PIRACY AS AN IMPORTANT FORAGING METHOD OF APLOMADO FALCONS IN SOUTHERN TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO

JESSI L. BROWN; ANGEL B. MONTOYA; ERIN J. GOTT; MARTA CURTI

doi:10.1676/02-134

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JESSI L. BROWN,^*,** ANGEL B. MONTOYA,^* ERIN J. GOTT,^* MARTA CURTI^*

^*The Peregrine Fund, 5668 West Flying Hawk Ln., Boise, ID 83709, USA
^**Corresponding author; jbrown@peregrinefund.org

Abstract

Piracy (kleptoparasitism) accounted for 14% of observed foraging attempts on vertebrates (n = 125) by Aplomado Falcons (Falco femoralis) in southern Texas and northern Mexico, and was over twice as successful as hunting (82% versus 37%). Aplomado Falcons pirated prey cooperatively as well as individually. Eight bird species were targeted for piracy, six of which were as large or larger than the falcons. The majority of prey items stolen were mammals.

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JESSI L. BROWN, ANGEL B. MONTOYA, ERIN J. GOTT, and MARTA CURTI "PIRACY AS AN IMPORTANT FORAGING METHOD OF APLOMADO FALCONS IN SOUTHERN TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO," The Wilson Bulletin 115(4), 357-359, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1676/02-134

Received: 10 December 2002; Accepted: 1 March 2003; Published: 1 December 2003

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