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Occurrence of a Cavity‐Nesting Tropical Swallow Is Associated to Riverbed Lithology

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding the factors shaping species distribution is a key challenge in ecology and biogeography. While dispersal limitations, environmental features, and biotic interactions are commonly recognized as key determinants of species abundance and distribution, some species exhibit patchy distributions that remain hard to explain.
Leonardo Esteves Lopes, Fernando Verassani Laureano, Adriano Paglia, Camila Mendes Sá, Fábio Vieira, Gabriele Andreia da Silva, Mariana Neves Moura, Ricardo Camargos de Meireles, Ricardo Solar, Tiago Teixeira Dornas   +9 more
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A highly derived avian karyotype: genome architecture and repetitive DNA in Caracara plancus (Falconidae, Aves)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionThe Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, exhibits a highly derived karyotype within Falconiformes, a lineage characterized by extensive chromosomal reshuffling.
Felipe Lagreca Bitencourt, Luciano Cesar Pozzobon, Gustavo Akira Toma, Ricardo Utsunomia, Manuela Cândido de Mello Ferro, Michel Octávio Fiorenço Capana, Marcelo Meller Alievi, Victoria Louise de Moraes Custodio, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas, Rafael Kretschmer   +10 more
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Indirect effects of fast‐growing urban development on wildlife in a coastal protected area of Costa Rica

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 3, April 2026.
We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña, Kortney Stevens, Adam Yaney‐Keller, Javier López Navas, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila, Pilar Santidrián Tomillo   +6 more
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Biological corridors are crucial habitat features that boost biodiversity in agroecological systems of Argentina

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 1, January–March 2026.
Our work shows for the first time in the region that biological corridors increase biodiversity and promote interactions between different components of the production system, using a methodology never before used in Argentina such as the Griffon index.
Paula Taraborelli, Micaela Malaspina, Natalia Carrasco, Andrea Scavone, Alejandra López   +4 more
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Urban Green Spaces Set the Stage for Rare Interspecific Allopreening Between Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) and Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
Observations in San Antonio, Texas documented rare interspecific allopreening between crested caracaras and black vultures at Phil Hardberger Park. This represents the first recorded instance of such behavior in an urban green space, expanding the known ecological and geographic scope of interspecies social interactions.
Lori Boies, Franchesca Tinacba, Terry J. Shackleford   +2 more
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Caracara cheriway predation on migratory waterbirds, Egretta thula and Podiceps nigricollis, in southern Baja California Peninsula

ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 2016
Reportamos la depredación de aves acuáticas migratorias por Caracara cheriway. El 4 de enero del 2015 se observó a un caracara juvenil alimentándose de Egretta thula (juvenil) y a un caracara adulto de Podiceps nigricolis (adulto) en una playa al sur de la península de Baja California.
Claudia J. Pérez-Estrada, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella   +1 more
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Treatment of pressure gun fractures and release in the wild of a caracara (Caracara plancus)

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract This report aims to describe the treatment progression of a free‐living southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus plancus) with gunshot‐related fractures. Radiographic examination revealed a comminuted fracture in the mid‐diaphysis of the humerus with displaced fragments, a comminuted fracture of the proximal third of the radius shaft, and ...
Guilherme Rech Cassanego, Sheila Canevese Rahal, Bruno Oliani de Risso, Anita Marchionatti Pigatto, Maria Jaqueline Mamprim   +4 more
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Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell

Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 853-881, October 2025.
Our understanding of the functional importance of olfaction to birds has improved over the past 60 years, largely as the result of experimental studies testing how birds use their sense of smell in different contexts. As it is impossible to measure directly which odours birds can detect, we rely on measuring behavioural responses to scent cues or ...
Darcy Creece, Rafael Freire, Melanie Massaro   +2 more
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Avian influenza overview June–September 2025

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 10, October 2025.
Abstract Between 7 June and 5 September 2025, 183 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (27) and wild (156) birds across 15 countries in Europe. Although HPAI A(H5N1) virus detections were predominant in western and southwestern Europe, they also occurred on the northernmost coast of Norway. More than
European Food Safety Authority, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Leonidas Alexakis, Hubert Buczkowski, Mariette Ducatez, Alice Fusaro, Jose L. Gonzales, Thijs Kuiken, Gražina Mirinavičiūtė, Karl Ståhl, Christoph Staubach, Olov Svartström, Calogero Terregino, Katriina Willgert, Miguel Melo, Lisa Kohnle   +16 more
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Heterospecific sociality of birds on beaches from southeastern Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009
Studies on the sociality of heterospecific assemblages of birds have promoted a greater understanding of the types of interactions and survivorship between coexisting species.
César Cestari
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