Use of Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) Burrows as Shelter by Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Chicks

Waterbirds ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Peter C. McGowan ◽  
Kaitlyn M. Reinstma ◽  
Jeffery D. Sullivan ◽  
Katie P. DeVoss ◽  
Jennifer L. Wall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Riparia Riparia ◽  
Bank Swallow

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barrett A. Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Riparia Riparia ◽  
Bank Swallow

scholarly journals Terns (Sterninae) in the collection of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History

Acrocephalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (180-181) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Al Vrezec ◽  
Urška Kačar
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Black Tern ◽  
Chlidonias Niger

AbstractThe catalogue presents the data on all specimens of terns (Sterninae) that have been inventoried into the ornithological collection of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History (PMS). The catalogue includes data on preserved as well as lost specimens. The data have been collected from all inventory books at hand in the Slovenian Museum of Natural History. By the end of 2019, 66 different specimens of eight tern species have been recorded in the ornithological collection, of which 56 specimens are still preserved. Most specimens were collected in the 1940–1970 period. The largest number of specimens concerns the Black Tern Chlidonias niger and Common Tern Sterna hirundo. Among the collected terns, the specimens found in Slovenia predominate. Five specimens originate from other countries, specifically Eritrea, Oman, Serbia and Croatia.

scholarly journals Floating rafts as breeding habitats for the Common tern, Sterna hirundo. Colonization patterns, abundance and reproductive success in Venice Lagoon

2018 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Coccon ◽  
Stefano Borella ◽  
Nicola Simeoni ◽  
Stefano Malavasi
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Venice Lagoon ◽  
Reproductive Period ◽  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Common Terns ◽  
Colonization Patterns ◽  
Floating Rafts

The Venice lagoon hosts the 15% of the entire Italian breeding population of Common terns, Sterna hirundo, highlighting the great value of the area for this species. However, in the last 25 years, a substantial decline of Common terns has been detected in the Lagoon, which culminated in 2008. The main causes of this negative trend were the loss of salt marsh habitats, where terns typically breed in the Venice lagoon. This was due to the increase in the mean sea level and the greater frequency of high tides during the reproductive period with consequent flooding of their breeding sites; competition with yellowlegged gulls (Larus michahellis), predation and human disturbance. As a preliminary experimental approach to counter the depletion of the species and favour its recovery, we performed a habitat loss compensation project by setting up four floating rafts (3x2m), covered by two different types of substrate (sandy and vegetal substrate). This was to function as an artificial nesting site safe from flooding, positioned in a protected internal wetland area of the Venice lagoon, Valle Averto (Sourthern Lagoon). We studied the colonization patterns of the rafts and the reproductive success of Common tern breeding pairs during the 2014 and 2015 breeding seasons. We also investigated those environmental and structural variables that could favour the use of the rafts and the nesting success of the species. In both years, the rafts were successfully colonized and used by terns for nesting. Our results also indicated higher temperature, lower rainfall and greater distance from the shore as the main habitat factors favouring the occurrence and the reproductive success of the breeding pairs, while a windrow of dead plants was indicated as the preferred substrate for covering rafts in order to make them more attractive. The results provided some suggestions for successful restoration plans to be developed in similar lagoon areas.

Luxury in freshwater and stress at sea? The foraging of the Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. BECKER ◽  
D. FRANK ◽  
M. WAGENER
Keyword(s):  
Common Tern ◽  
Sterna Hirundo ◽  
The Common
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