Predation of Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus) by Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in a cloud forest of Costa Rica

Abstract

Predation of Long–tailed Silky Flycatcher (Ptilogonys caudatus) by Ornate Hawk–Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in a cloud forest of Costa Rica. This paper is the first record of a predation event made by an Hawk–Eagle (S.ornatus, Accipitridae) on a Long–tailed Silky Flycatcher (P. caudatus, Ptilogonatidae) in a cloud forest of Costa Rica, and this is the first prey item reported for this raptor in a middle elevation forest. Also this is the first predation event reported for the Ptilogonatidae family.