Nidificación del Halcón Aplomado (Falco f. femoralis) en la provincia de San Luis

In this paper we describe the activity of a nesting pair of Aplomado Falcons (Falco f.femoralis) during the first days of the nestling period. The nest was found in a Chañar tree (Geoffroea decorticans) at a heíght of 4.5 m in San Luis province. The female remained at the nest 94.14% of the observat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: De Lucca, Eduardo R., Saggese, Miguel D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:hornero:hornero_v014_n03_p077
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/hornero_v014_n03_p077
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:FALCO FEMORALIS
CRIA
NESTING
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Sumario:In this paper we describe the activity of a nesting pair of Aplomado Falcons (Falco f.femoralis) during the first days of the nestling period. The nest was found in a Chañar tree (Geoffroea decorticans) at a heíght of 4.5 m in San Luis province. The female remained at the nest 94.14% of the observation time (brooding: 86.90%) and fed thc nestlings with arate of 0.47 items/h. Feeding periods lasted in average 560 sec (Ra: 360-780 scc; n:9). The male was seen on the nest 1.28% of the obscrvation time and brought prcy with a frequency of 0.41 items/h. Information of nest and nestling characteristics, territory, defense, caching behavior and vocalizations is also given. Finally we provide a compilation about nesting ofthc Aplomado Falcon in Argentina.