Harpy Eagle Predation on a Red Howler Monkey

Anidamientoydieta de Harpia harpyja Linnaeus en la Comunidad Nativa de Infierno, Madre de Dios, Perú

“…A nivel individual, el puercoespín es la especie más consumida, sin embargo el grupo de los perezosos (de dos y tres dedos) son el grupo más importante en la dieta de esta rapaz. No se encontraron muchos restos de primates (4 restos de tres especies) y es muy probable que esto se deba al impacto que ha tenido la cacería de subsistencia en las poblaciones de primates grandes (maquisapa -Ateles paniscus Linnaeus y coto mono) que ocurren en la zona (Foster, 1994) y a los mecanismos antidepredatorios utilizados por las especies de primates (Eason, 1988;Sherman, 1991). Cabe resaltar la presencia de gran cantidad de especies de hábitos nocturnos en la dieta del Águila Especie N. o de restos identifi cados…”

Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 1: Primates

“…An example of a plausible observation in the first category is that small spider monkeys are taken by harpy eagles (item 19). Although harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) predation on spider monkeys has not been reported in the scientific literature, harpy eagles are known to take howler monkeys (Peres, 1990;Sherman, 1991) and there is a report of a crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis) taking a young spider monkey (Julliot, 1994). Another plausible observation of the first kind is that spider monkeys climb higher when they hear a tinamou fly (item 11).…”

Fatal Attack of a Boa constrictoron a Bearded Saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki)

“…In the case of the Neotropical sakis (Pitheciinae), records are restricted to remains encountered in proximity to the nests of harpy eagles, Harpia harpyja [Rettig, 1978]. In addition, while there is an extensive literature on the predation of platyrrhine monkeys by raptors [Izor, 1985;Sherman, 1991;Julliot, 1994;Robinson, 1994;Vasquez and Heymann, 2001], recorded attacks by snakes are relatively rare [Chapman, 1986;Heymann, 1987;Corrêa and Coutinho, 1997;Tello et al, 2002;Perry et al, 2003]. Here, the fatal attack of a boa (Boa constrictor) on a bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki) is described from a site in south-eastern Brazilian Amazonia.…”