https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2024.731

First record of cannibalism by an adult on a chick in the Purple Heron

Vol. 94 No. 1 (2024)
Submitted: 1 November 2023
Accepted: 3 December 2023
Published: 22 April 2024
Purple Heron, cannibalism, Sardinia
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Sergio Simbula
Quartu Sant’Elena (Cagliari), Italy.
Nicolantonio Agostini
nicolantonioagostini@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9845-7794
MEDRAPTORS (Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network), Pavia, Italy.

This short note reports the first documented case of cannibalism in the Purple Heron performed by an adult bird.

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Simbula, S., & Agostini, N. (2024). First record of cannibalism by an adult on a chick in the Purple Heron. Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 94(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2024.731
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