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Vol. 86 No. 1 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2016.313

Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis captures and drowns a Feral Pigeon Columba livia

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Received: 11 October 2016
Accepted: 11 October 2016
Published: 25 November 2016
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Yellow-legged Gull, techniques of predation

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Alessandro Canestrelli
alessandro.canestrelli@gmail.com
Cooperativa Darwin, Roma, Italy.
Fulvio Fraticelli
Fondazione Bioparco di Roma, Stazione Romana Osservazione e Protezione Uccelli, Roma, Italy.
A Yellow-legged Gull catching a Feral Pigeon, flies to a nearby small lake and kills him drowning. This behaviour can be explained or with higher cognitive ability, related with the use of innovative methods, or with a generalist behaviour that offers the opportunity to use new techniques.

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Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis captures and drowns a Feral Pigeon Columba livia. (2016). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 86(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2016.313

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