OPPORTUNISTIC FEEDING ON FLY MAGGOTS BY SPOTTED WREN (CAMPYLORHYNCHUS GULARIS)

Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes; Héctor Cayetano-Rosas; Raúl Caballero-Jiménez; Roberto Saldaña-Cervantes

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-64-2-143

We can help you reset your password using the email address linked to your BioOne Complete account.

Registered users receive a variety of benefits including the ability to customize email alerts, create favorite journals list, and save searches. Please note that a BioOne web account does not automatically grant access to full-text content. An institutional or society member subscription is required to view non-Open Access content. Contact helpdesk@bioone.org with any questions.

All Fields are Required

First Name

Last/Family Name

Password

Password Requirements: Minimum 8 characters, must include as least one uppercase, one lowercase letter, and one number or permitted symbol Valid Symbols for password:
~ Tilde
! Exclamation Mark
@ At sign
$ Dollar sign
^ Caret
( Opening Parenthesis
) Closing Parenthesis
_ Underscore
. Period

Confirm Password

Web Account created successfully

Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes,^1,* Héctor Cayetano-Rosas,² Raúl Caballero-Jiménez,³ Roberto Saldaña-Cervantes⁴

¹Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida de los Barrios 1, Los Reyes, Ixtacala, Estado de México, C.P. 54090, México (LDVR)
²Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, México (HCR)
³Laboratorio de Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, México (RCJ)
⁴Biosphera Picture A. C. Río Consulado #800-TN1203, Colonia Ampliación del Gas, Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, C.P. 02970, México (RSC)

^*Correspondent: leopoldo.vazquez@unam.mx

Abstract

We document and provide photographic evidence of a group of spotted wrens (Campylorhynchus gularis), a Mexican endemic, obtaining Chrysomya carrion fly maggots inside of a sheep carcass in a disturbed xeric scrubland in the Barranca de Metztitlán Biosphere Reserve, Hidalgo, Mexico. We document for the first time the consumption of maggots that were inside a livestock carcass as food resource for the genus Campylorhynchus. This evidence indicates the potential of the genus Campylorhynchus for the use of ecological subsidies derived from human activity.

Citation Download Citation

Leopoldo D. Vázquez-Reyes, Héctor Cayetano-Rosas, Raúl Caballero-Jiménez, and Roberto Saldaña-Cervantes "OPPORTUNISTIC FEEDING ON FLY MAGGOTS BY SPOTTED WREN (CAMPYLORHYNCHUS GULARIS)," The Southwestern Naturalist 64(2), 143-145, (11 May 2020). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-64-2-143

Received: 21 March 2019; Accepted: 30 December 2019; Published: 11 May 2020

You currently do not have any folders to save your paper to! Create a new folder below.

Include:

Citation Only

Citation & Abstract

Format:

RIS

EndNote

BibTex

KEYWORDS/PHRASES

PUBLICATION TITLE:

COLLECTION TITLE:

PUBLICATION YEARS