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between	the	islands	of	Lo{inj	and	Dugi	otok	are	part	of	the	
“National	Ecological	Network	–	important	areas	for	birds	in	
Croatia”	(Radovi}	et al.	2005).	
The	research	was	co-funded	by	the	Hungarian-Croatian	Intergovernmental	
S&T	Co-operation	Programme	for	2007−2008,	project	No.	CRO−17/2006.	
Jenő	J.	Purger,	University	of	Pécs,	Institute	of	Biology,	Ifjúság	útja	6,	H−7624	
Pécs,	Hungary,	e−mail:	purger@ttk.pte.hu	
Eduard	 Klete~ki,	 Croatian	 Natural	 History	 Museum,	 Demetrova	 1.	
HR−10000	Zagreb,	Croatia,	e−mail:	eduard.kletecki@hpm.hr
József	 Lanszki,	 University	 of	 Kaposvár,	 P.O.	 Box	 16,	 H−7401	 Kaposvár,	
Hungary,	e−mail:	lanszki@ke.hu
Balázs	 Trócsányi,	 Duna-Drava	 National	 Park	 Directorate,	 H−7625	 Pécs,	
Tettye	tér	9,	Hungary,	e−mail:	trocsanyi@ddnp.kvvm.hu
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Zlatovranka	 –	 en	 osebek	 opazovan	 na	 otoku	 [olta	
(UTM	WJ90,	 Dalmacija,	 Hrva{ka);	 zabele`en	 je	 bil	
med	snemanjem	naravoslovnega	filma,	ki	je	potekalo	
med	30.4.	in	10.5.2007
The	most	recent	observation	of	European	Roller	in	Croatia	
refers	to	a	spring	migration	over	 its	coastal	area	(Mu`ini} 
& Ende 2006).	 Earlier	 observations	 in	 this	 area	 include	
the	Adriatic	islands	of	Pag	(Bordjan 2006),	Krk	(Rucner 
1998),	 Rab	 (Ash 1970)	 and	 Vis	 with	 their	 neighbouring	
unpopulated	 islets:	 Bi{evo,	 Sv.	 Andrija,	 Brusnik,	 Jabuka	
and	 Palagru`a	 (Krpan 1965).	 Thus	 the	 film	 recording	 of	
the	European	Roller	 on	 the	 island	of	 [olta	 (UTM	WJ90,	
Dalmatia,	Croatia)	by	film	director	Miro	Andri}	between	30	
Apr	and	10	May	2007	is	the	first	recorded	occurrence	of	the	
species	on	this	 island.	While	filming	terrestrial	 sites	 in	the	
biotope	of	Brown	Bullhead	Ictalurus nebulosus	and	maquis	
for	 the	 natural	 history	 series	 „The	 Croatian	 Seabed:	 the	
Island	of	[olta”,	some	birds	were	captured	on	film	on	one	
of	the	filming	days,	among	them	a	European	Roller	sitting	
on	the	top	of	the	shrub,	flying	away	shortly	afterwards.	The	
Croatian	 Radiotelevision	 broadcast	 the	 film	 in	 autumn	
2007,	 which	 is	 when	 I	 actually	 noticed	 that	 this	 was	 the	
European	Roller,	a	former	breeding	species	in	Croatia.	
Jasmina	 Mu`ini},	 The	 Institute	 of	 Ornithology,	 CASA,	 Gunduli}eva	 24,	
HR−10000	Zagreb,	Croatia,	e−mail:	jasmina@hazu.hr
Rumenoglavi kralji~ek Regulus regulus
Goldcrest	–	several	hundred	individuals	observed	on	
5	Nov	2007	on	Pag	Island	(UTM	VK93,	Dalmatia,	
Croatia)	 feeding	 on	 ground	 (exact	 type	 of	 food	
unknown)	
Slika 17 / Figure 17: Rumenoglavi kralji~ek / Goldcrest 
Regulus regulus, 5.11.2007, Novalja, Pag. Foto: D. [ere
Dne	5.11.2007	popoldne	sem	pred	odhodom	z	otoka	Paga	
v	lepem	son~nem	vremenu	bolj	po	naklju~ju	obiskal	kamp	
Stra{ko	pri	Novalji	 (UTM	VK93,	Dalmacija,	Z	Hrva{ka).	
@e	pred	prihodom	v	kamp	sem	zagledal	ve~je	{tevilo	(pribl.	
25)	manj{ih	ptic,	ki	so	se	z	bli`njih	borovcev	v	letu	spu{~ali	
na	 bli`nji	 travnik.	 Po	 tleh	 so	 se	 med	 travo	 in	 kamen~ki	
spreletavali	in	iskali	hrano.	Ko	sem	pri{el	bli`e,	sem	bil	zelo	
presene~en,	saj	sem	ugotovil,	da	gre	za	rumenoglave	kralji~ke.	
Posku{al	sem	jih	fotografirati,	a	mi	to	ni	najbolje	uspelo,	saj	
so	tako	hitro	pobirali	hrano	z	listov	razli~nih	rastlin	ali	tal,	
da	 so	bili	posnetki	 v	glavnem	neostri	 (slika	17).	Pustili	 so	
se	opazovati	tako	od	blizu,	da	sem	pomislil,	da	bi	katerega	
celo	ujel.	Medtem	ko	sem	nadaljeval	pot	v	kamp,	so	me	vso	
pot	spremljali	 tudi	 ti	kralji~ki.	Nekateri	 so	 iskali	hrano	po	
razli~nih	plevelih	za	cesto,	drugi	so	se	prehranjevali	kar	po	
tleh	med	prikolicami,	 tretji	pa	so	 iskali	hrano	po	razli~nih	
okrasnih	 grmih	 ali	 cvetlicah.	 Kamp	 je	 bil	 prakti~no	 poln	
rumenoglavih	kralji~kov,	ki	 so	me	s	 svojim	spreletavanjem	
spominjali	 na	 kako	 izmed	 {tevilnih	 `u`elk.	 Ni	 se	 jih	 dalo	
pre{teti,	zanesljivo	pa	jih	je	bilo	nekaj	sto.	Ko	sem	kasneje	na	
trajektu	obujal	prijetne	trenutke	tistega	dne,	sem	ugotovil,	
da	 sem	 naredil	 nepopravljivo	 napako!	 Moral	 bi	 bil	 vzeti	
vzorce	listov,	stebel,	vejic	ali	kamen~kov	in	v	na{em	muzeju	
bi	lahko	kasneje	ugotovili,	natan~no	s	~im	so	se	prehranjevali	
ti	rumenoglavi	kralji~ki.
Dare	 [ere,	 SCOP,	 Prirodoslovni	 muzej	 Slovenije,	 Pre{ernova	 20,	 SI−1000	
Ljubljana,	Slovenija,	e−mail:	dsere@pms−lj.si
Iz	ornitolo{ke	bele`nice	/	From	the	ornithological	notebook