Abstract
A Black-crowned Night Heron (Nyticorax nyticorax) was observed manipulating bread to catch fish attracted to the bait. This is the second recorded instance of a Black-crowned Night Heron fishing with bait. Bait-fishing has also been observed in the Green Heron (Bulorides virescens) and the closely-related Striated Heron (Butorides striatus); a related foraging technique has been reported in the Great Egret (Ardea alba) and the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Received 16 November 2000, accepted 6 December 2000.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-286 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Waterbirds |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Animal Science and Zoology
Keywords
- Bait-fishing
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nyticorax nyticorax