TY - JOUR AU - Velásquez, Carlos AU - Jaramillo, Eduardo AU - Camus, Patricio A. AU - San Martín, Cristina PY - 2019/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Consumption of aquatic macrophytes by the Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata (Birds: Rallidae) in a coastal wetland of north central Chile JF - Gayana JA - Gayana VL - 83 IS - 1 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.4067/S0717-65382019000100068 UR - https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/102 SP - 68-72 AB - <p>The Red-gartered Coot<em> Fulica armillata</em>, is a common herbivorous water bird in coastal wetlands of the southern Neotropical region. Microhistological analyses of feces collected at the coastal wetland of Punta Teatinos (north central Chile; ~29ºS), show that this coot feeds predominantly on <em>Stuckenia pectinata</em>, the most abundant submerged macrophyte at this area. The foraging behavior of <em>F. armillata</em> is discussed in regard with its ecological role as a primary consumer on coastal wetlands.</p> ER -