Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015
American Kestrels Actively Exclude European Starlings from Using a Nest Box
American Kestrels Actively Exclude European Starlings from Using a Nest Box
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Page Range: 231 – 233
Keywords:
American Kestrel
; Falco sparverius;
European Starling
; Sturnus vulgaris;
competition
;
invasive species
;
nest box
Copyright: © 2015 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2015
Figure 1.
Sequence of screenshots of the fight between a female American Kestrel and a European Starling within a nest box at the World Center for Birds of Prey, Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
Contributor Notes
(email address: CMcClure@peregrinefund.org)
Received: 13 Aug 2014
Accepted: 05 Jan 2015