| Titre : | New checklist of the birds of Sardinia (Italy). Edition 2022 (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Marcello Grussu, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Aves Ichnusae (12(1-2) 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | 3-62 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
This new checklist, which updates the last one published more than 20 years ago (Grussu 2001, Aves Ichnusae 4: 2-56), presents the status of the more than 470 bird species that have been recorded at least once in Sardinia, a crucial island located in the centre of the western Mediterranean. The number of species has increased significantly since the 1995 (352 species) and 2001 surveys. This increase is due to: - field observations of new accidentals - recent taxonomic changes - discovery of previously unreported species in museum collections. In the period since the publication of the last checklist (2001), the increase in ornithological research, the development of birdwatching and the increase in naturalistic excursions to Sardinia by Italian and foreign researchers and naturalists has led to the acquisition of an impressive amount of data, several of which have been the subject of scientific publications. Many others, still unpublished, have been passed on to the author and are kept in the archives of the Gruppo Ornitologico Sardo. At the same time, I undertook extensive research in over 200 museums and private collections worldwide, which led to the discovery of historical finds (specimens, eggs, skeletons) from Sardinia but not yet recorded. In this new checklist, the following data are analysed in detail: - sedentary species - regular, occasional and extinct breeding species; -recent status of migratory and wintering species; - avifauna dynamics for the period 1842-2022; - analysis of extinct and immigrant species - analysis of recent and historical incidental species - non-included species and reasons for their exclusion - non-native species voluntarily released for hunting purposes, escaped from captivity or naturalised. - all non-native species present until 2022 in the wild and their current status. |



