The effect of kleptoparasitic bald eagles and gyrfalcons on the kill rate of peregrine falcons hunting dunlins wintering in British Columbia

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Dekker, T.J., Out, M., Tabak, M., Ydenberg, R.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: boundary bay; central alberta; ducks; over-ocean flocking; raptor predation; Boundary Bay; Calidris alpina; Falco peregrinus; Falco rusticolus
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-effect-of-kleptoparasitic-bald-eagles-and-gyrfalcons-on-the-k; https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.110110

Kleptoparasitism in birds has been the subject of much research, and the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a known kleptoparasite. It has been reported to pirate ducks captured by Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus), but ours is the first study to examine the effect of kleptoparasitic Bald E...