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  • Héctor Cadena-Ortiz 1. Aves Quito (Club de observadores de aves), Ecuador. 2. Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Investigador Asociado. Calle Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris. Casilla: 17-07-8976. Quito, Ecuador.
  • Gerardo González-Camacho
  • Danny Maya
  • Ibeth Alarcón Pajareando Ando Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18272/reo.v7i1.1562

Keywords:

clay, gastroliths, minerals, Catamenia inornata, Passer domesticus, Pheucticus chrysogaster, Spinus magellanicus

Abstract

Geophagy is the intentional ingestion of soil, there are few records of this behavior in passerines and neither formally reported in Ecuador. We describe the observation of Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster, Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus and House Sparrow Passer domesticus ingesting mineral material.

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Published

2021-07-05

How to Cite

Cadena-Ortiz, H., González-Camacho, G. ., Maya , D. ., & Alarcón, I. (2021). Español. Revista Ecuatoriana De Ornitología, 7(1), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.18272/reo.v7i1.1562