Abstract
The nesting chronology of three captive and two wild pairs of Australian kestrels and the development of nine captive-bred and five wild-bred nestlings are presented. Clutch and brood sizes and dates when eggs and young were found in nests, collected from a number of sources, are discussed. Breeding biology was similar to that of other species of kestrel. Wing length of nestlings gave the best estimate of age up to about 6 weeks, and the pulling of a rectrix was found to have potential as a method of sexing nestlings and first-year birds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 247-255 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Australian Wildlife Research |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1980 |