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- Title
Western Bluebird Captures a Western Fence Lizard.
- Authors
Stern, Caitlin A.
- Abstract
I observed a male Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) capture a western fence lizard (Scetoporous occidentalis), the first reported incidence of vertebrate directed raptorial behavior in the Western Bluebird. There are no previously published reports of Western Bluebirds capturing vertebrate prey, although there is one previous report of a Western Bluebird carrying an unidentified lizard in the manner of a prey item, and a few reports of predation on vertebrates by the congeneric Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis).
- Subjects
WESTERN bluebird; SCELOPORUS occidentalis; PREDATION; VERTEBRATES; EASTERN bluebird
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2007, Vol 119, Issue 1, p128
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/06-002.1