Abstract
Observations of relatively large frugivorous birds, e.g. Purple-crested Turaco, feeding on cycad fruit are provided and contextualized in the important role they play in seed dispersal.
Highlights
Biodiversity Observations is an open access electronic journal published by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town, available at https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/
I highlight the role that large frugivorous birds play in the dispersal of large seeds like cycads
The cycad plant was growing in a savanna thicket, with two other smaller cycad plants, and quite inconspicuous in the thick vegetation
Summary
Biodiversity Observations is an open access electronic journal published by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town, available at https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/. The most commonly recorded species observed visiting the fruiting plant was Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus (Figure 1). – 08:36:15 - single turaco arrives at plant, with images of the bird climbing on branches around the cone and on the ground nearby; departs c.
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