Diet of some species of Turdidae in South African grasslands

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-59

  Kopij, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

C. sinuata; Cercomela familiaris; Cossypha caffra; Diet; E. paena; Erythropygia coryphaeus; M. explorator; M. rupestris; Monticola brevipes; Myrmecocichla formicivora; O. monticola; O. pileata; Oenanthe bifasciata; Saxicola torquata; Stomach contents; Turdus olivaceus

Indexed keywords

DIET; FRUIT; GRASSLAND; INSECT; PASSERINE; SEED; STOMACH CONTENT;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CERCOMELA; CERCOMELA FAMILIARIS; CERCOMELA SINUATA; COLEOPTERA; COSSYPHA; COSSYPHA CAFFRA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICIVORA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MONTICOLA; MONTICOLA BREVIPES; MONTICOLA EXPLORATOR; MONTICOLA RUPESTRIS; MYRMECOCICHLA; MYRMECOCICHLA FORMICIVORA; OENANTHE; OENANTHE MONTICOLA; OENANTHE PILEATA; PASSERIFORMES; SAXICOLA; SAXICOLA TORQUATA; TURDIDAE; TURDUS; TURDUS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 0042283934     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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