- Title
- Mixed-species flocks of insectivorous birds (‘bird parties’) in Afrotropical forests and woodlands: a review
- Creator
- Craig, Adrian J F K
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/449420
- Identifier
- vital:74820
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2022.2064930
- Description
- Mixed-species flocks of foraging insectivorous birds are found worldwide and have been best studied in the Neotropical region. A survey of the published literature reveals that mixed-species flocks (often termed ‘bird parties’) comprised of 2–30 species and sometimes >70 individual birds are regularly encountered in forest and woodland habitats throughout the Afrotropical region. On mainland Africa, >600 species representing 59 bird families have been reported in such flocks, and for at least 300 species foraging in such flocks may constitute an important part of their feeding activity. In Madagascar, >60 species of 19 families have been recorded in mixed-species flocks, with more than 40 species frequent participants. These foraging parties are dominated by gleaning and sallying insectivorous birds, with other feeding guilds represented by fewer species and individuals.
- Format
- 23 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ostrich, Craig, A.J., 2022. Mixed-species flocks of insectivorous birds (‘bird parties’) in Afrotropical forests and woodlands: a review. Ostrich, 93(1), pp.1-23, Ostrich volume 93 number 1 1 23 2022 1727-947X
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Craig, Adrian JFK (Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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