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Titre :	Adoption of common kestrel nestlings Falco tinnunculus by a female Peregrine Falcon
Auteurs :	Stefan Kupko, Auteur ; Sonja Kuebler, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (128(1) 2007)
Article en page(s) :	33-37
Résumé :	In 2006, a brood of Common Kestrel was adopted by a female peregrine Falcon. It nested in the same tower as the Kestrels (distance at most 15m) and had one own young. The Peregrine abandoned its own offspring and switched to the nestbox of the Kestrels, which included five nestlings. After that the adult Kestrels disappeared, consequently were driven away by the stronger Peregrine Falcon. In the following period, the male Peregrine Falcon raised its own young, while the female cared after the five Kestrel nestlings. The young Peregrine fledged successfully, but only three of the young Kestrels did so. One young Kestrel was found without headat the breeding site some weeks later.

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