The jack-of-all-trades raptor: Versatile foraging and wide trophic role of the Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) in Brazil, with comments on feeding habits of the Caracarini

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 592-597

  Sazima, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancestral traits; Behavioural versatility; Caracarini; Foraging tactics; Open areas; Wide diet

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR;

CARACARA; DAPTRIUS ATER; FALCONIDAE; FALCONIFORMES; IXODIDA; MILVAGO; PHALCOBOENUS; POLYBORUS PLANCUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 51849155188     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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