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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 +4 more
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, 2015 The Caracara genus (Aves: Falconidae) is composed by species C. cheriway, ("Crested Caracara"), and C. plancus (Southern Caracara). This study aimed to describe in detail and compared the cranial osteology of C. cheriway and C.
Donatelli, Reginaldo José +6 more
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Brazilian cleaner birds: update and brief reappraisal [PDF]
, 2010 Some bird species feed on external parasites, such as ticks and flies, on the body of mammals (hosts or clients). So called cleaner birds that occur in Brazil were reviewed recently, but gathering of significant new data indicates the need for an update ...
Ivan Sazima, Cristina Sazima
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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 +2 more
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, 2020 O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar a vascularização arterial do membro pélvico entre carcará (Caracara plancus) e garça-branca-grande (Ardea alba) por meio da dissecação e de exames radiográficos.
Oliveira, Elton Luís Ritir [UNESP]
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Apparent selective advantage of leucism in a coastal population of Southern caracaras (Falconidae) [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Southern caracaras are medium-sized raptors with a large range stretching to the southern tip of South America. An aberrant, leucistic plumage is found commonly along the coast of Chubut Province (Patagonia, Argentina). Leucistic birds do not
Miguel Ángel Santillán +15 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 +16 more
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Breeding southern house wrens exhibit a threat-sensitive response when exposed to different predator models [PDF]
, 2017 We assessed the ability of southern house wrens (Troglodytes aedon musculus) to recognize and discriminate different birds of prey. We exposed nesting birds to stuffed specimens of two sympatric predator species, the chimango caracara (Milvago chimango ...
Fasanella, Mariana +5 more
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, 2015 The interactive behaviors among birds are usually related to foraging and competition for resources. In some cases, birds can develop aggressive behaviors, such as mobbing behavior to reduce predation risk.
Petry, Maria Virginia +2 more
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, 2001 Two species of blood protozoans were identified from blood smears collected from 15 specimens of the Chimango caracara (Milvago chimango ) on Isla Grande de Chiloé in southern Chile.
Joan L. Morrison +2 more
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