Rearing of Juvenile Long-Legged Buzzards by Steppe Eagle in Western Kazakhstan

Abstract

On 15 of June, we examined a living nest of Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) 6 km southeast from village Altykarasu of the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. Below the nest, there were two fully-fledged juvenile Long-Legged Buzzards (Buteo rufinus). This observation could be attributed to non-lethal catch of Long-Legged Buzzard nestlings by Steppe Eagle with subsequent rearing.

Keywords

• пернатые хищники
• хищные птицы
• степной орёл
• aquila nipalensis
• курганник
• buteo rufinus
• усыновление
• нелетальная добыча
• межвидовое выкармливание
• казахстан