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Olivier Pauwels, Martin Walsh, and Johannes Erritzøe (2025)

A case of predation by the Blue-winged pitta Pitta moluccensis on the Small-banded kukri snake Oligodon fasciolatus in Thailand

Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 60(5):66--67.

Abstract

We report a predation case by an adult Blue-winged pitta Pitta moluccensis (Pittidae) on a young Small-banded kukri snake Oligodon fasciolatus (Colubridae) in Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi Province, peninsular Thailand. It is the first known snake prey in the diet of this bird.

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