Little Owl

Athene noctua

Kirkeugle

Kirkeugle

Short abstract from the book:
The little owl used to be a common breeding bird in western Denmark, but the distribution and population has decreased dramatically and is now estimated at 100 pairs. Almost the entire Danish population breeds in Himmerland in northeast Jutland. The first little owls were ringed in Denmark in 1917, with the highest numbers ringed in the late 1990s. Most of the recovered birds were ringed as chicks. No foreign birds have been recovered in Denmark. The recoveries show that little owls are very sedentary – the longest dispersal was 71 km. There is no preferred direction of dispersal, and no birds have dispersed between the regions (northern Jutland, southern Jutland, Funen). The young little owls disperse in October (mean distance 9 km); the mean distance to the ringing site during winter was 21 km. The mean distance to the ringing site of birds ringed as chicks and recovered in a subsequent breeding season was 22 km (6-34 km, n=11). Two birds ringed as adults in the breeding season were recovered at the same site in a subsequent breeding season; two further birds were recovered within 6 km and one 34 km from the ringing site. The mean distance for breeders recovered outside the breeding season was 2 km (0-6, n=7). The majority of the recovered birds were reported as dead, the most common known cause of death being road accidents. Most adults were reported as dead in February-March and in June-July; juveniles were more evenly spread.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Little Owl

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 503
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 327
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%