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. 2024 Sep 4;39(9):174. doi: 10.1007/s10980-024-01948-3

Table 2.

List of encountered species and their relative abundances along terrestrial bird transects with their assigned foraging guilds

Foraging guild Common name Scientific name Mean relativeabundance (%)
Herbivores Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus 0.42
Common woodpigeon Columba palumbus 2.47
European turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur 0.33
Eurasian collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto 0.07
Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 9.24
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 0.90
European greenfinch Chloris chloris 0.67
European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 0.71
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 1.32
Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus 0.79
Ground insectivores Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla 0.25
Eurasian green woodpecker Picus viridis 0.73
Grey-faced woodpecker Picus canus 0.19
Northern wren Troglodytes troglodytes 2.11
Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula 2.50
Song thrush Turdus philomelos 2.52
European robin Erithacus rubecula 7.96
Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 1.13
White wagtail Motacilla alba 0.63
Shrub insectivores Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 0.21
Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 8.37
Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 4.22
Bark insectivores Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major 4.25
Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 0.14
Middle spotted woodpecker Leiopicus medius 1.85
Lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor 0.58
Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius 0.67
Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea 4.91
Short-toed treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 0.40
Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris 0.56
Canopy insectivores Eurasian golden oriole Oriolus oriolus 1.95
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0.76
Marsh tit Poecile palustris 1.93
Eurasian blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus 3.71
Great tit Parus major 14.34
Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus 2.47
Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata 4.51
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 2.79
Omnivores Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus 0.78
Carrion crow Corvus corone 0.24
Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius 0.92
Common starling Sturnus vulgaris 4.15
Raptors Eurasian buzzard Buteo buteo 0.14
Black kite Milvus migrans 0.08
White-tailed sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 0.12