PREMIGRATORY DIET OF TRANS-SAHARAN MIGRANT PASSERINES IN THE WESTERN SAHEL

Authors
STOATE C MOREBY SJ
Citation
C. Stoate et Sj. Moreby, PREMIGRATORY DIET OF TRANS-SAHARAN MIGRANT PASSERINES IN THE WESTERN SAHEL, Bird study, 42, 1995, pp. 101-106
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Bird study → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063657
Volume
42
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
101 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3657(1995)42:<101:PDOTMP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Faecal analysis was used to investigate the relative contribution of a rthropods and fruit to the premigratory diet of the Redstart and 4 Eur opean Sylvia warblers in Senegal in March. The warblers showed greater premigratory fattening and higher fruit consumption than the Redstart . Berries of the shrub Salvadora persica were exploited by all species with berries over 5 mm diameter being selected.