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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea "spearfishing" swifts? [PDF]
A Grey Heron Ardea cinerea was observed during the early hours of the morning of 28 September 2012 on the Bloemhof Dam, within its namesake Nature Reserve, feeding on a Little Swift Apus ...
Power, RJ
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The White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis is Critically Endangered wading bird. In this study, we first sequenced and described the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of A. insignis. The whole genome of A.
Yubao Duan +3 more
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Trends of some wintering waterbirds in Lazio (1993-2006)
Since the 90s, censuses of wintering waterfowl have been carried out in the main wetlands of Lazio. We analysed the trends of 31 species in the 1993-2006 period (base year 1993) by means of TRIM (Trends and Indices Monitoring data) software (Model 3 ...
Massimo Brunelli +3 more
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El cleptoparasitismo es el robo del alimento por parte de individuos de una especie obtenido por individuos de la misma u otra especie. En este artículo reporto un caso de cleptoparasitismo de una Garza Mora (Ardea cocoi) sobre una Gaviota ...
Alejandro Mouchard
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Despite being an important fraction of any animal population, juveniles are a severely understudied group. Juveniles often need to learn an array of skills that allow them to survive independently and do so while undertaking decisions that may impact their fitness, recruitment and survival, having therefore relevant demographic implications.
Manuela S. Rodrigues +6 more
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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse)
Courtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Alexander D. Clark +3 more
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Grey Herons Ardea cinerea hunting and eating Little Swifts Apus affinis [PDF]
This note reports on Grey Herons' (Ardea cinerea) predation on Little Swifts (Apus affinis) at Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, North-West Province.
Xurxo Piñeiro, Piñeiro, Xurxo
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Nesting of water birds in ensenada de la paz, baja california sur, mexico (1992-1994)
Se registra la anidación de aves acuáticas en la Ensenada de La Paz, de 1992 a 1994. Se contabilizaron 13 especies anidantes: Ardea herodias, Bubulcus ibis, Egretta rufescens, E. thula, E. tricolor, E. caerulea, Nyctanassa violacea, Nycticorax nycticorax,
F. Becerril-M., R. Carmona
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On an undescribed species of Ardea (Ardea lansbergei)
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Variation in Bird Gut Microbiota Across Dietary Guilds and Migratory Strategies
This study analyzed the gut microbiota of birds from different ecological types in Nanning, Guangxi, and found that different dietary habits (omnivory, carnivory, and herbivory) and migratory strategies (migratory and resident) significantly altered the gut microbiota of birds, but migration did not increase the inter‐individual variability of gut ...
Wenjing Zhou +7 more
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