Selective foliage foraging by Red Wattlebirds,Anthochaera carunculata, and Noisy Friarbirds,Philemon corniculatus

2001/06/01 by Anthony S. J. Saunders, Shelley Burgin · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Pasture and Agricultural Systems #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Biology #Foraging #Conservation biology #Ornithology #Lotus corniculatus #Southern Hemisphere #Ecology #Forage #Eucalyptus #Abundance (ecology) #Relative species abundance #Zoology #Botany

paper · doi:10.1071/mu00007

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Abstract

The foraging ecology of Red Wattlebirds, Anthochaera carunculata, and Noisy Friarbirds, Philemon corniculatus, was compared across central eastern New South Wales. Both species forage significantly more frequently on Eucalyptus punctata, relative to its abundance, than on any other species in all sites and seasons. Noisy Friarbirds were often absent from sites with E. punctata when Red Wattlebirds were present and foliage gleaning.

Citations

• Bill Shape and Size in Honeyeaters and other small Insectivorous Birds in Western Australia
• Foraging patterns of breeding birds in eucalypt forest and woodland of southeastern Australia

Cited by

• Red wattlebird [wikipedia]