Foraging of White StorksCiconia ciconiaon Rubbish Dumps on Non-Breeding Grounds

2010/03/01 by Michał Ciach, Robert Kruszyk · 3 citations
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Foraging #Stork #White (mutation) #Geography #Ecology #Population #Fishery #Biology #Demography

paper · doi:10.1675/063.033.0112

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Abstract

With the exception of western Europe, little is known about foraging by White Storks on rubbish dumps. Information is presented on this phenomenon along the migration routes and wintering grounds of the White Stork. White Stork foraging on rubbish dumps is a common behavior in northern Africa and the Middle East and appears related to the wintering of European White Storks in new areas closer to their breeding grounds. South Africa, where a local breeding population has established, is another region where foraging on rubbish dumps has been observed. The development of rubbish dumps may have major consequences for the future ecology of White Stork.

Citations

• White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, forage on rubbish dumps in Poland—a novel behaviour in population
• Effect of Rubbish Dumps on Breeding Success in the White Stork in Southern Spain
• The Food Composition of Immature and Non-breeding White Storks in Poland
• Cattle Egret as a biocontrol agent

Cited by

• Rubber Band Ingestion by a Rubbish Dump Dweller, the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
• Importance of artificial stopover sites through avian migration flyways: a landfill‐based assessment with the White StorkCiconia ciconia
• White stork [wikipedia]