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Titre :	[Storks Ciconia nigra, C. ciconia and Common Cranes Grus grus as prey of the White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla]
Auteurs :	Torsten Langgemach, Auteur ; Eberhard Henne, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (122(2) 2001)
Article en page(s) :	81-87
Résumé :	Attacks of White-tailed Eagles on Black and White Storks and Common Cranes are described. The observations as well as similar cases found in the literature show that all three species are potential prey for the eagle but are seldom hunted successfully. White-tailed Eagles regularly turn up at Crane roost to test the flocks. They attack both standing and flying Cranes but only very few attacks are successful. The assumption that killed individuals were weakened or sick was proven in four cases by means of veterinary and pathological findings. Nevertheless, some experienced eagles apparently are capable of hunting healthy cranes as could be shown in one case of a co-operating pair.

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