Incidence of Cartwheeling Flights in Raptors of South-Central Chile

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“…They observed one instance of a kite dropping its prey while the falcon was in pursuit. In one case, the two birds briefly cartwheeled together as they struggled, a behavior also observed by Raimilla et al (2015) between a White-tailed Kite and an Aplomado Falcon. On occasion, a kite would be allowed to keep and consume its prey without pursuit by the falcon.…”

“…Our report represents the first documented instance of a tern playing with NOTES pErEgriNE FalcON STEalS prEy FrOm WhiTE-TailEd kiTES KEN PHENICIE, JR., 1659 Melody Lane, San Jose, California 95133 STEVE ZAMEK, 740 Greenview Place, Los Altos, California 94024 EDWARD R. PANDOLFINO, 1328 49th Street, Sacramento, California 95819; erpfromca@aol.com Kleptoparasitism, one individual stealing a prey item from another, is common among and between many raptor species (Newton 2010). The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is an occasional victim of kleptoparasitism (Rigolosi and Hayes 2018) with published observations of prey theft by the Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis; Brown et al 2003, Raimilla et al 2015, Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius; Temeles 1990), Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango; Baladrón and Pretelli 2013), a variety of hawks (Dunk and Cooper 1994), and the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos; Dixon et al 1957). Baladrón and Pretelli (2013) documented one case of a kite being kleptoparasitised by a Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus).…”