Article: Fan-tailed Warbler Foraging with Nine-banded Armadillos. (Short Communications).(Author Abstract)

Commensal foraging strategies have evolved in numerous species of birds (Willis and Oniki 1978, Dean and MacDonald 1981, Roberts et al. 2000). Birds forage on prey flushed by a wide variety of animals, including ants (Willis and Oniki 1978, Roberts et al. 2000), other birds (Baker 1980, Robbins 1981), maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus; Silveira et al. 1997), primates (Stott 1947, Boinski and Scott 1988), cetaceans (Evans 1987), ungulates (Heatwole 1965, Dean and MacDonald 1981, Kallander 1993), and humans (Skutch 1969).

Armadillos (Mammalia: Dasipodidae) disturb invertebrates by digging in and overturning leaf litter. However, we found only one report of a bird ...

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