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Titre :	[The ring ouzel Turdus torquatus in the Fichtelgebirge (Northeastern Bavaria).]
Auteurs :	Christian Gubitz, Auteur ; Heinz Spath, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornithologischer Anzeiger (41(1) April, 2002)
Article en page(s) :	51-56
Résumé :	Records confirming breeding Ring Ouzels in the Fichtelgebirge were first published in 1993. In the following years further and more detailed research on the distribution of the ring ouzel was carried out here. According to these records, the ring ouzel has been found breeding or was suspected to breed on all mountain peaks higher than 900 m and occasionally lower. However, the only stable population with a maximum of 7 breeding pairs is on Schneeberg (highest mountain peak in Franconia, Bavaria). The breeding population for the Fichtelgebirge, including scattered occurrences, is estimated at approximately 10 pairs a year. The habitat requirements as well as the few described characteristics in respect to phenology and breeding biology were not more favourable as opposed to other German highlands. There is evidence for the occurrence of second broods and male-only brooding at night. Due to the increase in human sports and spare time activities, the ring ouzel population on the Schneeberg is considered to be potentially endangered.

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