Title:	Falco sparverius (Aves: Falconiformes) preying upon Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Chiroptera: Molossidae)
Authors:	Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza Motta, Adarene Esberárd, Carlos
Assunto::	Cerrados Morcegos Falcão
Issue Date:	Apr-2012
Publisher:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Citation:	AGUIAR, Ludmilla Moura de Souza; MOTTA, Adarene; ESBERARD, Carlos. Falco sparverius (Aves: Falconiformes) preying upon Nyctinomops laticaudatus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Zoologia, Curitiba, v. 29, n. 2, p. 180-182, abr. 2012. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000200011>. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2017. doi: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000200011.
Abstract:	In Brazil, there are two published references on the diet of American kestrel falcons, Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758, and one is for the Cerrado biome. The only mammal prey so far found in the diet of F. sparverius was the rodent Calomys tener (Winge, 1887). Herein we report on daily hunting activities by American kestrel falcons at a factory in the city of Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, during an attempt to remove a bat colony. Two American kestrel falcons were observed on 14 occasions during two consecutive days: in two of these occasions, they were hunting in pairs, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on 06/X/2003, and from 07:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on 07/X/2003. During this period, American kestrel falcons made 27 hunting attempts and captured four bats of the same species, Nyctinomops laticaudatus (E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1805) (14.81% success). This reportcorroborates observations made in the Northern hemisphere, where bats are a dietary item of this falcon. Our findings are noteworthy because they reveal that the known natural predators of bats are few not only in Brazil but also worldwide.
Licença::	Zoologia (Curitiba) - All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)). Fonte: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000200011>. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2017.
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702012000200011
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