Open AccessSnake predation by the Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix in the Venezuelan Llanos
Author(s) -
Galo BuitrónJurado,
Marcial QuirogaCarmona
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista brasileira de ornitologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2178-7875
pISSN - 2178-7867
DOI - 10.1007/bf03544284
Subject(s) - heron , predation , zoology , colubridae , ecology , biology , geography
We describe a predation event on the snake Mastigodryas boddaerty (Colubridae) by the Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix (Ardeidae) in the Venezuelan llanos. The Whistling Heron seems to include snakes occasionally in its diet as indicated by our observation, which also provide the second species of snake recorded in the diet of this heron.
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