We present the first documented account of adult greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) feeding on California least tern chicks (Sterna antillarum browni). This predation event occurred at a designated nesting site within Batiquitos Lagoon, San Diego County, California, in 1996. We hypothesize that the concentrated foraging efforts by the roadrunner were an opportunistic response to a localized abundance of favorable prey items, which warrants an increased awareness at other least tern nesting sites situated in close proximity to greater roadrunner habitat.
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1 December 2006
CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN CHICK PREDATION BY GREATER ROADRUNNER
Adam W. Whelchel,
Kevin C. Lansford
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The Southwestern Naturalist
Vol. 51 • No. 4
December 2006
Vol. 51 • No. 4
December 2006