SEASONAL BEHAVIOUR
Unknown. The best time for detecting it is in May when the fledglings are begging for food.
DISTRIBUTION
In the last three seasons its breeding has been proven in Llanos de Guaditoca, around the Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza and the campiña straddling Córdoba and Jaén. Nonetheless it is also likely to be present in other suitable areas of all four provinces.
COMMENTS
This nocturnal species is rarely seen and hardly heard, so it is difficult to study. The best way of detecting its presence in any area is to listen out in May and June for the newly fledged chicks squeaking incessantly for food. We know of one recent case of nesting in a human construction (in a raven’s nest inside a medieval tower, in the campiña of Montoro).
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