Data/hora: 16/06/2024 09:42:06

Provedor de dados: | 49
País: | Brazil
Título: | Woody woodpecker enjoys soft drinks: the blond-crested woodpecker seeks nectar and pollinates canopy plants in south-eastern Brazil
Autores: | Rocca,Márcia A.; Sazima,Marlies; Sazima,Ivan.
Data: | 2006-01-01
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Celeus flavescens; Picidae; Spirotheca passifloroides; Bombacaceae; Schwartzia brasiliensis; Marcgraviaceae; Ornithophily.
Resumo: | Insects are the staple diet of woodpeckers, but some species also habitually feed on fruits. A few woodpecker species are recorded as flower visitors for nectar intake. We report here on the blond-crested woodpecker (Celeus flavescens) taking nectar from flowers of two canopy species, Spirotheca passifloroides (Bombacaceae) and Schwartzia brasiliensis (Marcgraviaceae), in the Atlantic forest of south-eastern Brazil. Spirotheca passifloroides blooms for three months in the austral winter, whereas S. brasiliensis blooms for two months in the summer. Flowers of both species produce large amounts of dilute nectar. Celeus flavescens visits several flowers per plant touching the anthers and stigmas with its head and throat, and thus acts as a pollen vector. We suggest that woodpeckers may be more frequent flower visitors than previously thought, and that feeding on ripe fruits may be a simple behavioural step for the origin of nectar feeding by Neotropical woodpeckers.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032006000200027
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/S1676-06032006000200027
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.6 n.2 2006
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess