Active anting in the Puerto Rican tanager
The Auk
By: W.B. King and C.B. Kepler
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Abstract
Anting, a bird’s intentional exposure of its body surface to chemical substances secreted by ants or other agents, has been recorded in over 20 species of birds of 40 families, mostly within the order Passeriformes. Our observations of anting in the Puerto Rico tanager (Neospingus speculiferus) extend the phenomenon to a new genus and the 14th species of the Thraupidae.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Active anting in the Puerto Rican tanager |
| Series title | The Auk |
| DOI | 10.2307/4083939 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Ornithological Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 376 |
| Last page | 378 |
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