Diet and feeding of nestling Little Bitterns Ixobrychus minutus at fishponds: testing a new method for studying a difficult-to-monitor species. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flis, Adam; Gwiazda, Robert
• Is Part Of: Bird study. Volume 65:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 257
• Page End: 260
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Birds -- Ecology -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Conservation -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Ecology -- Periodicals; Birds -- Conservation -- Periodicals; Birds -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Birds -- Geographical distribution -- Periodicals; Birds -- Counting -- Periodicals; 598.170941
• DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2018.1446128
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0006-3657

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Capsule: The diet and feeding of nestling Little Bitterns Ixobrychus minutus was studied using trail cameras. Little Bitterns nestlings were mostly provisioned with amphibians and small fish. They were fed in the morning and evening, but not during the night, and both parents provided similar amounts of food.