Abstract
Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) is described as an omnivorous bird that forage solitarily or in pairs on the soil. This note reports a rodent predation event by T. leucomelas. The event was recorded on November 14th 2013, in a riparian Forest fragment of Grande River, in Igarapava Municipality, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Although the presence of small vertebrates on the diet of T. leucomelas is known, this is the first record of a mammal being predated by this bird species. This record is important because it contributes to a better understand of the natural history of Neotropical passerines.
Highlights
The Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 (Passeriformes, Turdidae) (CBRO 2014) occurs in the South American continent, from the Guianas and Venezuela to Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil
The capacity of predating small vertebrates by T. leucomelas has already been attested (Lopes et al 2005b, Sazima & D’Angelo 2011), there is no report in scientific literature of this bird species predating upon small mammals
The aim of this short communication is to report on the first record of T. leucomelas predating upon a small rodent
Summary
Key-Words: Diet, feeding, Pale-breasted Thrush, predation, rodent. The Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 (Passeriformes, Turdidae) (CBRO 2014) occurs in the South American continent, from the Guianas and Venezuela to Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. Pale-breasted Thrush is described as an omnivorous bird that forage solitarily or in pairs on the ground (Willis 1979, Sick 1997).
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