A possible instance of piscivory in the Welcome Swallow 'Hirundo neoxena'
2012; BirdLife Australia; Volume: 29; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2206-3447
Autores Tópico(s)Entomological Studies and Ecology
ResumoThe Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena is an aerial passerine that specialises on flying arthropod prey, which it captures on the wing. In September 2011, I observed an adult Swallow capture a small live fish from a pool in a tributary of the Lane Cove River, New South Wales. This is believed to be the first documentation of a Welcome Swallow catching a fish and one of the few observations of the capture of a fish by a member of the family Hirudinidae.
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