オオハシカッコウ, Crotophaga ani
- 和名:? オオハシカッコウ, English: Smooth-billed ani, Espanol: Garrapatero ani, Binomial name: Crotophaga ani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- カッコウ目 > カッコウ科 > オオハシカッコウ属 > オオハシカッコウ
- Order: Cuculiformes > Family: Cuculidae > Genus: Crotophaga > Species: C. ani
イサベラ島内陸部散策, Landing and observation of the Isabela Island
- 2015年9月13日、午前: イサベラ島内陸部散策
- On September 13, 2015 in the morning: landing and observation of the Isabela Island.
イサベラ島には大規模なゾウガメ育成施設が設置されている。ゾウガメは生息地ごとに分けられて飼育されている。
Large-scale Galapagos tortoise upbringing facilities are installed in the Isabela Island. The tortoise is bred separately depending on every habitat.
(Isabela Island, Ecuador, 10:49, September 13, 2015, SX50)
オオハシカッコウが2羽飛んで来てゾウガメ育成施設内の木の枝に止った。パラグアイで見るオオハシカッコウと同じ種だ。
Two anis flew and perched on the branch of the tree in the Galapagos tortoise upbringing facilities. They are the same species as Smooth-billed ani found in Paraguay.
(Isabela Island, Ecuador, 10:42, September 13, 2015, D810)
オオハシカッコウは南アメリカの広い範囲に生息する普通種だが、ガラパゴス諸島にも住んでいるとは予想外だった。
Smooth-billed ani is a common species which inhabites the wide range of South America, but I could not expect it to live in the Galapagos Islands.
Wikipedia: The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.
(Isabela Island, Ecuador, 10:46, September 13, 2015, D810)
オオハシカッコウは集団性が強く共同保育をする。シロアリ、大型の昆虫、さらに、トカゲ、カエルまでも捕食する。
Wikipedia: The nest, built communally by several pairs, is a deep cup lined with leaves and placed usually 2?6 m high in a tree. A number of females lay their chalky blue eggs in the nest and then share incubation and feeding. This is a very gregarious species, always found in noisy groups. The smooth-billed ani feeds on termites, large insects and even lizards and frogs.
(Isabela Island, Ecuador, 10:46, September 13, 2015, D810)