Topic
Microbates collaris
About: Microbates collaris is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: Large water-snails (referred to as Pomacea flagellata by Smithe, The birds of Tikal, Natural History Press, 1966) were a second item of prey taken at the water edge.
Abstract: Large water-snails (referred to as Pomacea flagellata by Smithe, The birds of Tikal, Natural History Press, 1966) were a second item of prey taken at the water edge. A wood-rail, after finding a snail, spent from one to four minutes pounding at it on the ground before tossing the shell away and devouring the body as two separate morsels. I was able to recover the particular shell with certainty (other shells were lying about) on three occasions and found that the bird had made a hole about 0.6 cm in diameter in the side of each shell. Limpkins (Aramus guaraunu) and Everglade Kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis) have specially adapted bills that enable them to feed
5 citations
1 Jan 1980
2 citations
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |