Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies
This note describes nestling mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius) due to the biting effects of blood-feeding black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). At a nest site near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (62˚49′ N, 92˚05′ W), a brood of four nestlings died on 20 July 2013 from the...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4580 2024-06-09T07:42:08+00:00 Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies Franke, Alastair Lamarre, Vincent Hedlin, Erik 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4580 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4580/4777 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC volume 69, issue 3, page 281 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2016 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4580 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z This note describes nestling mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius) due to the biting effects of blood-feeding black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). At a nest site near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (62˚49′ N, 92˚05′ W), a brood of four nestlings died on 20 July 2013 from the direct effects of severe bites attributed to black flies. Within three hours of the onset of blood-feeding, black flies had caused widespread, uniformly distributed hemorrhagic coalescent lesions over the head and body of all nestlings. Approximately seven hours after the first flies appeared, the female falcon removed the carcasses of the dead nestlings from the nest. Nestlings at eight additional sites also suffered the effects of biting black flies in 2013, resulting in the deaths of 13 of 35 nestlings. A less pronounced outbreak also occurred in 2012 and resulted in the deaths of seven nestlings at four sites. No nestling mortality due to black flies has been documented in any other year from 1982 through 2015. To our knowledge, these observations document the northernmost lethal attack by ornithophilic black flies in North America. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Falco peregrinus Nunavut Rankin Inlet Arctic Institute of North America Arctic Canada Nunavut Rankin Inlet ENVELOPE(-91.983,-91.983,62.734,62.734) ARCTIC 69 3 281 |
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This note describes nestling mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius) due to the biting effects of blood-feeding black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). At a nest site near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (62˚49′ N, 92˚05′ W), a brood of four nestlings died on 20 July 2013 from the direct effects of severe bites attributed to black flies. Within three hours of the onset of blood-feeding, black flies had caused widespread, uniformly distributed hemorrhagic coalescent lesions over the head and body of all nestlings. Approximately seven hours after the first flies appeared, the female falcon removed the carcasses of the dead nestlings from the nest. Nestlings at eight additional sites also suffered the effects of biting black flies in 2013, resulting in the deaths of 13 of 35 nestlings. A less pronounced outbreak also occurred in 2012 and resulted in the deaths of seven nestlings at four sites. No nestling mortality due to black flies has been documented in any other year from 1982 through 2015. To our knowledge, these observations document the northernmost lethal attack by ornithophilic black flies in North America. |
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Franke, Alastair Lamarre, Vincent Hedlin, Erik Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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Franke, Alastair Lamarre, Vincent Hedlin, Erik |
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Franke, Alastair |
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Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies |
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rapid nestling mortality in arctic peregrine falcons due to the biting effects of black flies |
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Arctic Arctic Falco peregrinus Nunavut Rankin Inlet |
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