Commensal Foraging by a Fan-tailed Warbler (euthlypis Lachrymosa) with a Nine-banded Armadillo (dasypus Novemcinctus) in Southwestern Mexico
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Many interspecific commensal foraging interactions involving birds have been documented. We describe an observation of commensal foraging by a fan-tailed warbler (Euthlypis lachrymosa) with a nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Our observation is similar to those reported from El Salvador by (Komar and Hanks, 2002) and indicates 560 The Southwestern Naturalist vol. 51, no. 4
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