Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology (Sep 2012)

Post-breeding migration of the Swallow, Hirundo rustica, along the coast of Lazio

  • Gaspare Guerrieri,
  • Amalia Castaldi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2012.175
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 1-2

Abstract

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We have studied (1995-2006) the autumn migration of the Swallow along the coast of Lazio. The individuals migrate preferably towards SE especially when the winds blow from S and SW at a speed between 10 and 12 km/h. Since 2003 the passages occur about ten days earlier.