Monitoring of nocturnal birds in Tuscany

Abstract

Since 2005, nocturnal birds have been counted twice in each breeding season at points randomly distributed along routes within 26 10km UTM-grid cells selected according to a systematic sampling protocol, yielding a semi-quantitative description of nocturnal bird distribution in Tuscany.

Keywords

• Nocturnal birds
• owls
• Strigiformes
• nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
• Tuscany