First published record of rodent predation by guira cuckoo in Brazil: notes about vertebrate predation

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https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v17i2.829

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Gênero Calomys, Diet, Cerrado, Cuculiformes, Squamata

Abstract

Guira cuckoo (Guira guira) is a communal breeder bird species displaying a diversified diet. In this study, we report the first published predation event of a rodent by Guira cuckoo in Brazil. We searched for vertebrate predation by this bird species in Brazilian domains in the following databases: Google Scholar, SciELO, Scopus and Web of Science. We recorded the rodent predation event in a landscape composed of pasture and gallery forest in Campo Grande municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul, central-west Brazil. The predated rodent is a vesper mouse, Calomys sp. We found 19 vertebrate species predated by the Guira cuckoo, distributed in all Brazilian domains, within the orders: Anura (5 species), Passeriformes (1), Squamata (12), and Rodentia (1 - present study). Our result contributes to the natural history of the Guira cuckoo, and highlights that this cuckoo bird displays a generalist diet, feeding on a diversity of vertebrate species.

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09/16/2022

How to Cite

Oliveira, S. R., Hannibal, W., Miranda, J. E. S., & de Oliveira, G. V. (2022). First published record of rodent predation by guira cuckoo in Brazil: notes about vertebrate predation. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 17(2), 563-567. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v17i2.829

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