Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) sap feeding and its role in the Tierra del Fuego forest bird assemblage |
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Authors: | Roberto P. Schlatter and Pablo Vergara |
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Affiliation: | (1) Instituto de Zoologìa, Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Tejas, Valdivia, Chile;(2) Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Casilla 114-D, C.P. 6513677, Santiago, Chile |
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Abstract: | Several woodpecker species feed on phloem-sap flowing from pecked trees. We report sap consumption by the magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) inhabiting beech (Nothofagus) forests of Tierra del Fuego island (Chile). Magellanic woodpeckers drilled sap wells in N. betuloides trees close to their nests and also when they were moving in family groups. Three other bird species were observed foraging and competing for sap: the austral parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) and two small passerines, the patagonian sierra-finch (Phrygilus patagonicus) and the white-crested elaenia (Elaenia albiceps). The abundance of these three bird species was greater in sites around sap wells than in other forest sites, suggesting that magellanic woodpecker is an important species in maintaining the Nothofagus forest bird assemblage. |
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Keywords: | Campephilus magellanicus Magellanic woodpecker Nothofagus Sap feeding |
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