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Titre :	Red Kites and rodenticides - a feeding experiment
Auteurs :	Dionysios Ntampakis, Auteur ; Ian Carter, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (98(8) AUG 2005)
Article en page(s) :	411-416
Résumé :	Scavengers such as the Red Kite Milvus milvus are at risk of secondary poisoning by feeding on dead or dying rodents in areas where poison bait has been used. Red Kites from the reintroduced populations in Britain are regularly found dead as a result of ingesting modern anticoagulant rodenticides, and future population increase and range expansion could be affected by the continued extensive application of these poisons in the British countryside. A feeding experiment carried out in the Chilterns, in southern England, has highlighted the vulnerability of the Red Kite to this threat. It has confirmed that Brown Rats Rattus norvegicus are an ideal source of food for Red Kites and that dead rats are frequently taken from close to farm buildings, where poison baits are often used. Measures are suggested to minimise the risk to Red Kites and other species vulnerable to this threat.

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