Western Bluebird Captures a Western Fence Lizard

Caitlin A. Stern

doi:10.1676/06-002.1

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Caitlin A. Stern^*,**

^*Hastings Natural History Reservation, 38601 E. Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924, USA
^**Current address: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; cas245@cornell.edu

Abstract

I observed a male Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) capture a western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), the first reported incidence of vertebrate-directed raptorial behavior in the Western Bluebird. There are no previously published reports of Western Bluebirds capturing vertebrate prey, although there is one previous report of a Western Bluebird carrying an unidentified lizard in the manner of a prey item, and a few reports of predation on vertebrates by the congeneric Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis).

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Caitlin A. Stern "Western Bluebird Captures a Western Fence Lizard," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119(1), 128-129, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1676/06-002.1

Received: 9 January 2006; Accepted: 1 June 2006; Published: 1 March 2007

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