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Tyto schmitzi · Madeira Barn Owl

Datum	28 juli 2023
Locatie	Madeira
Fotograaf	Eduard Sangster
Bekeken	2464 ×
	Dit taxon is een schaarse broedvogel op Madeira en nabij gelegen eilanden. Alle drie de nachten dat we probeerden, hoorden we een of meerdere Kerkuilen. Op één nacht hebben we ook een vogel gezien. Aan het geluid te horen denken we aan een volgroeid jong. Hier is meer te lezen over dit taxon.

Discussie

Rubén Barone · 30 juli 2023 12:30

Hi, Eduard.

Did you see the species (or subspecies) in several localities of the island? And on Porto Santo?

Best regards.

Eduard Sangster · 30 juli 2023 14:14

Hi Rubén, we heard 3 birds (male, female, young) at the classic spot near Funchal (Christo Rei) and we saw one bird at the east coast (undisclosed site). We did not visited Porto Santo.

Rubén Barone · 30 juli 2023 14:52

OK, thanks for the response. I have heard Barn Owls during the night even in the centre of Funchal. It seems a relatively common species on Madeira, and also on Porto Santo.

Best regards.

Diedert Koppenol · 31 juli 2023 17:11

I would be quite surprised to find it relatively common on Madeira, Rubén. I had the feeling it is quite uncommon and perhaps one of the scarcest birds on the island.

Rubén Barone · 31 juli 2023 22:24

Hi again.

Well, my impression is mainly based on fieldwork undertaken during the night in several areas of the main island, and also on Porto Santo. I have heard it in the highest areas of Madeira, but also not far from the coast (including Funchal), and on Porto Santo we detected it in more than six sites, not bad for such a small island. The species is under-detected unless you spend a lot of time doing fieldwork by night. Madeira has deep geography, and plenty of ravines, which offer a very good habitat for the Barn Owl.

Best regards.

Max Berlijn · 31 juli 2023 22:57, gewijzigd 31 juli 2023 22:57

How easy was it to see (hearing was for me not a real problem). Did you have good placets to SEE it?

Rubén Barone · 1 augustus 2023 00:22

On Porto Santo, we detected the species (including some nocturnal observations) in sites like the surroundings of Cabeço da Ponta, Serra de Dentro, close to Pico do Facho, surroundings of the Portela panoramic viewpoint, Pico Branco-Terra Châ and Serra de Fora. We published a small paper about its diet in Porto Santo and Fogo (Cape Verde Islands); see:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28312147_Notes_on_the_diet_of_Tyto_alba_in_two_oceanic_islands_from_the_Mid-Atlantic_Porto_Santo_and_Fogo_Aves_Tytonidae

Best regards.

Max Berlijn · 1 augustus 2023 05:34

Thx, maybe I will do a family holiday to Porto Santo in the coming years to have some nights to try to see (instead of only hear) it. It seems the best place for it?

Rubén Barone · 1 augustus 2023 11:12

Dear Max,

Try in the areas I mentioned. I remember hearing juveniles or chicks calling at the nest in the area of Serra de Fora.

Best regards.

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