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Name & Conservation status
English name:
Red-footed falcon
Latin name:
Falco vespertinus
In the language of the given country:
Kék vércse
Conservation status:
NT - Near Threatened
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Aves
Ordo:
Falconiformes
Familia:
Falconidae
Genus:
Falco
Description
The only bird of prey in Hungary which nests in colonies. It is a typical species of the flat, grassy areas. It mainly eats insects. Near agricultural areas its main prey is the field-vole, but it often catches lizards. It doesn’t build its own nest, but occupies the nests of other birds after their nestlings had flown away. It especially likes the nesting places of the crow-colonies which can be found near large meadows. The decreasing number of these places endangers the survival of the red-footed falcon colonies. It is on the Red List of Threatened Species and protected to a greater extent in Hungary.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Adder of Rákos
Latin name:
Vipera ursinii rakosiensis
In the language of the given country:
Rákosi vipera
Conservation status:
EN - Endangered
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Reptilia
Ordo:
Squamata
Familia:
Viperidae
Genus:
Vipera
Description
An endemic vertebrate of Hungary, the most endangered species of the Hungarian vertebrate fauna. The whole Hungarian population is less than 500, according to the estimations. It likes the grassy habitats. The young representatives eat mainly arthropod; the older ones eat small mammals, lizards and nestlings. It is shy, and because of its hiding way of life and the low population, it bites very rarely. The effect of its weak poison is similar to a bee-sting. In the Kiskunság National Park, together with the support of the EU LIFE-Nature, there’s an „Adder of Rákos protection centre” in order to rescue the species.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Roller
Latin name:
Coracias garrulus
S
Szalakóta
Conservation status:
NT - Near Threatened
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Aves
Ordo:
Coraciiformes
Familia:
Coraciidae
Genus:
Coracias
Description
It is the size of a jackdaw, its back is red-brown, its feathers are azure and turquoise which is unique among Hungarian birds. It hunts for insects, snails, frogs, reptiles, sometimes rodents or nestlings. It attacks its prey from its hiding place and flies after it like a boomerang. It typically nests in open sand prairies with scattered groves, in white poplar and juniper groves of the Kiskunság, in lowland bog meadows, in extensively cultivated wooded grasslands with patches of hayfields and pastures, and in flood plains and meadows rich in old hollow poplar and willow trees. It breeds in some parts of Europe and North-Africa and migrates to South-Africa in winter. It appears in the Red List of Threatened Species. Coracias garrulus
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Rat-headed vole
Latin name:
Microtus oeconomus
In the language of the given country:
Patkányfejű pocok
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Mammalia
Ordo:
Rodentia
Familia:
Cricetidae
Genus:
Microtus
Description
It’s a rodent species living in Northern Europe and Siberia. Its most southern occurence is the area of Hungary. It only appears in such special habitats which came into existence by the earthing up of the swamps. It is proven that it lives on the protected areas of the Orgovány meadows of the Kiskunság National Park, in the tussockies next to the reed and in marsh, sedgy areas. It’s a relic species from the Ice Age. It can be found on the Red List of Threatened Species; it is highly protected.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Bustard
Latin name:
Otis tarda
In the language of the given country:
Túzok
Conservation status:
VU - Vulnerable
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Classis:
Aves
Ordo:
Gruiformes
Familia:
Otidae
Genus:
Otis
Description
It’s the blazon bird of the Hungarian Ornithological Association. It’s more or less the same size as the turkey. Its habitat is the grassy barren and the larger cornfields. Calmness is important for the bustards. They eat everything but mostly different kinds of grass, different seeds and rodents, and sometimes smaller birds, as well. The bustard population in Hungary is one of the greatest: about 1400-1500 birds. It is endangered of extinction all around the world and of course in Hungary, as well – it is included in the Red List of Threatened Species in our country. Its protection claims complex cooperation. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) also listed it in the Red List of Threatened Species as a vulnerable kind.
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