dc.creatorSazima, I
dc.date2007
dc.dateSEP
dc.date2014-11-16T09:48:38Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:21:37Z
dc.date2014-11-16T09:48:38Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:21:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:03:35Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:03:35Z
dc.identifierRevista Brasileira De Ornitologia. Soc Brasileira Ornitologia, v. 15, n. 3, n. 417, n. 426, 2007.
dc.identifier0103-5657
dc.identifierWOS:000208353000009
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/73394
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/73394
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/73394
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1267986
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionCleaner birds remove ectoparasites and also feed on wounded tissue from herbivorous mammals, an association well known between oxpeckers (genus Buphagus) and ungulates in Africa. I report here on Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) cleaning capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in southeastern Brazil, and postulate a sequence of steps that might have given origin to cleaning in omnivorous scavenging birds. The first step would be the familiarity these scavengers have with carcasses, from which they remove small tisues pieces and organic debris, and parasites, followed by a few intermediate steps with behavioural adjustments between the cleaners and their clients, and culminating in cleaning symbiosis with medium to large herbivorous mammals. Moreover, four instances of tick-removal by birds (Molothrus oryzivorus, Milvago chimachima, Machetornis rixosa and Crotophaga ani) from medium to large herbivorous mammals are described, and a list of 12 species of tick-removing birds recorded for Brazil is presented. The similarity between the habits of cathartid vultures and Caracarini falcons is pointed out, tick-removing being recorded for both groups. I suggest that species of Phalcoboenus (Falconidae) and Cyanocorax (Corvidae) might be potential cleaners. Parasite-removing birds are here grouped in two broad categories that would accommodate additional records of this type: 1) omnivorous scavengers and widely foraging birds that dwell in the open and associate with capybaras, wild ungulates, and/or livestock; and 2) largely insectivorous, widely foraging birds that dwell in the open and which also associate with capybaras, wild ungulates, and/or livestock. The exceptions to these two groups would be Ibycter americanus e Psophia leucoptera, respectively, as both species are forest-dwellers.
dc.description15
dc.description3
dc.description417
dc.description426
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSoc Brasileira Ornitologia
dc.publisherVicosa
dc.publisherBrasil
dc.relationRevista Brasileira De Ornitologia
dc.relationRev. Bras. Ornitol.
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectCleaning symbiosis
dc.subjecttick-removing birds
dc.subjectbird-mammal associations
dc.titleUnexpected cleaners: Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) remove debris, ticks, and peck at sores of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), with an overview of tick-removing birds in Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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