BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE BATELEUR |
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| Authors: | R. T. Watson |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Zoology , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Watson, R. T. 1990. Breeding biology of the Bateleur. Ostrich 61: 13–23. Observations were made on the breeding biology of the Bateleur Terathpoius ecaudataus between 1981 and 1984, in the central region of the Kruger Nabonal Park. Nests were uniformly distributed with a mean inter-nest distance of 5,1 km and density of 3,1 nests/100km2. Single-egg clutches were laid from January to June, and laying appeared to be suressed by unusually high rainfall events. The mean productivity was 0,47 young per pair per year, an a breeding failures were mainly due to failure to lay or predation. Breeding adults chaned nest sites within their territory on average once every 2,8 years, but territories and pairs were stable from year to year. Both members of a pair put equal time into care of the young. |
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