NOTES ON THE DIET OF THE STRAIGHT-BILLED EARTHCREEPER (OCHETORHYNCHUS RUFICAUDUS) AND THE USE OF CITIZEN SCIENCE IMAGE REPOSITORIES

Authors

  • Erik M Sandvig Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-000X
  • Patrich Cerpa Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC) Instituto de Entomología, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58843/ornneo.vi.805

Keywords:

food item, diet, citizen science, furnariidae, ebird, inaturalist

Abstract

Here we report on novel information regarding the diet for the Straight-billed Earthcreeper (Ochetorynchus ruficaudus), an uncommon furnarid of arid environments of the Andes. We describe an event of food consumption in northern Chile, and complement our finding by searching freely-available citizen science repositories for photographic evidence of food items. Novel food items belonging to Coleoptera and Lepidoptera were identified. These findings contribute to our understanding of the natural history of an uncommon species, making use of opportunistic photography and freely-available and ever-increasing citizen science data.

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Published

23-12-2022

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2

Section

Short Communications

License

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