Authors
Citation
Ml. Mallory et R. Lariviere, Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, eats Mink Frogs, Rana septentrionalis, CAN FIELD-N, 112(4), 1998, pp. 714-715
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550
→ ACNP
Volume
112
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
714 - 715
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(199810/12)112:4<714:WDASEM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
According to published reports, Wood Ducks Aix sponsa rarely eat vertebrate
s, and there is only one documented account in the scientific literature of
Wood Ducks eating frogs. Here we report on a Wood Duck shot in September 1
997 near Sudbury, Ontario, that had consumed three Mink Frogs (Rana septent
rionalis).