Feeding Behaviour and Diet of Royal Spoonbills Platalea Regia in Westernport Bay, Victoria
| Autor: | Kim W. Lowe |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ecology Intertidal zone Zoology Biology Nocturnal biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Platalea regia Spoonbill 010605 ornithology Shrimp Predation Animal Science and Zoology Ornithology Bay Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Emu - Austral Ornithology. 82:163-168 |
| ISSN: | 1448-5540 0158-4197 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/mu9820163 |
| Popis: | Royal Spoonbills were studied in Westernport Bay between 1977 and 1981. Birds were present throughout the year and counts of feeding buds and observations of leg-banded buds indicated that Spoonbills were sedentaty except for some seasonal movement within the bay. Spoonbills fed preferentially on intertidal mudflats but also utilised seasonally-available freshwater habitats. Spoonbills are specialist feeders; the dominant food being a species of marine shrimp (Macrobrachium intermedium). The diet of Spoonbills appeared to differ between night and day because their prey exhibited pronounced nocturnal activity. During the day Spoonbills rarely took infauna of the mudflats. At night, when the infauna are more active, these taxa may become a more important part of the Spoonbill's diet. |
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