Abstract
We evaluated the effect and effectiveness of antimony potassium tartrate (tartar emetic) on 137 bird species from 29 families and subfamilies from one humid forest site and two mangrove sites in central Panama. Of the 2,656 birds forced to regurgitate, we obtained 1,942 diet samples comprising 12,608 taxonomically identified items. Seventy birds (2.6%) died after administration of the emetic, with some Trochilidae (Phaethornis) and Pipridae (Pipra, Manacus) being especially sensitive to the chemical. No significant differences were found between the number of items regurgitated and that found in stomach contents. However, regurgitations using tartar emetic appeared to be more efficient than analyses of feces to investigate food preference. We also provide details on how to process samples of hummingbirds to permit pollen (flower) identification.
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