MARTEN, MARTES-AMERICANA, PREDATION ON A NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ACCIPTER-GENTILIS

Authors
PARAGI TF WHOLECHEESE GM
Citation
Tf. Paragi et Gm. Wholecheese, MARTEN, MARTES-AMERICANA, PREDATION ON A NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ACCIPTER-GENTILIS, Canadian field-naturalist, 108(1), 1994, pp. 81-82
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
108
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
81 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1994)108:1<81:MMPOAN>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The site where a Marten Martes americana killed a Northern Goshawk Acc ipter gentilis was found during snowtracking in the taiga of western i nterior Alaska. The Marten dragged the raptor >0.5 km before beginning to feed on it. Although Martens are known to prey on passerines and g allinaceous birds, this is apparently the first report of one attackin g and consuming a raptor.