Predating behavior of the Laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) on the venomous Amazonian pit viper Bothrops atrox (the use of roads as a prey source)

By

Medrano-Vizcaíno, Pablo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

BioRisk : biodiversity & ecosystem risk assessment

Volume

14

Pages

25-30

Subjects

Cofán Bermejo Ecological Reserve , Diet , Equis , Raptor birds , Venomous snakes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.14.35953

 

Abstract

Aspects about the feeding behavior of the Laughing falcon (Herpetotherescachinnans)article remain poorly investigated with scarce reports of identified species ingested by this bird. Worse still, information describing how this bird ingests poisonous snakes is not known. Although this falcon eats snakes, there are no reports of feeding on Bothropsatrox. In this work, I describe this predation event and analyze how roads seem to be a potential hunting strategy that H.cachinnans exploit to prey on snakes.