Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) Predation on a Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaginae)

Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal; Gilbert Barrantes

doi:10.1676/03-099

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Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal,^* Gilbert Barrantes^*,**

^*Escuela de Biología, Univ. de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
^**Corresponding author; gabarrantes@biologia.ucr.ac.cr

Abstract

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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Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal and Gilbert Barrantes "Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) Predation on a Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaginae)," The Wilson Bulletin 116(1), 108-110, (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1676/03-099

Received: 16 October 2003; Accepted: 1 March 2004; Published: 1 March 2004

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