates the existence of migratory / dispersive a certain entity in this species.
One of the most interesting information (and there are few well documented) on the movement of coal is what appears in the work of Alfredo Noval: "... in the fall and winter erratic and it seems that many young females are subject to scattered movements of larger radius than males. These remain in the place of birth throughout the year and most move very little. The ringing and recoveries same place on consecutive days and months to say this. " Obviously, our recovery does not follow the pattern described by Novak .
then says: "Many coal extrapirenaicos winter here. The entrance at both ends of the Pyrenees it shows well, but much less output. From the end of September migrants arriving to stay in Iberia through February and March. Feature pronounced in this species are outbreaks in some years affect northern populations ...".
The reports of recoveries of banded birds that I have (a few), I could not find any recovery foreign tit . However, there may be whatsoever. I will continue investigating. Yes I have found, for example, one of tit (Parus caeruleus) , akin to the previous species, corresponding to a bird ringed in Lithuania and recovered in Abrera (Barcelona) . If some (or many) tits are able to come to our country from lands as far away as Lithuania I do not see why a coal can not do it too. Perhaps
fellow Grup PIT-ROIG, connoisseurs of the species since they have worked long and hard with her in the orange groves of Sagunto , can provide some information interest. Congratulations
Setting by so great recovery, and see if that encourages you to continue banding.
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Coal Tit (Peripatus ater)
08/08/1909 -
As a person involved in the " carboneril " For such recovery I have not had to Sagunto (one of my colleagues who are also in the forum can correct me if I'm wrong) and see what it has been ringed by coal more than 10 years. Pepe Greno recovered in the Sierra Mariola during the winter, an individual ater Periparus ringed in Red Font by Toni Zaragozí . No two places are far beyond the 11 km in a straight line. Another calved (can not remember species) was indigo in the Sierra de Maigmó by Toni Zaragozí , and I think he got it back in the Red Font . All within the range that Toni commented . So, it is quite surprising that information retrieval.
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