Latest Articles from BioRisk Latest 1 Articles from BioRisk https://biorisk.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:22:39 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://biorisk.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from BioRisk https://biorisk.pensoft.net/ Predating behavior of the Laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) on the venomous Amazonian pit viper Bothrops atrox (the use of roads as a prey source) https://biorisk.pensoft.net/article/35953/ BioRisk 14: 25-30

DOI: 10.3897/biorisk.14.35953

Authors: Pablo Medrano-VizcaĆ­no

Abstract: Aspects about the feeding behavior of the Laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)article remain poorly investigated with scarce reports of identified species ingested by this bird. Worse still, information describing how this bird ingests poisonous snakes is not known. Although this falcon eats snakes, there are no reports of feeding on Bothrops atrox. In this work, I describe this predation event and analyze how roads seem to be a potential hunting strategy that H. cachinnans exploit to prey on snakes.

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