El Hocó Colorado (Tigrisoma lineatum) es un depredador del Estornino Pinto (Sturnus vulgaris)

Héctor H. García; Natalia C. García

doi:10.56178/na.vi67.1025

Novel Records Published 01 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi67.1025

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

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

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

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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References

Beltzer, A. H. (1990). Notes on the food of the rufescent tiger heron Tigrisoma lineatum (Aves: Ardeidae) in the Middle Paraná River Floodplain, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 25, 93–96.
Briso, A. L. F., & Oda, F. H. (2014). Predation on the pointedbelly frog Leptodactylus podicipinus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) by the rufescent tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae). Herpetology Notes, 7, 731–732.
Codesido, M., & Drozd, A. (2021). Alien birds in Argentina: pathways, characteristics and ecological roles. Biological Invasions, 23, 1329–1338.
Martínez-Vilalta, A., Motis, A., & Kirwan, G. M. (2020). Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum). In Birds of the World. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/ruther1/cur/introduction
Ramírez Fernández, J., Biamonte, E., Gutiérrez-Vannucchi, A. C., Sarria-Miller, G., Scott, A., & Sandoval, L. (2019). Previously undescribed food resources of eleven Neotropical bird species. Boletín SAO, 28, 1–8.
Sovrano, L., Regner, S., & Beltzer, A. (2020). Aportes al conocimiento de la biología reproductiva, dieta y comportamiento del hocó colorado Tigrisoma lineatum en Argentina. Cotinga, 42, 66–68.
Zufiaurre, E., Abba, A., Bilenca, D., & Codesido, M. (2016). Role of landscape elements on recent distributional expansion of European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in agroecosystems of the Pampas, Argentina. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128, 306–313.

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Héctor H. García, Natalia C. García (2022). The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) predates on European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Nuestras Aves, No. 67 (2022), 143-144. https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi67.1025

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[1] Beltzer, A. H. (1990). Notes on the food of the rufescent tiger heron Tigrisoma lineatum (Aves: Ardeidae) in the Middle Paraná River Floodplain, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 25, 93–96.

[2] Briso, A. L. F., & Oda, F. H. (2014). Predation on the pointedbelly frog Leptodactylus podicipinus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) by the rufescent tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae). Herpetology Notes, 7, 731–732.

[3] Codesido, M., & Drozd, A. (2021). Alien birds in Argentina: pathways, characteristics and ecological roles. Biological Invasions, 23, 1329–1338.

[4] Martínez-Vilalta, A., Motis, A., & Kirwan, G. M. (2020). Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum). In Birds of the World. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/ruther1/cur/introduction

[5] Ramírez Fernández, J., Biamonte, E., Gutiérrez-Vannucchi, A. C., Sarria-Miller, G., Scott, A., & Sandoval, L. (2019). Previously undescribed food resources of eleven Neotropical bird species. Boletín SAO, 28, 1–8.

[6] Sovrano, L., Regner, S., & Beltzer, A. (2020). Aportes al conocimiento de la biología reproductiva, dieta y comportamiento del hocó colorado Tigrisoma lineatum en Argentina. Cotinga, 42, 66–68.

[7] Zufiaurre, E., Abba, A., Bilenca, D., & Codesido, M. (2016). Role of landscape elements on recent distributional expansion of European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in agroecosystems of the Pampas, Argentina. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128, 306–313.