SREL Reprint #3134

Predation by a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) on a Greater Siren (Siren lacertina)

Thomas M. Luhring

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC 29808
University of Missouri, Division of Biological Sciences, 105 Tucker Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

Abstract: Although wading birds are likely predators of greater sirens, (Petranka, 1998), few records specific to greater siren depredations are reported in literature. On 21 April 2006, a green heron was observed perched on top of a hoop net that was set in a small open area in Dry Bay, a 5-ha fishless Carolina bay located on the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. . . .

SREL Reprint #3134

Luhring, T. M. 2010. Predation by a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) on a Greater Siren (Siren lacertina). Bulletin Chicago Herp. Soc. 45(2): 2.

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