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- Title
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE AVIFAUNA WITHIN THE AREA OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CRAIOVA, ROMANIA.
- Authors
RIDICHE, Mirela Sabina
- Abstract
The study renders the results of the ornithological research achieved in 2014-2015 within the perimeter and the proximity of International Airport Craiova (I. A. C.) on a range of 3 km, thus covering all the ecological aspects of the year. The list resulted after the research includes 58 bird species belonging to 13 systematic orders. Forest and shrub species are predominant (37). From the phenological point of view, 25 species are sedentary, 7 species are partially migratory, 22 species are summer guests, 3 species are winter guests and 1 species is a passage species. Within the perimeter of I. A. C., we identified 21 species that flew over the airport at different heights or were stationary in various places. Of the total number of identified species, 29 species may trigger certain risks for the safety of airplanes and, implicitly, for air traffic, either due to their large size and high flight or their gregarious behaviour. Among these, the most frequently met are: Columba livia domestica, Streptopelia decaocto, Corvus monedula, C. frugilegus, Pica pica, Passer montanus, followed by Falco tinnunculus, Phasianus colchicus, Perdix perdix, Columba palumbus, Hirundo rustica, Sturnus vulgaris, Passer domesticus, Emberiza calandra. Other potentially dangerous species were rarely (Ardea cinerea, Anas platyrhynchos, Buteo buteo, Larus ridibundus, etc.) or very rarely/accidentally observed (Egretta garzetta, Ciconia ciconia, Vanellus vanellus, Larus cachinnans, Turdus pilaris, Fringilla sp., Carduelis sp.). The most numerous number of individuals was registered for the species Corvus sp., Sturnus vulgaris, Columba sp., Passer sp. Most of the birds present maximum activity and dynamism during the first part of the day (7 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and towards the evening (2 to 5 p.m.), in the interval February March and September October (RIDICHE, 2016).
- Subjects
BIRDS; INTERNATIONAL airports; BIRD surveys; ORNITHOLOGY; AIR traffic control; MILIARIA calandra; VANELLUS vanellus; SAFETY
- Publication
Oltenia, Studii si Comunicari Seria Stiintele Naturii, 2016, Vol 32, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
1454-6914
- Publication type
Article