Aportes a la dieta y forrajeo de Tucán Grande (Ramphastos toco) en el Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Dante G. Moresco

doi:10.56178/na.vi65.131

Articles Published 01 December 2020 https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi65.131

Contribution about the diet and forraging behavior of the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina

Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco frugivory diet foraging behavior

Dante G. Moresco Catamarca 783, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones (3370), Argentina

Abstract

In Argentina, the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) is distributed through the provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, Chaco and northern Santa Fe. It is mainly frugivorous, but it can also feed on eggs, bird chicks, small vertebrates and insects. Only seldom scientific articles have studied its diet in the wild. In this article, I report observations about diet realized at Iguazú National Park in Misiones, Argentina. During five years I registered the Toco Toucan feeding on eggs, fruits and insects. By using camera traps, I recorded the first evidence of a Toco Toucan eating a tarantula (Vitalius sp.). This work add to our knowledge on the species diet in Argentina and incorporates a new class of invertebrate (Aracnida) to the list.

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Bodrati, A. & Salvador, S. (2015). Termitas (Isoptera, Blattodea, Insecta) en la dieta de las aves argentinas. Historia Natural (tercera serie), 5: 77.
Cockle, K., Bodrati, A., Lammertink, M., Bonaparte, E., Ferreyra, C. & Di Sallo, F. (2016). Predators of bird nests in the Atlantic forest of Argentina and Paraguay. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128: 120–131.
Cove, M. V., Fernandez, C. M., Alvarez, M. V., Bird, S., Jones, D. W. & Fagan, M. E. (2017). Toucans descend to the forest floor to consume the eggs of ground-nesting birds. Food Webs, 10: 2–4.
França, L. F., Ragusa-Netto, J. & Paiva, L. V. D. (2009). Consumo de frutos e abundância de Tucano Toco (Ramphastos toco) em dois hábitats do Pantanal Sul. Biota Neotropical, 9: 2.
Galetti, M. (1999). Fruiting phenology and frugivory on the palm Euterpe edulis in a lowland Atlantic forest of Brazil. Ecotropica, 5: 115–122.
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Saibene, C. A., Castelino, M. A., Rey, N. R., Herrera, J. & Calo, J. (1996). Inventario de las aves del Parque Nacional “Iguazú”, Misiones, Argentina. Monografía.
Sick, H. (2001). Ornitologia Brasileira. Tercera edición. Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro

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Dante G. Moresco (2020). Contribution about the diet and forraging behavior of the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Iguazú National Park, Misiones, Argentina. Nuestras Aves, No. 65 (2020), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi65.131

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[1] Bodrati, A. & Salvador, S. (2015). Termitas (Isoptera, Blattodea, Insecta) en la dieta de las aves argentinas. Historia Natural (tercera serie), 5: 77.

[2] Cockle, K., Bodrati, A., Lammertink, M., Bonaparte, E., Ferreyra, C. & Di Sallo, F. (2016). Predators of bird nests in the Atlantic forest of Argentina and Paraguay. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 128: 120–131.

[3] Cove, M. V., Fernandez, C. M., Alvarez, M. V., Bird, S., Jones, D. W. & Fagan, M. E. (2017). Toucans descend to the forest floor to consume the eggs of ground-nesting birds. Food Webs, 10: 2–4.

[4] França, L. F., Ragusa-Netto, J. & Paiva, L. V. D. (2009). Consumo de frutos e abundância de Tucano Toco (Ramphastos toco) em dois hábitats do Pantanal Sul. Biota Neotropical, 9: 2.

[5] Galetti, M. (1999). Fruiting phenology and frugivory on the palm Euterpe edulis in a lowland Atlantic forest of Brazil. Ecotropica, 5: 115–122.

[6] De la Peña, M. R. (2015). Aves argentinas. Incluye nidos y huevos. Martín Rodolfo de la Peña; ilustrado por Gustavo Carrizo et ál.

[7] Ragusa-Netto, J. (2006). Abundance and frugivory of the Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) in a gallery forest in Brazil’s Southern Pantanal. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 66: 133–142.

[8] Ragusa-Netto, J. (2008). Toco toucan feeding ecology and local abundance in a habitat mosaic in the Brazilian cerrado. Ornitología Neotropical, 19: 345–359.

[9] Saibene, C. A., Castelino, M. A., Rey, N. R., Herrera, J. & Calo, J. (1996). Inventario de las aves del Parque Nacional “Iguazú”, Misiones, Argentina. Monografía.

[10] Sick, H. (2001). Ornitologia Brasileira. Tercera edición. Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro