Feeding Behaviour of Spoonbills at Lake Cowal, NSW
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Emu - Austral Ornithology
- Vol. 75 (3) , 132-136
- https://doi.org/10.1071/mu9750132
Abstract
Vestjens, W. J. M. 1975. Feeding behaviour of spoonbills at Lake Cowal, NSW. Emu 75: 132–136. The feeding behaviour of the Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes and the Royal Spoonbill P. regia at Lake Cowal, NSW, was studied between 1970 and 1972. The Yellow-billed Spoonbill occurred throughout the year; the Royal Spoonbill was rare or absent from June to September. Feeding behaviour and success are described; contents of twenty-eight stomachs of Yellow-billed and of twenty of Royal Spoonbills are reported. In contrast with the Royal Spoonbill, the Yellow-billed has a longer and narrower bill, simpler and slower methods of feeding and takes more arthropods, fewer fish and less non-animal matter.Keywords
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