Abstract
This study describes the occurrence of a female Glittering-bellied Emerald, Chlorostilbon lucidus , using feces to attract insects to the nesting site for predation. This is the first report of a hummingbird using feces to attract insects.
Highlights
Some animals use feces, either their own or that of other animals, to attract insects in order to prey upon them (LEVEY et al, 2004, SMITH; CONWAY, 2007)
Hummingbirds are exclusively Neotropical, and their diet consists of nectar and insects (SCHUBART et al, 1965; STILES, 1981; SICK, 2001)
On November 27th at 15:12 p.m. and November 30th at 16:00 p.m., I observed the female preying on insects (Diptera, Psychodidae) that were Àying over the feces (Figure 1d)
Summary
Either their own or that of other animals, to attract insects in order to prey upon them (LEVEY et al, 2004, SMITH; CONWAY, 2007). Hummingbirds are exclusively Neotropical, and their diet consists of nectar and insects (SCHUBART et al, 1965; STILES, 1981; SICK, 2001). F. Jacomassa In October 27th 2011, I observed a Glittering-bellied Emerald nest with an egg, approximately 7 m above the ground on a branch of a Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila L., Moraceae) (Figure 1a) adhered to a building at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) in Rio Claro, SP, Brazil (47°32’40”W, 22°23’47”S).
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