Geophagy by birds on Furnarius rufus nests

Bicca-Marques JC, Calegaro-Marques C (1994) A case of geophagy in the black howling monkey Alouatta caraya. Neotrop Primates 2:7–9

Brightsmith DJ, Muñoz-Najar R (2004) Avian geophagy and soil characteristics in southeastern Peru. Biotropica 36:534–543. https://doi.org/10.1646/1602

Brightsmith DJ, Taylor J, Phillips TD (2008) The roles of soil characteristics and toxin adsorption in avian geophagy. Biotropica 40:766–774. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00429.x

Costa-Pereira R, Severo-Neto F, Inforzato I, Laps RR, Pizo MA (2015) Nutrients drive termite nest geophagy in yellow-chevroned parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri). Wilson J Ornithol 127:506–510. https://doi.org/10.1676/14-142.1

Diamond J, Bishop KD, Gilardi JD (1999) Geophagy in New Guinea birds. Ibis 141:181–198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb07540.x

Dows CT, Bredin IP, Wragg PD (2019) More than eating dirt: a review of avian geophagy. Afr Zool 54:1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2019.1570335

Galetti M (1997) Seasonal abundance and feeding ecology of parrots and parakeets in a lowland Atlantic forest of Brazil. Ararajuba 5:115–126

Gilardi JD, Duffey SD, Munn CA, Tell LA (1999) Biochemical functions of geophagy in parrots: detoxication of dietary toxins and cytoprotective effects. J Chem Ecol 25:897–922. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020857120217

Gionfriddo JP, Best LB (1999) Grit use by birds. In: Nolan-Jr V, Ketterson ED, Thompson CF (eds) Current ornithology, v 15. Springer, Boston, pp 89–148

Kristoch GC, Marcondes-Machado LO (2001) Diet and feeding behaviour of the reddish-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) in an Araucaria forest in southeastern Brazil. Ornitol Neotrop 12:215–223

Mahaney WC, Krishnamani R (2003) Understanding geophagy in animals: standard procedures for sampling soils. J Chem Ecol 19:1503–1523. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024263627606

Pizo MA, Simão I, Galetti M (1995) Diet and flock size of sympatric parrots in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Ornitol Neotrop 6:87–95

Reinert BL, Bornschein MR (1998) Alimentação da gralha-azul (Cyanocorax caeruleus, Corvidae). Ornitol Neotrop 9:213–217

Remsen Jr JV, Bonan A (2020) Rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus), version 1.0. Birds of the world (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J, Christie DA, de Juana E)(eds). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rufhor2.01. Accessed 6 April 2022

Sazima I (2008) The parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius scrapes at clay nests of the ovenbird Furnarius rufus: tasting or testing a new home? Rev Bras Ornitol 16:256–259

Sick H (1997) Ornitologia Brasileira. Editora Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro

Soler JJ, Soler M, Martínez JG (1993) Grit ingestion and cereal consumption in five corvid species. Ardea 81:143–149

Symes CT, Hughes JC, Mack AL, Marsden SJ (2005) Geophagy in birds of Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. J Zool 268:143–149. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2005.00002.x

Willrich G (2020) A review of geophagy in corvids (Aves: Corvidae) and a new report of geophagy in azure jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus). Oecol Austral 24:249–251. https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2020.2401.25