Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 2017
Mortal Combat: Intraspecific Killing by an African Pygmy-Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) to Acquire New Mate and Territory
Mortal Combat: Intraspecific Killing by an African Pygmy-Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) to Acquire New Mate and Territory
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Page Range: 89 – 91
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-16-64.1
Copyright: © 2017 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2017
Figure 1.
Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) colonies used by M1, F1, M3 and F3 (▪), used by M2 and F2 (•), and the location of the fight between M1 and M2 (▴). M1 and F1 used colonies 1 and 2 for roosting and breeding from 2011–2015. Colonies 6, 7, and 13 were in M2's territory.
Figure 2.
Result of the falcon fight. (a) Falcons discovered locked together and (b) the dead male recovered the following day.
Contributor Notes
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Email address: anthonym.lowney@gmail.com
Received: 28 Jul 2016
Accepted: 01 Nov 2016