PRIMER REGISTRO DE DEPREDACIÓN EN CECILIA (GYMNOPHIONA: AMPHIBIA) POR BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA (AVE: ACCIPITRIFORMES, ACCIPITRIDAE), REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ

Nelson Guevara

Submitted July 16, 2021

Published 2021-07-14

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2021): Tecnociencia

FIRST RECORD OF PREDATION ON CECILIA (GYMNOPHIONA: AMPHIBIA) BY BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA (BIRD: ACCIPITRIFORMES, ACCIPITRIFORMES, ACCIPITRIDAE), PANAMA REPUBLIC

Nelson Guevara⁺⁻

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Guevara, N. (2021) “FIRST RECORD OF PREDATION ON CECILIA (GYMNOPHIONA: AMPHIBIA) BY BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA (BIRD: ACCIPITRIFORMES, ACCIPITRIFORMES, ACCIPITRIDAE), PANAMA REPUBLIC”, Tecnociencia, 23(2), pp. 312–318. Available at: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/tecnociencia/article/view/2284 (Accessed: 18 August 2024).

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Abstract

We present three records of predation on amphibians of the order Gymniphiona by an individual greater black hawk (Butuogallus urubitinga) on the grounds of Summit Municipal Park, Panama, in an open floodplain area. The hawk was foraging at ground level digging with its feet and bill in search of food. These observations are the first record of cecilia predation by this raptor species.

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