Vol. 18 No. 1 (2003), Short Communications
Vol. 18 No. 1 (2003)

Aerial talon-grappling between the White-throated Hawk (Buteo albigula) and Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) in central-south Chile

Short Communications
Published 01-08-2003
Ricardo A. Figueroa Rojas
Estudios para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vida Silvestre Consultores. Blanco Encalada 350, Villa Eduardo Andrade, Chillán, Chile
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Keywords

aerial talon-grappling
Buteo albigula
Buteo polyosoma
cartwheel-like rotation

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Figueroa Rojas, Ricardo A. 2003. “Aerial Talon-Grappling Between the White-Throated Hawk (Buteo Albigula) and Red-Backed Hawk (Buteo Polyosoma) in Central-South Chile”. El Hornero 18 (1): 53-55. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v18i1.863.
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Abstract

During the summer of 2002, I observed a direct aggressive contact between a White-throated Hawk and a Red-backed Hawk in central-south Chile. Each of the hawks in flight grappled its talons with the other, and pushed its feet against its opponent, rotating briefly downward in cartwheels. Afterwards, the birds broke free of each others talons. No injury or loss of aerodynamic control was apparent. This type of antagonistic display, utilized presumably as territorial defense, would be the first reported for Falconiforms in Chile.

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