Flight behaviour of the Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) during summer in Nevados de Chillán, Chile

Varia A. Dellacasa M.; Ricardo A. Figueroa R.; Sergio A. Alvarado O.; Roberto P. Schlatter

doi:10.56178/eh.v26i2.689

Short Communications Published 01 December 2011 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.689

Flight behaviour of the Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) during summer in Nevados de Chillán, Chile

Buteo polyosoma gliding hovering Nevados de Chillán Red-backed Hawk soaring

Varia A. Dellacasa M. Imperial Street 092, Puerto Varas, Chile

Ricardo A. Figueroa R. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia, Chile

Sergio A. Alvarado O. Laboratorio de Ecología de Vida Silvestre, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile. | Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Tarapacá. Arica, Chile

Roberto P. Schlatter Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia, Chile

Abstract

We describe the flight behaviour of the Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) during summer in Nevados de Chillán, Chile. Flight types most often used were gliding, wind-hovering and soaring (36.7%, 29.4% and 27.8% of the flying time, respectively). Spent time gliding and wind-hovering peaked at mid-afternoon (17:00–19:00 h). Conversely, soaring was highest between mid-morning (10:00–11:00 h) and mid-day (13:00–14:00 h). Red-backed Hawk individuals appeared to use these flight types in an opportunistically manner using advantageous microclimatic and topographic conditions.

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WAKELEY JS (1978) Hunting methods and factors af-fecting their use by Ferruginous Hawks. Condor80:327–333
WARNER LH (1931) Fact and theories of bird flight.Quarterly Review of Biology 6:84–89

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Varia A. Dellacasa M., Ricardo A. Figueroa R., Sergio A. Alvarado O., Roberto P. Schlatter (2011). Flight behaviour of the Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) during summer in Nevados de Chillán, Chile. El Hornero, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2011), 171-175. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v26i2.689

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[1] ALTMANN J (1974) Observational study of behavior:sampling methods. Behaviour 49:227–267

[2] ALVARADO S AND FIGUEROA RA (2005) Possible socialforaging behavior in the Red-backed Hawk (Buteopolyosoma). Ornitología Neotropical 16:271–275

[3] BALADRÓN AB, BÓ MS AND MALIZIA AI (2006) Winterdiet and time-activity budgets of the Red-backedHawk (Buteo polyosoma) in the coastal grasslands ofBuenos Aires Province, Argentine. Journal of RaptorResearch 40:65–70

[4] BILDSTEIN KL (1987) Behavioral ecology of Red-tailedHawks (Buteo jamaicensis), Rough-legged Hawks(Buteo lagopus), Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus), andAmerican Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in south centralOhio. Ohio Biological Survey Biological Notes 18:1–53

[5] BONNEY RE, KELLEY JW, DECKER DJ AND HOWARD RAJR (1981) Understanding predation and Northeasternbirds of prey. Cornell University, Ithaca

[6] DUDLEY R, BYRNES G, YANOVIAK SP, BORRELL B, BROWNRM AND MCGUIRE JA (2007) Gliding and the func-tional origins of flight: biomechanical novelty ornecessity? Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, andSystematics 38:179–201

[7] FINCH V AND TREWARTHA G (1954) Geografía física.Fondo de cultura económica, México DF

[8] GREENE CH (1986) Patterns of prey selection: impli-cations of predator foraging tactics. American Natu-ralist 128:824–839

[9] HEDENSTRÖM A (1993) Migration by soaring or flap-ping flight in birds: the relative importance ofenergy cost and speed. Philosophical Transactions ofthe Royal Society of London B 342:353–361

[10] JAKSIC FM (1985) Toward raptor community ecology:behavior bases of assemblage structure. Raptor Re-search 19:107–112

[11] JAKSIC FM AND CAROTHERS JH (1985) Ecological, mor-phological, and bioenergetic correlates of huntingmode in hawks and owls. Ornis Scandinavica16:165–172

[12] JAKSIC FM AND JIMÉNEZ JE (1986) The conservation sta-tus of raptors in Chile. Birds of Prey Bulletin 3:95–104

[13] JIMÉNEZ JE (1995) Historia natural del Aguilucho Buteopolyosoma: una revisión. Hornero 14:1–9

[14] JIMÉNEZ JE AND JAKSIC FM (1991) Behavioral ecologyof Red-backed Hawks in central Chile. Wilson Bul-letin 103:132–137

[15] LEHNER P (1996) Handbook of ethological methods. Secondedition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

[16] MASMAN D, DAAN S AND DIJKSTRA C (1988) Time allo-cation in the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), and theprinciple of energy minimization. Journal of AnimalEcology 57:411–432

[17] NEWTON I (1979) Population ecology of raptors. T & ADPoyser, London

[18] PENNYCUICK CJ (1972) Soaring behaviour and per-formance of some east African birds, observed froma motor-glider. Ibis 114:178–218

[19] PRESTON CR (1981) Environmental influence on soar-ing in wintering Red-tailed Hawks. Wilson Bulletin93:350–356

[20] RASPET A (1960) Biophysics of bird flight. Science132:191–200

[21] RUDOLPH SG (1982) Foraging strategies of AmericanKestrels during breeding. Ecology 63:1268–1276

[22] SARASOLA JH AND NEGRO JJ (2005) Hunting success ofwintering Swainson’s hawks: environmental effectson timing and choice of foraging methods. Cana-dian Journal of Zoology 83:1353–1359

[23] SHAMOUN-BARANES J, LESHEM J, YOM-TOV Y AND LIECHTIO (2003) Differential use of thermal convection bysoaring birds over central Israel. Condor 105:208–218

[24] SOLTZ RL (1984) Time and energy budgets of the Red-tailed Hawk in southern California. SouthwesternNaturalist 29:149–156

[25] STRAHLER AN AND STRAHLER AH (1994) Geografía física.Ediciones Omega, Barcelona

[26] TARBOTON WR (1978) Hunting and the energy budgetof the Black-shouldered Kite. Condor 80:88–91

[27] VIDELER JJ (2005) Avian flight. Oxford University Press,Oxford

[28] WAKELEY JS (1978) Hunting methods and factors af-fecting their use by Ferruginous Hawks. Condor80:327–333

[29] WARNER LH (1931) Fact and theories of bird flight.Quarterly Review of Biology 6:84–89