Parental care of Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus on the middle Jurua River, Amazonas, Brazil

Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus , like other members of the Bucconidae family, nest in arboreal termitaria. Here we described a nest of the species, found in the floodplain of the Jurua River in December 2014. It was built inside an arboreal termite mound, 2.45 m above the ground. We de...

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Published inRevista Brasileira de Ornitologia Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 80 - 82
Main Authors Leite, Gabriel Augusto, Farias, Izeni Pires, Peres, Carlos Augusto
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2016
Subjects
Behavior
Ecology
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
Life Sciences
Zoology
parental care
prey
nest
Orthoptera
feeding
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Summary:Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus , like other members of the Bucconidae family, nest in arboreal termitaria. Here we described a nest of the species, found in the floodplain of the Jurua River in December 2014. It was built inside an arboreal termite mound, 2.45 m above the ground. We determined the type and frequency of prey consumed by chicks over six days: during this time adults brought food to the nest 147 times. Prey included both vertebrates and invertebrates, though the most frequent were insects of the Order Orthoptera. Fledging may have been directly stimulated by a predation attempt made by a marsupial.
ISSN:2178-7875
DOI:10.1007/BF03544334