Bird Use of Arboreal Water Sources in the Peruvian Amazon

Richards J.H.; Brunner R.M.; Pashanaste K.G.A.; Dumas T.; Ganong C.; Madden D.E.; Mezheritskiy A.; Trautmann N.M.; Wolf J. · Biotropica (2026) · DOI: 10.1111/btp.70233

Resumen

Camera traps and direct observation of water-filled bromeliads and tree holes revealed that birds frequently use canopy-held water in a perennially wet tropical forest. Bathing was the most common use, observed in a variety of taxa. Previous reports of bromeliad bathing exist only from seasonally dry forests.