Breeding of the
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
in an old House Martin nest
(Delichon urbicum) on a building wall in
Slovakia
Hniezdenie muchárika malého (Ficedula parva)
v starom hniezde belorítky obyčajnej (Delichon
urbicum) na stene budovy na Slovensku
Ivana DOLNÁ Muráň 216, 049 01 Muráň, Slovakia
Martin
KORŇAN Department of Applied Zoology and Wildlife
management, Faculty of Forestry, Technical
University in Zvolen, T. H. Masaryka 20, 960 01
Zvolen, Slovakia
Centre for Ecological Studies, Ústredie 14, 013 62
Veľké Rovné, Slovakia
Abstract.
Breeding of the Red-breasted Flycatcher in
holes in building walls is mentioned in the
ornithological literature, but not for central
Europe or the former Czechoslovakia. However,
the records of breeding of this flycatcher in
another species nests are totally absenting. In
this article, we describe and document the first
record of nesting by this species in an old
House Martin nest located on a building wall in
the abandoned spa resort in Korytnica, the
Central Slovakia. The nest was found on 14. July
2020 and contained four 10–13 days old
nestlings. Both adult sexes were observed
feeding the nestlings. One year later, on 11.
July 2021, a flycatcher pair was found breeding
again in the same nest, also with four nestlings
of similar age. This is, as far as we know, the
first known breeding record of this species in
an old House Martin nest and the first
occurrence of using the same nest during two
successive breeding seasons.
Key
words: flycatcher nesting in House Martin
nest, re-use of the same nesting site,
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva,
repeated breeding.
Citácia / Cite as
Dolná I. & Korňan M.: Breeding of the
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) in
an old House Martin nest (Delichon urbicum)
on a building wall in Slovakia.
Tichodroma 34: DOI:
10.31577/tichodroma.2022.34.6