La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Birds and army ants in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil
Auteurs :	Christiana M. A. Faria, Auteur ; Marcos Rodrigues, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Field Ornithology (80(4) DEC 2009)
Article en page(s) :	328-335
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Little is known about the birds associated with army-ant swarms in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Our objectives were to locate and monitor army-ant swarms in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil and to identify the species of birds that attended the swarms and exhibited bivouac-checking behavior. From July 2004 to August 2005, we located 49 swarms of army ants, including 28 Eciton burchelli, 19 Labidus praedator, and 2 Eciton vagans swarms. No birds were present at 17 (35%) swarms. At 32 swarms where birds were present, 22 (69%) were E. burchelli swarms and 10 (31%) were L. praedator swarms. No birds were observed at the two E. vagans swarms. We identified 66 species of birds attending the swarms, but only

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