The invertebrate diets of small birds in Banksia woodland near Perth, W.A., during winter.
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Tullis, K.J., Calver, M.C.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9082-2902 and Wooller, R.D.
(1982)
The invertebrate diets of small birds in Banksia woodland near Perth, W.A., during winter.
Australian Wildlife Research, 9
(2).
pp. 303-309.
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Abstract
Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) were the most abundant birds in Banksia woodland in winter; all species ate insects. Short-billed honeyeaters and non-nectarivores took mostly beetles, ants and bugs by gleaning, whereas long-billed honeyeaters fed more on nectar and caught mostly flies and wasps by hawking. Short-billed species segregated in their foraging heights, prey types and sizes. Long-billed species, however, overlapped considerably in these respects and all took similar insects whose capture they may have had to subsidize with energy from nectar.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation: | School of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organization |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/903 |
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