Michele Mendi

In Europe ssp. gibraltariensis breeds east to Ukraine and Crimea. Birds of central and northwest Europe are migrants, wintering mainly in the Mediteranean area, including north Africa, but also in small numbers in Britain and western France. Birds of southern Europe are mainly resident. Breeds in rocky, stony terrain, including cliffs. Often uses walls and roofs of buildings as nest-site. Feeds on small invertebrates but also fruit and seeds. Population is stable in most countries but has increased in northwest Europe.

Season of assessment

B

Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		13100000-21300000,16600000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Connectivité globale pour Rougequeue noir

Predominant direction of movement mainly northeast – southwest. Birds from eastern Central Europe partly move in northwest – southeast direction, but a clear migratory divide is absent with movements in both directions occurring over a large range. There are two sub Saharan winter recoveries in Mauritania and Liberia, but most recoveries are from countries around the Mediterranean Sea. The most westerly recoveries are from Cape Verdian Isles and Madeira. Birds with a southeast migration direction reach Libanon and Israel.

Contrôles par Condition for Rougequeue noir

Number of encounters increased after 2000, with annually less than 200 encounters before 2000 and from 2004 most times between 400 – 600 encounters. Most encounters are from April to October. Vast majority of encounters are from Central Europe.
Recoveries with condition ‘dead shot’or ‘dead, intentionally taken’ are concentrated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, these are all before 1990. In recent decades, 80% of all recoveries are ringing recoveries.

Annual Movements for Rougequeue noir

Birds start leaving the wintering areas in February and most birds arrive in their breeding areas in March. In April, only few birds remain in the wintering areas. Most Scandinavian birds arrive only in April or later in their breeding areas.
Migration back to the wintering areas starts in September, in October there are many recoveries in Spain, the last ones arrive in November. SE birds pass Greece in October and arrive in Cyprus in November. In January and February there are some recoveries in Lebanon and Israel.
Both in spring as in fall there is no clear difference in timing of migration between SW and SE birds.

Connectivité par mois par région pour Rougequeue noir

Birds breeding in Central Europe that winter in Southwest-Europe and West-Africa arrive in their breeding area starting from March. Birds that winter in Southeast-Europe and in Britain seem to arrive later in Central Europe, in April and May. Few birds in Central Europe are resident. South-Scandinavian breeders that winter in South-Europe and North-Africa seem to arrive in the breeding area only in June, while birds that winter further north arrive in April and May. Birds breeding in West-Europe that winter in southwest Europe arrive in the breeding area from March while birds wintering in North-Africa arrive in April and May. Winter recoveries in Britain are mainly from birds breeding in Central Europe or from resident birds.

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