Abstract
Three localities of the Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus) were recorded during a field trip in the Šar Mts, North-western Republic of Macedonia. The study was conducted in October, 2015. The species was found to inhabit spruce and spruce-fir forests at altitudes between 1436 and 1848 m a.s.l. That finding is the first evidence of the presence of the Tengmalm’s owl in the Macedonian part of the Šar Mts and one of the very few published records for the occurrence of the species in the Republic of Macedonia.
Highlights
Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus L.) is a glacial relict, sparsely distributed in the high mountain coniferous and mixed forests on the Balkan Peninsula
There are no specific studies on this species, on its distribution, in the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Montenegro
There is no published information about the presence of the Tengmalm’s owl in the Macedonian part of the Šar Mts, despite the fact that there are ornithofaunistic studies conducted in the forest belt of that mountain and neighbouring forested areas (Delić, 1948; Trilar, 1985; Kajevska et al, 1996; Velevski et al, 2002; Micevski, 2010; Velevski et al, 2010)
Summary
Tengmalm’s Owl (Aegolius funereus L.) is a glacial relict, sparsely distributed in the high mountain coniferous and mixed forests on the Balkan Peninsula. Abstract: Three localities of the Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus) were recorded during a field trip in the Šar Mts, Northwestern Republic of Macedonia.
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