Rapid Nestling Mortality in Arctic Peregrine Falcons due to the Biting Effects of Black Flies

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Franke, Alastair, Lamarre, Vincent, Hedlin, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; Rankin Inlet; Falco peregrinus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4580; http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4580/4777

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...