We report the first record of a Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) feeding on a long-tongued bat (Glossophaginae) in a secondary forest in southwestern Costa Rica. The motmot incapacitated the bat, then swallowed it alive, head first. Motmots and bats are found in close proximity along river banks where the former nests and the latter roosts
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1 March 2004
Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) Predation on a Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaginae)
Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal,
Gilbert Barrantes
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