Predation of a Bat by American Crows, Corvus brachyrhynchos

Authors

  • Kara L. Lefevre Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i3.156

Keywords:

American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos, bats, Chiroptera, Myotis lucifugus, predation, Ontario

Abstract

This report documents predation and possible group hunting of a bat by American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). I observed a group of several crows appear to cooperate in order to ground and catch a bat. Predation of bats by birds in North America is relatively rare, and bat predation by crows has not been previously reported. A cooperative attack would be consistent with other group behaviours of the species, including territoriality, breeding and foraging.

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Vol. 119 No. 3 (2005)

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