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10 June 2020 First Recorded Observations of Conspecific Egg and Nestling Consumption in Common Ravens (Corvus corax)
Joseph L. Atkinson, Peter S. Coates, Brianne E. Brussee, David J. Delehanty
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Abstract

We observed cannibalism, the act of consuming a conspecific, of eggs and nestlings by Common Ravens (Corvus corax; hereafter “raven”) by video-monitoring nests in Nevada and California. Specifically, within the sagebrush steppe of Nevada, adult ravens killed and consumed raven chicks from an active nest. Additionally, on the coast of California, we observed adult ravens consume inviable eggs from their own nest following full-term incubation. To our knowledge, these observations represent the first documented cannibalistic behavior by ravens.

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Joseph L. Atkinson, Peter S. Coates, Brianne E. Brussee, and David J. Delehanty "First Recorded Observations of Conspecific Egg and Nestling Consumption in Common Ravens (Corvus corax)," Western North American Naturalist 80(2), 236-242, (10 June 2020). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.080.0211
Received: 7 December 2018; Accepted: 29 October 2019; Published: 10 June 2020
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