Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2017
Unusual Concentration of Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles in Central Argentina
Unusual Concentration of Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles in Central Argentina
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Page Range: 489 – 491
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-16-105.1
Copyright: © 2017 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2017
Figure 1.
Road segment of Ruta Provincial 20 between Chacharramendi and La Reforma, La Pampa, Argentina, where up to 126 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles (Geranoaetus melanoleucus) were observed between 14 June and 9 July 2016. The three ecoregions that cross the province are also shown.
Figure 2.
(A) Ten Black-chested Buzzard-Eagles can be distinguished on eight power pylons between Chacharramendi and La Reforma, La Pampa, Argentina. Note the difference in vegetation cover on the two sides of the fence, shrubby vegetation on the ranches to the right of the fence and low, mowed pastures on the road shoulder to the left. (B) Three immature 2–3-yr-old eagles on a single pylon, 14 July 2016.
Contributor Notes
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Email address: manuhola@yahoo.es
Associate Editor: Pascual López-López
Received: 07 Dec 2016
Accepted: 16 May 2017