Marcin Matysek, Jakub Wyka, Bogusław Binkiewicz, Grzegorz Szewczyk, Józef Bobak, Stanisław Wierzbanowski, Włodzimierz Cichocki
Ornis Polonica 2020, 61: 32–46
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2020.1.2
Abstract: This work summarizes the data from woodpecker inventory in the Polish Tatra National Park (the Tatra Mountains, the Carpathians) conducted in 2012–2014. Four woodpecker species bred regularly within the borders of the park: the Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius – 18–20 territories (0,13–0,15 territories/km2), Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major – 40–50 territories (0,31–0,38 territories/km2), White-backed Woodpecker D. leucotos – 5–7 territories (0,04–0,05 territories/km2), and Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus – 53–60 territories (0,40–0,45 territories/km2). Three other woodpecker species (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor, Green Woodpecker Picus viridis, Grey-headed Woodpecker P. canus) were recorded only occasionally. The general linear mixed model revealed that the density of woodpeckers in the landscape protection area of the Tatra National Park was significantly lower than in the active protection area and strict protection area; however, strict protection area did not differ in the density of woodpeckers from active protection area. It was found that densities of different woodpecker species predicted by the model in the landscape protection area were lower than in active and strict protection areas.
Keywords: abundance, distribution, Picidae, Tatra National Park, woodpeckers
