Un busard cendré, Circus pygargus, consommateur d'oeufs de Sternes pierregarins, Sterna hirundo

On the lagoon of Bouin, in the Baie of Bourgneuf in Vendée (France), a Montagu’s harrier has been observed on several occasions eating the eggs of Common Tern. This type of predation does not appear to be very frequent with this species of raptor.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chevallier, Jean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31098
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-310985
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-310985
http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/31098/chevallier_2003_busard.pdf
Description
Summary:On the lagoon of Bouin, in the Baie of Bourgneuf in Vendée (France), a Montagu’s harrier has been observed on several occasions eating the eggs of Common Tern. This type of predation does not appear to be very frequent with this species of raptor.