Keywords
Milagro city
Nest
Yasuní
How to Cite
Abstract
We present the monitoring information of two pairs of Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis), one in a locality of Ecuadorian Amazon (in the Yasuní National Park, from May to June 2012) and in a locality in western Ecuador (in Milagro city, from October 2011 to July 2012). We discuss the observed behavior with the data in literature on this bird and, in the absence of detailed ethological information in Ecuador, we highlight the importance of this paper, specially to established the nesting dates in different geographical regions of the country.
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