Killing of a mobbing Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes by an Australian Raven Corvus coronoides

Matthew Mo, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Woodbridge Road, Menangle NSW 2568, Australia
2017 Australian Field Ornithology  
Mortality in birds engaged in mobbing potential predators is rare, especially while defending their progeny. This paper reports an incident of a nesting Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes being fatally attacked by an Australian Raven Corvus coronoides that it was mobbing. The Raven remained on the carcass for some time, but did not feed on it.
doi:10.20938/afo34035036 fatcat:tgrweclovnhg5ec2zv5g26o5by