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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spelling RBT207332022-05-25T21:01:18Z Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo Torre Palma, Alexandre Ramlo apoica pallens Brazil curl-crested jay cyanocorax éristatellus neotropical savanna 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. 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. Universidad de Costa Rica 1998-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20733 10.15517/rbt.v46i4.20733 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 No. 4 (1998): Volume 46 – Regular number 4 – December 1998; 1145–1146 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 Núm. 4 (1998): Volumen 46 – Volumen regular 4 – Diciembre 1998; 1145–1146 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 46 N.º 4 (1998): Volume 46 – Regular number 4 – December 1998; 1145–1146 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v46i4 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20733/20887 Copyright (c) 1998 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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author Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo
Torre Palma, Alexandre Ramlo
spellingShingle Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo
Torre Palma, Alexandre Ramlo
Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
author_facet Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo
Torre Palma, Alexandre Ramlo
author_sort Barros Henriques, Raimundo Paulo
description 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.
title Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
title_short Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
title_full Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
title_fullStr Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
title_full_unstemmed Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
title_sort bird predation on nest of a social wasp in brazilian cerrado
title_alt Bird predation on nest of a social wasp in Brazilian cerrado
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 1998
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20733
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