Tailless Whipscorpion (Phrynus longipes) Feeds on Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)

Jennifer L. Owen; James C. Cokendolpher

doi:10.1676/05-062.1

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Jennifer L. Owen,^*,** James C. Cokendolpher^***

^*Dept. of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, Texas Tech Univ., Box 42125, Lubbock, TX 79409-2125, USA; and Texas Parks and Wildlife, Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park, World Birding Center, 2800 South Bentsen Palm Dr., Mission, TX 78572, USA
^**Corresponding author; jennifer.owen@tpwd.state.tx.us
^***Invertebrates, Natural Science Research Lab., Museum of Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

Abstract

A tailless whipscorpion (Phrynus longipes) was observed feeding on an Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) atop a large boulder on the island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. This is the first record of any avian species serving as prey for an amblypygid.

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Jennifer L. Owen and James C. Cokendolpher "Tailless Whipscorpion (Phrynus longipes) Feeds on Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118(3), 422-423, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-062.1

Received: 13 June 2005; Accepted: 1 March 2006; Published: 1 September 2006

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