Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 34(2) 1991

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VOL 34(2) 1991

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Subfossil birds, Late Holocene, Poland

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Late Holocene bird fauna from Duża Sowa Cave (South Poland)

• Zygmunt BOCHEŃSKI
• Teresa TOMEK

Abstract:

2658 bird bone remains identified, belonging to at least 70 species are described. They represent various habitats such as forest, open landscape, water-and-marsh and rocks. The most interesting species: Falco naumanni, Tringa cf. glareola, Lymnocryptes minimus, Chlidonias nigra, Coracias garrulus, Acrocephalus palustris and Monticola cf. saxatilis. The fauna is dated back to the Middle Ages.