Talk:Kleptoparasitism
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[edit] Hyenas
When hyenas chase other animals off their kills, is this kleptoparasitism? I don't see why not. I think lions do this too. —JerryFriedman 23:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
- Indeed is and mentioned in literature too, for example this [1]. Shyamal 03:25, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, I should have done a search like that, and I just did. —JerryFriedman 04:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Arthropods
How about moving all the insect/spider information into a section called Arthropods (with subsections for Flies, Spiders and True Bugs), and adding a Mammals section? That would seem to be a slightly more encyclopedic layout. MeegsC | Talk 07:01, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- If it has Arthropods, should it also have Chordates, including Birds and Mammals as subsections and the different families of birds as subsubsections? —JerryFriedman 14:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
- There's no need to be overly broad just to match the other section - there is nothing about urochordata or cephalochordata in there so I've changed it to vertebrates. Richard001 07:11, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Birds /Passerines
You write that there are few known examples of kleptoparasitism amongst passerine birds, but I have frequently, almost daily, seen crows harrying buzzards - both on the wing and on the ground - to get them to drop their prey.
These observations have been made in Germany, but I'm sure it can't just be a local phenomenon?
Greetings from Colin --Colin Bottoms 09:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- Good point. Perhaps this was meant to be Passerida (which along with the Corvida form the Passeriformes). Shyamal 10:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Another report here, one from Australia. William E. Davis Jr (2006) Dusky Woodswallows Artamus cyanopterus collaborate to kleptoparasitize a Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta Journal of Field Ornithology 77 (3) , 345–345 doi:10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00065_1.x Sabine's Sunbird talk 00:17, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
