Wild Africa: Predators Fight for Survival

How are coyotes good for birds? Predators compete with each other in numerous ways — one common way is through “interference competition,” where they intimidate, kleptoparasitize and/or attack/kill competing predators. This is known as “intraguild predation” (sometimes abbreviated as IGP) — and one species that really does it is coyote. In our ecosystems, there are a few predators that we consider apex predators, and many smaller predators that we consider “mesopredators” or “mesocarnivores.” On