[Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]

Three episodes, all similar to each other, of play behaviour by the Hooded crow were observed in September and October 2016 in Piedmont (NW Italy). The game played by the Hooded crow consisted of carrying a walnut in the air with its beak at a height of about 15-20 meters, letting it fall and catch...

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Main Author: Leonardo Mostini
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2024-12-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology
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description Three episodes, all similar to each other, of play behaviour by the Hooded crow were observed in September and October 2016 in Piedmont (NW Italy). The game played by the Hooded crow consisted of carrying a walnut in the air with its beak at a height of about 15-20 meters, letting it fall and catching it before it touched the ground, through a fast, sinuous flight that also included some rotations around the axis of its body. At the moment of the recovery of the walnut, the birds were with the dorsal part facing the ground, and the ventral part facing upwards. [Short communication in Italian]
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spelling doaj-art-9db73100471c4e9e85b4ea5f9163e97f2024-12-18T06:53:56ZengPAGEPress PublicationsRivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology0035-68752385-08332024-12-0110.4081/rio.2024.576[Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]Leonardo Mostini0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4466-2902Borgolavezzaro (NO) Three episodes, all similar to each other, of play behaviour by the Hooded crow were observed in September and October 2016 in Piedmont (NW Italy). The game played by the Hooded crow consisted of carrying a walnut in the air with its beak at a height of about 15-20 meters, letting it fall and catching it before it touched the ground, through a fast, sinuous flight that also included some rotations around the axis of its body. At the moment of the recovery of the walnut, the birds were with the dorsal part facing the ground, and the ventral part facing upwards. [Short communication in Italian] https://sisn.pagepress.org/rio/article/view/576Hooded crowCorvus corone cornixplay behaviourwalnutPiedmont
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[Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology
Hooded crow
Corvus corone cornix
play behaviour
walnut
Piedmont
title [Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
title_full [Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
title_fullStr [Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
title_full_unstemmed [Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
title_short [Play activity of the Hooded crow <i>Corvus corone cornix</i>]
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Corvus corone cornix
play behaviour
walnut
Piedmont
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