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1 March 2011 Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) Commensal Foraging with Freshwater Fish in the Pantanal Floodplain, Brazil
Flávio Kulaif Ubaid
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Abstract

Foraging associations between birds and other groups of animals have been widely reported in the literature. I report the first observation of a foraging tactic involving a flock of Greater Ani (Crotophaga major), which deliberately followed fish along an artificial ditch in the Pantanal wetlands, feeding on animals flushed by the movement of the vegetation on the ditch banks. Further observations of the feeding behavior and foraging tactics of Greater Anis are necessary to ascertain if this type of behavior is a frequent event or merely sporadic.

Flávio Kulaif Ubaid "Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) Commensal Foraging with Freshwater Fish in the Pantanal Floodplain, Brazil," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123(1), 171-173, (1 March 2011). https://doi.org/10.1676/10-094.1
Received: 22 June 2010; Accepted: 1 October 2010; Published: 1 March 2011
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