No. 67 (2022), Novel Records
No. 67 (2022)

The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) predates on European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Novel Records
Published 01.12.2022
Héctor H. García
Club de Observadores de Aves Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (COA RECS)
Natalia C. García
División Ornitología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (MACN - CONICET), C1405, CABA
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Keywords

Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Ardeidae
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
predation

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García, Héctor H., and Natalia C. García. 2022. “The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma Lineatum) Predates on European Starlings (Sturnus Vulgaris)”. Nuestras Aves, no. 67 (December): 143-44. https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi67.1025.
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Abstract

We report the first documented record of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) preying on a European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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