Kouba, Marek https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-5733
Stehlíková Sovadinová, Simona https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9431-5156
Tulis, Filip https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-5630
Ševčík, Michal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4533-9887
Bartošová, Jitka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4675-3310
Korpimäki, Erkki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7596-1955
Bartoš, Luděk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-5930
Article History
Received: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 7 May 2026
First Online: 18 May 2026
Change Date: 30 July 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-026-02702-8
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Owls in Czechia were trapped, handled, blood sampled and tagged under Permits Nos. 530/758 R/08-Abt/UL, 35016/02-OOP/8751/02, and 173/049/ZPZ/2015/ZD-838 issued by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. The birds were ringed under the supervision of the Ringing Centre of the National Museum in Prague, Permit No. 329. Fledglings in Finland were tagged and radio-tracked under the approval of the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Varsinais-Suomen Elinkeino-, Liikenne- ja Ympäristökeskus: Permit No. VARELY/1389/2018), ringed under the ringing licence of the Finnish Museum of Natural History (Licence No. 524). Blood samples were taken under the approval of the Animal Experiment Committee of the State Provincial Office (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto ESAVI; Permit No. ESAVI/3021/04.10.07/2017). All efforts were made to minimise suffering.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.