Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado

Birds are rarely observed preying upon wasps' nests (Bertoni 1911, Rau 1941, AIvarez del Toro 1950, Skutch 1959, Windsor 1976). Many of the observations are recorded in tropical forest on nests of Polybia and Metapolybia. In this note we present the first observations on the predation by the cu...

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Autores principales: Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo, Torre Palma, Alexandre Ramlo
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 1998
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20733
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Sumario:Birds are rarely observed preying upon wasps' nests (Bertoni 1911, Rau 1941, AIvarez del Toro 1950, Skutch 1959, Windsor 1976). Many of the observations are recorded in tropical forest on nests of Polybia and Metapolybia. In this note we present the first observations on the predation by the curIcrestedjay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) upon the nest of a social wasp (Apoica pallens) in cerrados of Central Brazil.