INVESTIGADORES
TRAVAINI Alejandro
artículos
Título:
Diet of the American Kestrel in Argentine Patagonia
Autor/es:
MIGUEL ANGEL SANTILLÁN; ALEJANDRO TRAVAINI; SONIA CRISTINA ZAPATA; ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ; JOSÉ ANTONIO DONÁZAR; DIEGO PROCOPIO; JUAN IGNACIO ZANÓN
Revista:
Journal of Raptor Research
Editorial:
Allen Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Lawrence; Año: 2009 vol. 43 p. 377 - 381
ISSN:
0892-1016
Resumen:
 The American Kestrel is considered primarily insectivorous Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Smallwood and Bird 2002). In South America, the feeding ecology of this species has been studied in Chile (Greer and Bullock 1966, Yan˜ez et al. 1980, Simonetti et al. 1982, Mella 2002, Figueroa and Corales 2004), Brazil (Cabral et al. 2006, Zillio 2006), and north-central Argentina (Beltzer 1990, Sarasola et al. 2003). In southern Argentina, kestrel breeding ecology (De Lucca 1992a, De Lucca 1993, De Lucca and Saggese 1993), hunting techniques (De Lucca 1992b), and pellet identification (Trejo and Ojeda 2002) have been described, but quantitative data on their food habits are lacking (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Bo´ et al. 2007). Here we present the first quantitative analysis of the diet of American Kestrels in Argentine Patagonia.