Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1999 |
Authors: | Hoffman, W, Woolfenden, GE, P. Smith, W |
Journal: | The Wilson Bulletin |
Volume: | 111 |
Issue: | 3 |
Date Published: | 1999 |
ISBN Number: | 00435643 |
Keywords: | Asio, Asio flammeus, Cuba, Florida, Strigidae |
Abstract: | Recently, Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) have invaded extreme southern Florida during spring and summer, most appear to be post-fledging dispersers. Morphological and plumage characteristics identify the specimens as coming from the Antilles, most likely from Cuba, where numbers and range have expanded greatly in recent years. This dispersal continues a trend that began in other bird species more than half a century ago. Since 1932 about one landbird species per decade has colonized southern Florida from the Antilles. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4164093 |
Short Title: | The Wilson Bulletin |
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