A new feeding association between black-goggled tanagers (Tachyphoninae) and black lion tamarins (Primates, Callitrichinae)

Autor(es)

Bufalo, Felipe ; Amaral, Rodrigo Goncalves ; Kaisin, Olivier ; Culot, Laurence

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH; v. 30, n. 3, p. 5-pg., 2022-06-22.

Resumo

Insectivorous-frugivorous birds have been described to benefit from multiple forms of interspecific feeding associations. Here we present quantitative data on a new feeding association between the black-goggled tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) and an endangered frugivorous-faunivorous neotropical primate, the black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), at an Atlantic Forest remnant in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Using scan data from full day follows with a group of lion tamarins, we investigated if the behaviors displayed by the primates influenced the presence, behavior, and proximity of the tanagers. We observed the black-goggled tanagers to activelly follow the primates during the day, always positioned below the primates, and to capture insects flushed by the lion tamarins' foraging activities. We found that black-goggled tanagers associated significatively more with black lion tamarins in the early hours of the day (i.e., from 6:00 to 8:59 a.m.) and when the primates were feeding/foraging. We found no evidence that the black lion tamarin benefits or incurs costs from associating with the tanagers, suggesting a new record of commensalism. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 14/14739-0 - O efeito da fragmentação sobre as funções ecológicas dos primatas
• Beneficiário: Laurence Marianne Vincianne Culot
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 19/11102-5 - O efeito da fragmentação sobre as funções ecológicas dos primatas
• Beneficiário: Rodrigo Gonçalves Amaral
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico