Produção Nacional
Alimentação de um filhote de bem-te-vi, Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae), em ambiente urbano
1998; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0101-81751998000400027
ISSN1806-969X
AutoresMaria Martha Argel-de-Oliveira, N. Curi, Tatiana Passerini,
Tópico(s)Agricultural and Food Sciences
ResumoA FLEDGLlNG GREAT KISKADEE, PITANGUS SULPHURATUS (LINNAEUS) (PASSERIFORMES, TVRANNIDAE) lN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.The observation ofparents feeding a captive fledgling ofGreatKiskadee revealed that visitation is more frequent in the first hour afier sunrising, with lesser peaks along the day.The diet supplied consisted mainly of insects (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Oiptera), along with other items as human-made materiais (food scraps, pellets of animal food), lizards (Hemidacty/us mabouia), non-identified fruit pulp, gastropods and arachnids (Opiliones).The ability that P. slIlphuratus has for identifying food items absent from more natural habitats and for exploiting resources ofunpredictable spatial and temporal distributions confers the species a dietary flexibility lhat probably contributes to its efficiency in colonizing urban habitats.
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