Tool-use in Charadrii: Active Bait-Fishing by a Herring Gull

Pierre-Yves Henry; Jean-Christophe Aznar

doi:10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[233:TICABB]2.0.CO;2

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Pierre-Yves Henry,¹ Jean-Christophe Aznar²

¹Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 5173-Conservation des Espèces, Restauration, et Suivi des Populations, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France henry@mnhn.fr
²Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Eau Terre et Environnement, 2800 Einstein, Québec, G1J3B4 Québec, Canada

Abstract

An adult Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) was observed baiting Goldfish (Carassius auratus) with pieces of bread. Active bait-fishing is mostly known from herons, and a similar behavior was reported in captivity for a Lesser Black-backed Gull (L. fuscus). To our knowledge, we report the first record of bait-fishing, and second record of complex tool-use, for the superorder Charadrii under natural conditions.

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Pierre-Yves Henry and Jean-Christophe Aznar "Tool-use in Charadrii: Active Bait-Fishing by a Herring Gull," Waterbirds 29(2), 233-234, (1 June 2006). https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[233:TICABB]2.0.CO;2

Received: 9 January 2006; Accepted: 1 March 2006; Published: 1 June 2006

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