Supplementary notes on the breeding behaviour of Wedge-tailed Eagles 'Aquila audax'

Title
Supplementary notes on the breeding behaviour of Wedge-tailed Eagles 'Aquila audax'
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Cherriman, Simon C
Foster, Adam
Debus, Stephen JS
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (BOCA)
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:4996
Abstract
Aspects of territorial and courtship displays, breeding behaviour, nest defence and reaction to human disturbance are described for the Wedge-tailed Eagle 'Aquila audax' in parts of southern Australia. Included are a description of a display by a pair that flagged the site of a future nest, and an account of nest abandonment after a focal dead tree in the nesting territory, near the nest-tree, was removed. The latter incident suggests that such focal perching trees, in addition to the nest-tree, might be a component of territory quality. However, the Eagle is notoriously sensitive to disturbance, especially early in the nesting cycle.
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Citation
Australian Field Ornithology, 26(4), p. 142-147
ISSN
1448-0107
Start page
142
End page
147

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