Breeding Biology and Diet of Red-Tailed Hawks in Puerto Rico

Sant’Ana, Carlos Eduardo Ramos de; Temple, Stanley A.

doi:10.2307/2388188

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“…Why these differences exist remain unclear, yet one possible explanation is that St. Kitts is free from rabies virus, whereas in Puerto Rico rabies virus circulates within the mongoose population and may result in additional mortality for mongoose populations where the disease is enzootic (Berentsen et al , 2023. Moreover, predation by raptors or snakes (both of which are absent on St. Kitts) may represent an additional source of natural mortality in Puerto Rico (Santana and Temple 1988;Berentsen et al 2016).…”

Section: Seasonal and Habitat Class Effects On Mongoose Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Population Density of the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) Across Multiple Habitat Types and Seasons in Puerto Rico

Berentsen,

Sauvé,

Rivera-Rodriguez

et al. 2023

Caribbean Journal of Science

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The small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) is a rabies reservoir on several Caribbean Islands including Puerto Rico. In the continental United States, oral rabies vaccination (ORV) has been used to control and locally eliminate rabies viruses targeting meso-carnivores including raccoons (Procyon lotor), grey foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and coyotes (Canis latrans), and has more recently been proposed to mitigate and control mongoose rabies in Puerto Rico. A fundamental understanding of the population density of the target species is an important factor in planning bait application rates prior to ORV operations. In Puerto Rico, most ecological studies on mongooses have been restricted to the rainforest region in the northeastern portion of the island. We calculated population density estimates for mongooses at seven sites representing four habitat types in Puerto Rico. We marked 445 unique mongooses across 593 capture events during 12,530 trap days during 2016-2021. Mean (SE, 95% CI) population densities were greater in closed to open broadleaved evergreen forest habitat (0.79 ±0.13, 0.67-0.92 mongooses/ha) compared to grasslands (0.43 ± 0.10; 0.35-0.55 mongooses/ha), rainfed croplands (0.26 ±0.10, 0.18-0.38 mongooses/ha), and shrub/herbaceous habitat (0.19 ±0.05, 0.15-0.25 mongooses/ha). We did not detect seasonal variation in mongoose population density (0.

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Section: Seasonal and Habitat Class Effects On Mongoose Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Population Density of the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) Across Multiple Habitat Types and Seasons in Puerto Rico

Berentsen,

Sauvé,

Rivera-Rodriguez

et al. 2023

Caribbean Journal of Science

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“…The Red-tailed Hawk occurs from North America through Central America including the Caribbean others 1998, Root 1988). It is widespread and fairly abundant throughout Puerto Rico's mainland, but it is most numerous in the mountains (Biaggi 1997, Bond 1961, Rivera-Milán 1995b, Santana and Temple 1988. It is also known to inhabit satellite islands such as Desecheo (Meier and others 1989), Culebra (Wetmore 1917), and Vieques (Sorrié 1975, Wetmore 1916, in the latter being a fairly common resident (Gemmill 2015).…”

Section: Distribution and Habitatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is also known to inhabit satellite islands such as Desecheo (Meier and others 1989), Culebra (Wetmore 1917), and Vieques (Sorrié 1975, Wetmore 1916, in the latter being a fairly common resident (Gemmill 2015). This species generally occurs on all habitats at all elevations including towns and urban areas (Oberle 2018, Raffaele and others 1998, Rivera-Milán 1995b, Santana and Temple 1988 Red-tailed Hawk distribution. The map shows the highest breeding code by hexagon and overlaying the ecological life zones in Puerto Rico.…”

Section: Distribution and Habitatmentioning

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Section: Breeding Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Red-tailed Hawk builds a large and bulky nest made of sticks, which is usually placed high in a tree or on the side of a cliff Temple 1988, Santana andothers 1986). Previously published reports indicate that it breeds from January to July (Raffaele and others 1998), but Santana and Temple (1988) describe a November-to-August breeding period. Overall, the breeding activity peaks in June, and it mostly takes place in the subtropical moist forest life zone, which is consistent with survey results of Rivera-Milán (1995b)…”

Section: Breeding Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Puerto Rico Breeding Bird Atlas

Castro‐Prieto¹,

Wunderle

Salguero‐Faría³

et al. 2021

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J. Castro-Prieto contributed to data analyses; prepared figures, tables, and appendices; wrote species descriptions; and wrote and edited the different sections of this atlas. J.M. Wunderle, Jr. initiated the atlas project by organizing the first meetings with lead participants; served as the science advisor for the atlas; contributed to field data gathering, data reviewing, and some initial analyses; advised on data presentation; edited the atlas; provided citations of key publications; and wrote sections of the introduction in chapter 1. J.A. Salguero-Faría coordinated field data collection, data entry, and review; and edited species accounts, figures, and tables, as well as major sections of this atlas. S. Soto-Bayó organized and updated the database, contributed to data analyses, and prepared figures and maps for the atlas and for the species accounts. J.D. Crespo-Zapata described, edited, and reviewed the species accounts including figures, tables, and cited literature. W.A. Gould was one of the participants in the first meeting that led to the development of the atlas, contributed to the development of most of the spatial layers used in this atlas to estimate species distribution, and served as a reviewer of the document and the species accounts.

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