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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36815| Title: | The Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus nesting on Comino |
| Authors: | Galea, Raymond |
| Keywords: | Birds -- Malta Eurasian kestrel -- Malta Falco Falconidae Falconiformes |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | Birdlife Malta |
| Citation: | Galea, R. (2002). The Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus nesting on Comino. Il-Merill, 30, 39. |
| Abstract: | The Common Kestrel F. tinnuncu/us is a common migrant in the Maltese Islands, both in spring and in autumn; a few birds overwinter in suitable localities. Occasional pairs breed and probably the species would be a regular breeding bird were it not for human persecution (Sultana & Gauci 1982). The species bred on Comino in 1994, when a pair with two fledged young was observed in the last week of June. The last nest on record was noted at Ta' Cenc cliffs in Gozo, on 2 June 1945; the nest contained young about a fortnight old (Gibb 1951). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/36815 |
| Appears in Collections: | Il-Merill : issue 30 : 2002 Il-Merill : issue 30 : 2002 |
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