Fostering, in falconry and reintroduction of birds, is a method of breeding birds for their introduction into the wild that consists of placing chicks in the nest of a couple that has others of a similar age and size.[1][2] Sometimes it can also be used when the chicks have already left the nest but continue to be fed by their parents.[3]
This method can be used in those species that do not have siblicide behaviors and that are capable of carrying out this adoption without rejecting the new chicks. In addition, the parents must have previously been assessed to find out if they are capable of feeding more chicks.[4]
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- ^ "Los CREA optimizan dos métodos de reintroducción de aves: el hacking y el fostering". www.juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish).
- ^ "First successful reintroduction by fostering a Chaco eagle chick (Buteogallus coronatus)". Eagles News. 19 April 2019.
- ^ "La liberación de individuos recuperados". Brinzal. Centro para la recuperación de rapaces nocturnas (in Spanish). 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Extremadura confirma el éxito del centro de cría en cautividad del cernícalo primilla abierto en 2009". La Información (in Spanish). 26 June 2011.