Rapid Beak-Swinging Locomotion in the Puerto Rican Spindalis

Ernest H. Williams; Lucy Bunkley-Williams

doi:10.1676/05-093.1

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Ernest H. Williams,^*,** Lucy Bunkley-Williams^***

^*Dept. of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, P.O. Box 908, Lajas, Puerto Rico 00667-0908
^**Corresponding author; ewilliams@uprm.edu
^***Caribbean Aquatic Animal Health Project, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9012, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00861-9012

Abstract

We observed a Puerto Rican Spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis, Thraupidae) rapidly move through an area of dense vines by grasping vines in its beak and swinging from vine-to-vine without the use of its wings or feet. This behavior appears to be unique in birds.

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Ernest H. Williams and Lucy Bunkley-Williams "Rapid Beak-Swinging Locomotion in the Puerto Rican Spindalis," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118(4), 571-572, (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-093.1

Received: 8 August 2005; Accepted: 1 April 2006; Published: 1 December 2006

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