Foraging behaviour of brown-hooded kingfishers (Halcyon albiventris) in the East Usambara mountains, Tanzania

African Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-54

  Corbin, C E ^a   Kirika, M J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Opportunist; Search Behaviour; Search time

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING TIME; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

AMANI NATURE RESERVE; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; HALCYON; HALCYON ALBIVENTRIS; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0036063857     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657154     Document Type: Article

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