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- Kittens and independent subadults are at the risk of falling prey to other carnivores such as black-backed jackal ("Canis mesomelas"), caracal ("Caracal caracal") and nocturnal raptors.
- While the word "jackal" has historically been used for many canines of the subtribe canina, in modern use it most commonly refers to three species: the closely related black-backed jackal ("Lupulella mesomelas") and side-striped jackal ("Lupulella adusta") of sub-Saharan-Africa, and the golden jackal ("Canis aureus") of south-central Europe and Asia.
- Predators of eggs and nestlings include the great black-backed gull and American herring gull, common ravens, ermine, and red fox.
- So when a pair bonding species, such as a black-backed jackal, loses its mate it can be very difficult for it to detach itself from its dead mate.
- The taxonomy of the large gulls in the herring and lesser black-backed complex is very complicated, with different authorities recognising between two and eight species.
- This is because the black backed wagtail may be a separate species and "M.
- Land-based predators include black-backed jackals, brown hyenas and occasionally lions on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia.
- It is also sometimes preyed upon by black-backed jackals ("Canis mesomelas") and other predators, such as African leopards ("Panthera pardus"), caracals ("Caracal caracal"), and birds of prey, such as hawks and owls.
- The island has a significant breeding colony of over 4,000 pairs of lesser black-backed gulls ("Larus fuscus"), 400 pairs of herring gulls ("Larus argentatus"), 2 pairs of great black-backed gulls ("Larus marinus") and varying numbers of common shelduck ("Tadorna tadorna") and Eurasian oystercatchers ("Haematopus ostralegus").
- The Strait has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of the hundreds of thousands of seabirds which use it every year to migrate between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, including significant numbers of Scopoli's and Balearic shearwaters, Audouin's and lesser black-backed gulls, razorbills, and Atlantic puffins.
- The remains of shearwaters killed by the island's population of great black-backed gulls can also be seen.
- The island has a reasonable amount of birdlife, with Eurasian curlew, herring and lesser black-backed gulls breeding here.
- In 2019, a workshop hosted by the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group recommends that because DNA evidence shows the side-striped jackal ("Canis adustus") and black-backed jackal ("Canis mesomelas") to form a monophyletic lineage that sits outside of the "Canis"/"Cuon"/"Lycaon" clade, that they should be placed in a distinct genus, "Lupulella" Hilzheimer, 1906 with the names "Lupulella adusta" and "Lupulella mesomelas".
- The call note of the black-backed woodpecker is a single, sharp "pik", and is lower pitched than the call of the American three-toed woodpecker.
- Young great black-backed gulls leave the nest area at 50 days of age and may remain with their parents for an overall period of around six months, though most fledglings choose to congregate with other immature gulls in the search for food by fall.
- The European herring gull can be differentiated from the closely related, slightly smaller lesser black-backed gull by the latter's dark grey (not actually black) back and upper wing plumage and its yellow legs and feet.
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