Data/hora: 11/06/2024 02:17:31

Provedor de dados: 	103	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Falco sparverius (Aves: Falconiformes) preying upon Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Chiroptera: Molossidae)	
Autores: 	Aguiar,Ludmilla Moura de Souza; Motta,Adarene; Esberárd,Carlos.	
Data: 	2012-04-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Bats; Brazil; Cerrado; Predator; Predation.	
Resumo: 	In Brazil, there are two published references on the diet of American kestrel falcons, Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758, and one is for the Cerrado biome. The only mammal prey so far found in the diet of F. sparverius was the rodent Calomys tener (Winge, 1887). Herein we report on daily hunting activities by American kestrel falcons at a factory in the city of Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, during an attempt to remove a bat colony. Two American kestrel falcons were observed on 14 occasions during two consecutive days: in two of these occasions, they were hunting in pairs, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 06/X/2003, and from 07:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on 07/X/2003. During this period, American kestrel falcons made 27 hunting attempts and captured four bats of the same species, Nyctinomops laticaudatus (E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1805) (14.81% success). This report corroborates observations made in the Northern hemisphere, where bats are a dietary item of this falcon. Our findings are noteworthy because they reveal that the known natural predators of bats are few not only in Brazil but also worldwide.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000200011	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1984-46702012000200011	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.29 n.2 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess