Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) Predation on Relatively Large Prey

Fábio Röhe; André Pinassi Antunes

doi:10.1676/05-141.1

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Fábio Röhe,^*,**,*** André Pinassi Antunes^****

^*Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia (CPEC), INPA—Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
^**Current address: WCS—Wildlife Conservation Society, Av. General Rodrigo Octávio Jordão Ramos, 3000, Japiim. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia. Bloco Projecto Sauim-de-Coleira/WCS
^***Corresponding author; fabiorohe@gmail.com
^****Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista—UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

We describe three successful predation events by the Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) in the Atlantic Forest of coastal southeast Brazil. The prey items were a Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea), a Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus), and a large toad (Chaunus ictericus). This is the first report of successful attacks on prey heavier than the forest falcon, of which none was successfully carried away. These large prey items represent a trade-off between high nutrient value and safety of carrying prey to a secure perch.

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Fábio Röhe and André Pinassi Antunes "Barred Forest Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) Predation on Relatively Large Prey," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(1), 228-230, (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-141.1

Received: 16 November 2005; Accepted: 1 July 2006; Published: 1 March 2008

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