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Diet of cattle egret Bubulcus ibis chicks in an intensively managed farmland in South Africa
Subtitle:Acta Ornithologica, vol. 38, no. 2 ; Pokarm piskląt czapelki złotawej w krajobrazie rolniczym Oranii, RPA
Creator: Contributor:Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii
Publisher: Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:Bibliogr. p. 157 ; P. 155-157 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish. Taxa in Latin
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:Cattle Egret ; cubs ; birds ; nutrition ; food ; South Africa ; Free State ; herons ; Bubulcus ibis ; Ardeidae ; Aves
Abstract:The diet of chicks was investigated in an intensively managed farmland in South Africa, after a prolonged drought, during the second brood (February/March). In comparison with other African studies, a larger proportion of frogs (mainly juvenile Pyxicephalus adspersus frogs) and a smaller proportion of grasshoppers (locusts and crickets) was recorded. This may have been due partly to exceptionally low rainfall rather than to different habitat or geographical location. The large proportion of locusts and flies in the diet indicates that the Cattle Egret may play an important role in pest control.
Relation: Volume: Issue: Start page: End page: Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source:MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257-38-2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568-38-2 ; click here to follow the link
Language: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure
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