First record of predation of a fruit bat by the Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) from southern Western Ghats, India

U.S. Amal; Sreehari Raman; Alice C. Hughes

doi:10.1676/19-00072

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U.S. Amal,¹ Sreehari Raman,^1,2,3,* Alice C. Hughes^2,3,4,*

¹Department of Wildlife Sciences, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur, Kerala, India
²Landscape Ecology Group, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan Province, PR China
³International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China
⁴Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, PR China

^*Corresponding authors: (SR) sreehari.raman@kau.in, (ACH) ach_conservation2@hotmail.com

Abstract

Consumption of bats (chiropterophagy) is globally known in 237 bird species. However, bat predation by a non-raptor is rarely observed. Here, we report a predation event by an endemic Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) on a Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) in Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot in southern India. This opportunistic record, and other published instances of animal consumption by this hornbill, suggests that such predation activity may be more prevalent during their breeding season.

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U.S. Amal, Sreehari Raman, and Alice C. Hughes "First record of predation of a fruit bat by the Malabar Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros griseus) from southern Western Ghats, India," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133(4), 621-622, (6 April 2022). https://doi.org/10.1676/19-00072

Received: 13 August 2019; Accepted: 19 October 2021; Published: 6 April 2022

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