Ábrahám Levente: Biomonitoring a Dráva folyó magyarországi szakasza mentén 2000-2004 - Natura Somogyiensis 7. (Kaposvár, 2005)

Fenyősi, László: Studies of avian communities along river Drava, between 2000-2004 (Aves) - Madárközösségek vizsgálata a Dráva somogyi szakasza mentén, 2001-2004-ben

136 NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS Faunái data Between 2000-2004 között a we could provide evidence on the occurrence of 142 bird species in the monitoring areas, and on another 20 species in other Drava areas and national park habitats. Accordingly, we have data about a total of 162 bird species along river Drava in the period 2000-2004 (Table 16). According to the legal categorization by the 13/2001. (V.9.) decree of the Ministry of Environment, out of these 162 bird species the following 25 are strictly protected: Ardea purpurea Himantopus himantopus Athene noctua Ixobrychus minutus Aythya nyroca Limosa limosa Chlidonias niger Merops apiaster Ciconia ciconia Milvus migrans Ciconia nigra Numenius arquata Circus pygargus Nycticorax nycticorax Crex crex Pernis apivorus Egretta alba Phalacrocorax pygmeus Egretta garzetta Recurvirostra avosetta Falco peregrinus Sterna albifrons Falco vespertinus Tringa totanus Haliaeetus albicilla The 25 species listed above make up 31% of the 81 Hungarian strictly protected birds, and 13 of them is now proved to breed in the studied areas. Acknowledgements I want to recognize the following professionals for providing valuable support to this study: Mr. Sándor Csór, Mr. Zoltán Horváth, Mr. Dr. Zsolt Kalotás, Mr. Ervin Mezei, Mr. Zoltán Sallai, Mr. József Selyem, and to Mr. Balázs Trócsányi for the English translation.