WOODRAT (NEOTOMA) DEPREDATION OF A YELLOW-EYED JUNCO (JUNCO PHAEONOTUS) NEST

Chris Kirkpatrick; Courtney J. Conway

doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[412:WNDOAY]2.0.CO;2

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Chris Kirkpatrick,^1,2 Courtney J. Conway³

¹School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
²Correspondent: kirkpatr@email.arizona.edu
³U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

Abstract

While monitoring songbird nests using video cameras in May 2005, we documented a woodrat (Neotoma) depredating an adult female and nestling yellow-eyed junco (Junco phaeonotus) in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona. Based on elevation (2,750 m) and the forest type surrounding the depredated nest, we believe that the woodrat was probably N. mexicana (although we cannot exclude N. albigula). Woodrats are considered herbivorous and have never been observed depredating vertebrate prey. This observation demonstrates that woodrats have greater dietary plasticity than previously thought.

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Chris Kirkpatrick and Courtney J. Conway "WOODRAT (NEOTOMA) DEPREDATION OF A YELLOW-EYED JUNCO (JUNCO PHAEONOTUS) NEST," The Southwestern Naturalist 51(3), 412-414, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[412:WNDOAY]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 26 January 2006; Published: 1 September 2006

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