http://milvus.ro The Association for bird and nature Protection Milvus Group is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, acting in the fields of education, research and advisory, in order to make Romania a better place for birds, wildlife and people. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:37:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://milvus.ro/melanistic-long-eared-owl/805 http://milvus.ro/melanistic-long-eared-owl/805#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:34:50 +0000 Szilárd http://milvus.ro/?p=805 Continue reading →]]> On 16^th June 2009, members of the Milvus Group captured and ringed near Livada de Bihor (Bihor County) an adult female Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) with an aberrant colour.
This partially melanistic bird showed all black feathers on his head, but we could also detect blackish feathers on the back, chest and wings, and the general plumage has a darker shade than normal. It seems that all these anomalous characters have not hampered the bird in breeding, which showing retired, but still well visible hatching patch, which confirms the fact that this bird had laid eggs in this year.

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