The long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) as a nest-predator
M. Guppy A C and S. Guppy B
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A Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
B 1708 Maulbrooks Road, Moruya, NSW 2537, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: guppymands@bigpond.com
Australian Mammalogy 40(1) 106-108 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM16048
Submitted: 14 September 2016 Accepted: 29 January 2017 Published: 28 February 2017
Abstract
We have been documenting nest predation on a woodland site in south-east Australia using camera traps. Here we describe the recording of a long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta) digging out the tunnel nest of a spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), and eating the three young birds. The diet of this species is mainly insects and other invertebrates, so this observation is significant as it is the first documentation of this animal as a nest predator.
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