DEPREDATION OF A NEST OF THE EASTERN MEADOWLARK (STURNELLA MAGNA) BY A SPECKLED KINGSNAKE (LAMPROPELTIS GETULA HOLBROOKI)

作者：Landoll Diane V^*; Husak Michael S

来源：Southwestern Naturalist, 2011, 56(3): 433-435.

DOI：10.1894/n10-kf-17.1

We report the first observation of depredation on a nest of the eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) by a speckled kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki). Depredation events probably are opportunistic, but they may have an impact on local populations of eastern meadowlarks.

• 出版日期2011-9