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- Title
Citizen science project to monitor wildlife: a first census of wintering Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus in Sicily.
- Authors
Surdo, Salvatore; Galasso, Paolo; Cusimano, Camillo; Reale, Marco; Zafarana, Manuel Andrea
- Abstract
Citizen science can represent an effective tool for large-scale data collection and can be used to improve scientific knowledge and define species distribution ranges before proper planning of related conservation strategies. A regional census of wintering Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus in Sicily, never achieved before, was organized by GAM (Gruppo Aquila Minore - Booted Eagle Group) on 12 January 2020, involving 90 people from several organizations. A total of 112 wintering individuals have been recorded for the whole region, collecting related data about their colour morph, habitat preference and altitude. A regional estimate of 180-220 wintering individuals was calculated, also considering previous data collected during counts carried out in some selected sample areas during December 2019 and January 2020.
- Subjects
SICILY (Italy); WILDLIFE monitoring; ANIMAL populations; CITIZEN science; EAGLES; HABITAT selection; SPECIES distribution; HABITATS; SCIENTIFIC knowledge
- Publication
Research in Ornithology / Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia, 2022, Vol 92, Issue 2, p33
- ISSN
0035-6875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/rio.2022.583