Diet, food availability and habitat selection of breeding Common Sandpipers Actitis hypoleucos
The diet of the Common Sandpiper, as studied by faecal analysis, includes a wide variety of prey, the majority of which are of terrestrial rather than of aquatic origin. Observation of feeding activity confirms that much time is spent feeding in grassland, although shingly river edges are also impor...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1986
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1986.tb02089.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1986.tb02089.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1986.tb02089.x |
| Summary: | The diet of the Common Sandpiper, as studied by faecal analysis, includes a wide variety of prey, the majority of which are of terrestrial rather than of aquatic origin. Observation of feeding activity confirms that much time is spent feeding in grassland, although shingly river edges are also important. The feeding activity of young chicks is also largely confined to wet grassy areas, but older chicks feed almost entirely along the |
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