Rainforest Birds and Mammals Birds and Bats of
Rainforest Birds and Mammals Birds and Bats of the Bolla Brenda Melton Assistant Curator, Steinhart Aquarium
Birds Collection parameters • Inhabit the rainforests of Central and/or South America • 100, 000 gallon pool with aggressive, carnivorous fish • Butterflies and collection ants • Public immersed in exhibit and birds’ territories • Avian interspecies and con-specific aggression • Immature plantings 2
Avian Families of the Bolla Columbidae - Doves • More terrestrial than other birds in the Bolla • Our doves are primarily seed eaters • Monogamous Blue-Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa 3
Avian Families of the Bolla Columbidae • Produce “crop milk” to feed their young • Lifespan in captivity in the early teens Inca Dove Columbina inca 4
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae - Tanagers and their Allies Blue-grey Tanager episcopus Thraupis Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo 5
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Paradise Tanager Tangara chilenis 6
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia 7
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus 8
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus Blue Dacnis cayana 9
Avian Families of the Bolla Thraupidae Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis 10
Avian Families of the Bolla Fringillidae - Finches • Subfamily Euphoniinae Violaceous Euphonia violacea 11
Avian Families of the Bolla Emberizidae - Sparrows Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola 12
Avian Families Coerebidae - Bananaquits • Nectar feeder • Pierces flower from side to consume pollen • Does not hover Bananaquit flaveola 13 Coereba
Avian Families of the Bolla Pipridae - Manakins • Small forest dwelling birds • Primarily frugivores, some insects • Many species lek Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala 14
Avian Families Psittacidae - Parrots Military Macaw Ara militaris White-crowned Pionus Parrot Pionus senelis 15
Bats Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis • Family Pteropodidae - flying fox and Old World fruit bats • 166 living species • Inhabit the rainforests of Southeast Asia • IUCN Species of Least Concern • Main threat: deforestation • Our group is 15 females 16
Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat • Nocturnal • Excellent eyesight and sense of smell • Do not echolocate • Frugivorous • Feed primarily on mangoes; will eat any aromatic fruit. Thought to expel the pulp of fruit. • Seed dispersers and pollinators 17
Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat • Phytophilic • Make foliage “tents” for roosting • Life span is 20 - 30 years • 12 -18 inch wingspan, 30 100 grams 18
Rainforest Birds and Mammals Thank you. Questions ? 19
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