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- Title
Observations of the killing of large macropods by Wedge-tailed Eagles Aquila audax.
- Authors
Fuentes, Esteban; Olsen, Jerry
- Abstract
During a long-term study on the breeding ecology of a raptor guild in the Australian Southern Tablelands of the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, on two occasions we observed a pair of Wedge-tailed Eagles Aquila audax killing male Eastern Grey Kangaroos Macropus giganteus. We also observed two attacks on an adult female kangaroo: one inconclusive, and one that resulted in the Eagle killing a young kangaroo expelled from the female's pouch. These observations shed some light on the way that Eagles use this food resource
- Subjects
ANIMAL breeding; EASTERN grey kangaroo; WEDGE-tailed eagle
- Publication
Australian Field Ornithology, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 3, p160
- ISSN
1448-0107
- Publication type
Article