Bactris gasipaes fruits consumption by Caracara plancus in the Municipality of Brasiléia, southwestern Amazon, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i2.15372

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Chotanduro, Falconidae, Pupunha, bird-plant interaction, frugivory

Abstract

The Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) is a South American falconid that over the years has been colonizing open areas of the Southwestern Amazon. Regarding food habits, it is considered an opportunistic/generalist species. Caracara plancus has a varied diet, composed of animal protein, including carcasses. It also consumes plants, although this behavior appears less frequently in the scientific literature. Here we present a report of a Southern Caracara feeding on peach-palm fruits (Bactris gasipaes) in the rural area of Brasiléia, state of Acre, Brazil. The peach-palm tree is a common species, cultivated for obtaining heart of palm (“palmitos”) and fruits for consumption and regional marketing. Besides being a new food item in the Southern Caracara diet, the observed behavior indicates that C. plancus can potentially become a plague to the regional culture of peach-palm.

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  • Edson Guilherme, Universidade Federal do Acre, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, Laboratório de Ornitologia

    Graduado em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal do Acre (1994), Mestre em Ciências Biologicas (Ecologia) pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia / Universidade Federal do Amazonas (1997) e Doutor em Zoologia (Ornitologia) pelo Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi / Universidade Federal do Pará (2009). Professor Associado I da Universidade Federal do Acre. Tenho experiência na área de Zoologia com ênfase em Ornitologia e Paleontologia de vertebrados atuando, principalmente, nos seguintes temas: Aves da Amazônia, Aves do Acre e fósseis do Terciário e Quaternário da Amazônia sul-ocidental.

Revista Peruana de Biologia

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07/06/2019

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2019)

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Guilherme, Edson. 2019. “Bactris Gasipaes Fruits Consumption by Caracara Plancus in the Municipality of Brasiléia, Southwestern Amazon, Brazil”. Revista Peruana De Biología 26 (2): 251-54. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i2.15372.