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Michele Panuccio

340. Short-toed Eagles Circaetus gallicus migrating through Marettimo, Italy, October 2007.

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Circuitous autumn migration in the Short-toed Eagle

Nicolantonio Agostini1, Michele Panuccio and Giuseppe Lucia, MEDRAPTORS
(Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network), Via Mario Fioretti 18, 00152 Roma, Italy

Cristiano Liuzzi, Via Polignano 36, 70014 Conversano (BA)
Paolo Amato and Antonino Provenza, LIPU (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli) Alcamo, Via G. d’Arco 2,

91011 Alcamo (TP), Italy
Marco Gustin, LIPU (Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli), Conservation Dep., Via Trento 49, 43100 Parma,

Italy
Ugo Mellone, Estación Biológica Terra Natura (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. Correos 99,

E-03080, Alicante, Spain

1 Correspondence author: nicolantonioa@tiscalinet.it

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