American kestrel

In a study with captive male American kestrels (Drouillard et al. 2001), birds were dosed with Aroclor-contaminated diet and the toxicokinetics of 42 PCB congeners contained therein was stndied. Those congeners that were most rapidly cleared contained vicinal meta-para hydrogen substituents on at least one phenyl ring. This provides further evidence for the importance of open (i.e., not substituted by chlorine) meta-para positions for metabolic attack, an issue that will be returned to in the next section (Section 6.2.3). 

Fernie, K.J., Smits, J.E., and Bortolotti, G.R. et al. (2001). Reproduction success of American kestrels exposed to dietary PCBs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20, 776-781. 

Wiemeyer, S.N. and Porter, R.D. (1970). DDE thins eggshells of captive American kestrels. Nature 227, 737-738. 

American kestrel, Falco sparverius Nestlings (mg/kg FW) Elevated Liver >2 8... 

Custer, T.W., J.C. Franson, and O.H. Pattee. 1984. Tissue lead distribution and hematologic effects in American kestrels (Falco sparverius L.) fed biologically incorporated lead. Jour. Wildl. Dis. 20 39-43. 

Franson, J.C., M.R. Petersen, C.U. Meteyer, and M.R. Smith. 1995. Lead poisoning of spectacled eiders (Somateriafischeri) and of a common eider (Somateriamollissima) in Alaska. Jour. Wildl. Dis. 31 268-271. Franson, J.C., L. Sileo, O.H. Pattee, and J.F. Moore. 1983. Effects of chronic dietary lead in American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Jour. Wildl. Dis. 19 110-113. 

Hoffman, D.J., J.C. Franson, O.H. Pattee, C.M. Bunck, and A. Anderson. 1985a. Survival, growth, and accumulation of ingested lead in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 14 89-94. 

Pattee, O.H. 1984. Eggshell thickness and reproduction in American kestrels exposed to chronic dietary lead. 

Stendell, R.C., W.N. Beyer, and R.A. Stehn. 1989. Accumulation of lead and organochlorine residues in captive American kestrels fed pine voles from apple orchards. Jour. Wildl. Dis. 25 388-391. 

Wiemeyer, S.N. and D.W. Sparling. 1991. Acute toxicity of four anticholinesterase insecticides to American kestrels, eastern screech-owls and northern bobwhites. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10 1139-1148. 

Rattner, B.A. and J.C. Franson. 1984. Methyl parathion and fenvalerate toxicity in American kestrels acute physiological responses and effects of cold. Canad. Jour. Physiol. Pharmacol. 62 787-792. 

American kestrels, Falco sparverius, yearling males ... 

Bird, D.M., P.H. Tucker, G.A. Fox, and PC. Lague. 1983. Synergistic effects of Aroclor 1254 and mirex on the semen characteristics of American kestrels. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12 633-640. 

Elliott, J.E., S.W. Kennedy, D. Jeffrey, and L. Shutt. 1991. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) effects on hepatic mixed function oxidases and porphyria in birds. II. American kestrel. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 99C 141-145. 

Hoffman, D.J., M.J. Melancon, P.N. Klein, J.D. Eisemann, and J.W. Spann. 1998. Comparative developmental toxicity of planar polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in chickens, American kestrels, and common terns. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 747-757. 

Lowe, T.P. and R.C. Stendell. 1991. Eggshell modifications in captive American kestrels resulting fromAroclor 1248 in the diet. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20 519-522. 

Yamamoto, J.T., G.M. Santolo, and B.W. Wilson. 1998. Selenium accumulation in captive American kestrels (Falco sparverius) fed selenomethionine and naturally incorporated selenium. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 2494-2497. 

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