Michele Mendi

Small passerine, feeds on invertebrates, especially beetles and (in southern Spain at least) ants; also fruit and seeds in winter. Nominate rubecula: W Europe, NW Morocco, Azores, Madeira and W Canary Islands; balcanicus: Balkan Peninsula to W Turkey; witherbyi (or sardus): S Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, NE Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; melophilus: British Isles and Scandinavia. Prefers habitat with cool shade, moisture, not too dense cover, patches or fringes of open ground. The population is increasing and the status is Least Concern. Most populations partially migratory.

Season of assessment

B

Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		109000000-168000000,133000000
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
Carte

Connectivité globale pour Rougegorge familier

Fennoscandinian birds mainly move NE - SW, most found in the Low Countries, SW and S France, S Spain and coast of NW Africa. Other recoveries spread over Europe and the UK, also Turkey and Near East. Birds from the UK mainly move N - S, recoveries in the Low Countries, W France, Portugal and S Spain; also E Ireland and few in N Africa. Birds in the Low Countries move mainly NE - SW, most recoveries from W France, but also from the UK, Portugal, S Spain and NW Africa. From C and E Europe birds move mainly NE - SW, most found in Switzerland, S France, the Balearic Isles and N Algeria, also W Europe, Portugal and S Spain; few in the UK, along the Adriatic E coast and Near East. Proportion of robins wintering N. Africa underestimated due to low reporting probability, maybe as high as 50% (Korner-Nievergelt et al. 2014). 

Contrôles par Condition for Rougegorge familier

Until 1960 58% of the recoveries were dead birds: 6,4% were shot and 1,7% intentionally taken. From 1961 to 1990 27% concerned dead birds: 2,4% were shot and 1,3% intentionally taken. From 1991 almost all recoveries concerned alive birds.
Hotspots for shot birds are N Italy, E and S Spain, the Balearic Isles, Sardegna and the north coast of Moroccoa and Algeria. Also many birds shot in Portugal and France.

Annual Movements for Rougegorge familier

In Dec - Feb hotspots in the UK, the Low Countries, Spain, N Italy and N Algeria. Also birds in Ireland, Denmark, C Europe, France, Portugal and Morocco. Few birds in S Fennoscandia, SE Europe and Near East. The hotspots in the UK and the Low Countries stay year around, Ireland also stable. In Mar more birds in S Fennoscandia, less in N Algeria, SE Europe and Near East. In Apr more birds in S Fennoscandia, Denmark, C and E Europe; less in N Africa, France and SE Europe, none in Near East. In May - Aug numbers in Spain and N Italy strongly decreased, few birds in N Africa and SE Europe. In Sep more birds in Spain, N Italy and France. In Oct - Nov hotspots again in Spain, N Italy and N Algeria, many birds in SW France and Portugal, few in E and SE Europe, Near East and Fennoscandia.

Connectivité par mois par région pour Rougegorge familier

Fennoscandian birds are most found in W Europe (Sep - Apr), Iberia (Oct - Feb) and NW Africa (Sep - Apr); also the (E) UK (Oct - Apr), Italy (Sep - Mar), C and SE Europe, Turkey and Near East (Oct - Mar) and Iceland (1 in Nov). UK birds are most found in W Europe, Portugal and W Spain (Sep - Apr); also Ireland (Nov - Jan), NW Africa (Oct - Feb) and C Europe (Sep - Nov and Apr). Birds of the Low Countries are most found in W France, Portugal and SW Spain (Oct - Apr); also the UK (Aug - Nov) and NW Africa (Nov - Mar). Breeders in C and E Europe are most found in SW France, Iberia (Oct - Mar) and Algeria (Nov - Feb); also Italy (Oct -  Mar), SE Europe (Aug - Oct, Apr), E UK (Oct - Dec), Adriatic coast (Jan - Mar), Turkey and Greece (Nov – Mar); E Europe breeders also in Near East (Dec - May).

Références

Statistiques Carte
Nombre de données Nombre d'individus Nombre de contrôles
Données cartographiées*
Données totales disponibles
*Données cartographiées avec des contrôles >= à 50 km
Références Carte
Korner-Nievergelt, F., Liechti, F., Thorup, K.2014 . A bird distribution model for ring recovery data: where do the European robins go?. Ecology and Evolution 4 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.977) : 720–731

Retour à l'analyse