Consumption of muscovy duck eggs by brown capuchin monkeys in a peri-urban forest in the Amazon

Marcela Alvares Oliveira; Ana Luzia Souza Barros; Kellen Kitten Cordeiro da Cunha; Ana Eliza Montenegro da Costa; André da Costa Tavares; Damyle Hana Garcia Pantoja; Emmili Ximenes da Silva; Jhevianny Rhayssa Brentano dos Santos; Lohana Keroline Silva de Oliveira; Rafaela da Rocha Sousa; Tailana Paez Rosendi; Tivian Raphaella Melo Munis; Thais Ferreira Gama; Victoria Larissa Rodrigues Leite; Aline Requenha Romano; Camila Pantoja dos Santos; Vinícius Lins Costa; Matheus de Araújo Paz; Raone Beltrão-Mendes

doi:10.31687/SaremNMS23.4.5

Autores/as

Marcela Alvares Oliveira Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação e Uso de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil. Projeto Sagui-de-Rondônia, Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental Kanindé, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Ana Luzia Souza Barros Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Kellen Kitten Cordeiro da Cunha Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Ana Eliza Montenegro da Costa Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
André da Costa Tavares Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil. Projeto Sagui-de-Rondônia, Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental Kanindé, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Damyle Hana Garcia Pantoja Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Emmili Ximenes da Silva Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Jhevianny Rhayssa Brentano dos Santos Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Lohana Keroline Silva de Oliveira Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Rafaela da Rocha Sousa Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Tailana Paez Rosendi Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Tivian Raphaella Melo Munis Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Thais Ferreira Gama Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil. Projeto Sagui-de-Rondônia, Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental Kanindé, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Victoria Larissa Rodrigues Leite Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Aline Requenha Romano Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Camila Pantoja dos Santos Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Vinícius Lins Costa Laboratório de Mastozoologia e Vertebrados Terrestres, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Matheus de Araújo Paz Projeto Sagui-de-Rondônia, Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental Kanindé, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil. Laboratório de Biologia e Diversidade de Insetos, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil.
Raone Beltrão-Mendes Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracajú, Sergipe, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS23.4.5

Palabras clave:

diet, land use, nest predation, Rondônia, vocalization

Resumen

We report the capture and consumption of muscovy duck Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) eggs by brown capuchin Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758) in a peri-urban environment close to Porto Velho city, Brazil. We observed a young brown capuchin taking two eggs from a nest. It positioned one egg between the legs, biting it with the canine tooth, bringing it to the mouth, and turning it to suck out the content. This is the first report with detailed information on how brown capuchins monkeys capture and consume eggs. Consumption of domestic animals can represent a threat since brown capuchins monkeys can be retaliated for that.

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