Cannibalism by Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) at a small tropical archipelago | Zendy

Felipe Machado Neves | Zendy; Patrícia Luciano Mancini | Zendy; Fernanda Pinto Marques | Zendy; Guilherme Tavares Nunes | Zendy; Leandro Bugoni | Zendy

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Cannibalism by Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) at a small tropical archipelago

Author(s) -

Felipe Machado Neves,

Patrícia Luciano Mancini,

Fernanda Pinto Marques,

Guilherme Tavares Nunes,

Leandro Bugoni

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

revista brasileira de ornitologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2178-7875

pISSN - 2178-7867

DOI - 10.1007/bf03544295

Subject(s) - cannibalism , archipelago , ecology , predation , competition (biology) , biology , geography , zoology

Cannibalism is the total or partial consumption of a conspecific’s body or eggs, and it has been reported for many bird taxa, particularly carnivorous, colonial species, and those species that ingest fragmented prey. Here we report cannibalism by Brown Booby ( Sula leucogaster ) at Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, offshore Brazil. We discussed possible causes for this behavior such as opportunistic feeding, colony sanitation and space competition for nesting places.

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