Nocturnal foraging by the green heron (Butorides virescens) under artificial illumination in Tobago

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Floyd E. Hayes
Department of Biology, Caribbean Union College

Dale R. Hardy
Department of Biology, Caribbean Union College

Abstract: Few details have been published on nocturnal foraging in the Green Heron (Butorides virescens). We report an observation of a Green Heron feeding on frogs under artificial illumination about 90-150 min after sunset at Bon Accord, Tobago, on 19 June 1995.


Keywords: Butorides striatus, Green Heron, nocturnal foraging, Tobago


Resumen: Forrajeo nocturno en el Chicuaco Cuello Rojo (Butorides virescens) bajo iluminación artificial en Tobago- Se han publicado pocos detalles sobre el forrajeo nocturno del Chicuaco Cuello Rojo (Butorides virescens). Se relata una observación de un Chicuaco Cuello Rojo alimentándose de ranas bajo iluminación artificial aproximadamente 90-150 minutos después de la puesta del sol en Bon Accord, Tobago, el 19 de junio de 1995.

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2001)
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Floyd E. Hayes, Department of Biology, Caribbean Union College

P. O. Box 175, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Present address: Unit of Zoology, Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Dale R. Hardy, Department of Biology, Caribbean Union College

P. O. Box 175, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Present address: Barbados Seventh-day Adventist School, Abingdon, Dalkeith Hill, St. Michael, Barbados.