INCITAP   20787
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA Y AMBIENTALES DE LA PAMPA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Records of Orange-breasted Falcons in Urban and Suburban Areas of Northwestern Argentina
Autor/es:
GRANDE, JUAN MANUEL; LÓPEZ, FERNANDO GABRIEL; STRELKOV, CARLOS
Revista:
JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH
Editorial:
RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
Referencias:
Año: 2018 vol. 52 p. 519 - 521
ISSN:
0892-1016
Resumen:
The Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus) is amedium-sized falcon that inhabits South American evergreenand semi-deciduous tropical and subtropical rainforests.The species ranges from southern Mexico tonorthern Argentina (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001)and is usually considered rare across its range (Che´bez2009, Baker et al. 2012). This falcon typically nests incavities and crevices in cliffs, although there are a fewrecords of Orange-breasted Falcons nesting in largeemergent trees and several records of a pair nesting on ahuman-made structure, a stone ledge in the crest of aMayan temple in Tikal National Park, Guatemala (Baker etal. 2012). This falcon usually hunts its prey, mostly medium sizedto large birds (particularly doves, parakeets, andswifts), bats, and large insects, from high perches in the canopy or in forest clearings, or along forest borders(Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Baker et al. 2012).Individuals also may forage in forest fragments or inmodified landscapes with cultivated fields, orchards andpastures, although breeding territories are usually in areasdominated by mature forest (Baker et al. 2012).