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| Elanus scriptus |
Gould, 1842 |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Letter-winged kite |
Élanion lettré |
Elanio escrito |
Schwarzachselaar |
| Migration: range extension |
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Dispersive and irruptive. Breeding birds concentrate around rat plagues, slowly moving with advancing plague
front. When plague collapses, many birds (mostly immatures) disperse randomly towards coast where they die of
starvation. Subsequent repopulation of arid zone by nucleus of surviving adults that stay put. (del
Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |