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Article: Swallow-tailed Kites carry passerine nests containing nestlings to their own nests. (Short Communications).(Statistical Data Included)
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- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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Jennifer O. Coulson (1)
The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) commonly feeds nestling and fledgling birds to its young. Birds accounted for up to 16% of the identified prey delivered to 13 nests in Florida and 18% to 9 nests in Guatemala (Sutton 1955, Snyder 1974, Meyer and Collopy 1990, Gerhardt et al. 1991, Meyer 1995). Only two species of raptors, the Swallow-tailed Kite and the Indian Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis), have been reported to carry nests containing nestling prey (Brown and Amadon 1968, Skutch 1965). In Costa Rica, Skutch (1965) observed the southern subspecies of Swallow-tailed Kite (E. f. yetapa) carrying bird nests with nestlings ...