Kleptoparasitism
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Kleptoparasitism is a form of feeding behavior in which one animal — i.e. the kleptoparasite — deliberately takes food from another animal, often via aggressive confrontations. The strategy is evoluti
Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) chasing a red-footed booby (Sula sula) to steal its food
Cuckoo bee from the genus Nomada
Miltogrammine fly (Craticulina seriata) is a kleptoparasite of sand wasps, depositing its larvae on the food reserved for the larvae of the wasp
Velia caprai (Ardennes, Belgium)
Great frigatebird
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The great frigatebird is a large seabird in the frigatebird family. There are major nesting populations in the tropical Pacific Ocean, such as Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands; in the Indian Ocean, co
Kleptoparasitism
…Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) chasing a red-footed booby (Sula sula) to steal its food Kleptoparasitism (originally spelled clepto-parasitism, meaning "parasitism…
Male greater frigate bird displaying
Male, showing feathers on gular sac
Chick, Genovesa Island, Ecuador
An immature great frigatebird performing a surface snatch on a sooty tern chick dropped by another bird