Intertidal foraging by Tristan Thrushes. (4th May 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Intertidal foraging by Tristan Thrushes. (4th May 2019)
- Main Title:
- Intertidal foraging by Tristan Thrushes
- Authors:
- Ryan, Peter G
Dilley, Ben J - Abstract:
- Abstract : We report that some 10% of Tristan Thrushes Turdus eremita on the coast at Inaccessible Island feed extensively on marine invertebrates (mainly crustaceans), despite lacking functional salt glands. Such birds regularly drink from freshwater springs that are common along the coast, but thrushes also forage along the coast at nearby Nightingale Island where there is little freshwater. One individual was observed feeding on stranded by-the-wind-sailors Velella velella . This appears to be only the second record of a passerine feeding on a cnidarian. These records further emphasise the resourcefulness of island birds in general, and the Tristan Thrush in particular, to exploit a wide range of food resources.
- Is Part Of:
- Ostrich. Volume 90:Number 2(2019)
- Journal:
- Ostrich
- Issue:
- Volume 90:Number 2(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 90, Issue 2 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 90
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0090-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 179
- Page End:
- 181
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-04
- Subjects:
- Turdus eremita -- isopods -- amphipods -- Lepas -- Velella
Birds -- Periodicals
Birds -- South Africa -- Periodicals
598.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/cw/nisc/00306525/contp1.htm ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tost20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.2989/00306525.2019.1581297 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0030-6525
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- Legaldeposit
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