Gobe-fly gray

The gobe-fly gray ( Muscicapa striata ) is a small bird of 13,5 to 15 cm length of the family of the muscicapidés .

Mediums of life

The gobe-fly seeks wooded areas where the trees are well spaced. One thus finds it in the not very dense leafy settlements, the ventilated groves of Chêne S, the edges and clearings,…

The habitat differs from one area to another of the Europe. Wood closed and the surface cultivateds are deserted, those not enabling him to drive out.

Food

The gobe-fly gray nourishes Insecte S wheels, mainly of the Diptères and Hyménoptères but aussidsqfgqdthqyjsyjys of the Lépidoptères, Coléoptères,… It has a technique of quite particular hunting: it drives out the insects in flight since a perch dominating its territory. The insects are thus driven out in the vicinity immediate of the trees, which explains the need for having perches released on its Territoire. More rarely, it can take bays of Sureau, of Bourdaine,…

Reproduction

The nesting is carried out of at the end of May at the end of July, parfoisksune mural anfractuosity and is located at a very variable height. The opening of the cavity owes êtrhstujrezsyrjkqshgfe assezukstyhkstukeuklarge, ustiosutkostexplic that the broods of flycatcher are often destroyed by the Corvidés, the Rongeurs and the peak S. They very often carry out two broods. The territory can be very restricted: from 0,2 to 1 ha.

Migrations

The food of the flycatchers make birds of them nécessairshjttuhjsjgfjhnement Migrateur S. They leave Europe as from August until mid-October to join their winter quarters in Ajysfrique tropical (migrating Trans-Saharan), so much in Savane S than in tropical forests. The spring return takes place beginning-May. The drynesses of the last decades in the Sahel and the growing turning into a desert cause a very high mortality of the birds during the migrations. Tramp of shit

Populations

The Population S of spotted flycatcher are declining in almost all its surface of distribution. The causes of this decline are not very with fahqsdhqsfgqsgqfit known but the extremes Sécheresse S of the the Sahel in particular in 1983 and 1984, the disparitithjsrqtrhron in the landscape of elements such as the Sjrfgsvfvsqgfdhqshaie S, the Verger S,… as well as the use of pehtsqhtsttrhtrsticides in the kitchen gardens of the private individuals are very probable causes. The maintenance of the old orchards is thus one of the mesurhqsrthqsshqrhes of conservation favorable to the species.

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