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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Caracara cheriway predation on migratory waterbirds, Egretta thula and Podiceps nigricollis, in Southern Baja California Peninsula]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Depredación de Caracara cheriway sobre las aves acuáticas migratorias, Egretta thula y Podiceps nigricollis , en el Sur de la Península de Baja California]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Estrada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia J.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Estrella]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. (CIBNOR)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Paz Baja California Sur]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>129</fpage>
<lpage>131</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000100129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000100129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000100129&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Reportamos la depredación de aves acuáticas migratorias por Caracara cheriway. El 4 de enero del 2015 se observó a un caracara juvenil alimentándose de Egretta thula (juvenil) y a un caracara adulto de Podiceps nigricolis (adulto) en una playa al sur de la península de Baja California. Este es el primer reporte de Caracara cheriway depredando presas vivas de aves acuáticas migratorias.]]></p></abstract>
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