Kidnapping in avian species is a rarely observed phenomenon and warrants greater investigation. Kidnapping, reported for some cooperative breeding birds and mammals, has now been confirmed for the Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri and has implications for management of reintroductions of neighbouring groups. A juvenile was kidnapped from a newly reintroduced group in Limpopo, South Africa. It is suggested that this kidnapping was driven by the group to weaken and destabilise a neighbouring group, rather than strengthen their own with an additional helper.

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关于在南非南部地面犀鸟合作繁殖中涉嫌绑架的报告，对重新引入保护区产生了影响

绑架鸟类是一种罕见的现象，值得进一步研究。据报道，有人合作绑架鸟类和哺乳动物进行了绑架，现在已经证实了南方地面犀鸟Bucorvus Leadbeateri的绑架，这对管理邻近群体的再引入具有重要意义。在南非的林波波市，一个刚被重新引入的团体绑架了一名少年。建议这种绑架是由该集团推动的，以削弱和破坏邻近集团的稳定，而不是借助额外的帮助者加强自身的绑架。