Birds in Australian Caves

1 October 1965

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Emu - Austral Ornithology

Vol. 65 (2) , 152-155
https://doi.org/10.1071/MU965152

Abstract

Factors involved in the choice of caves as roosting or nesting sites are discussed. Those birds which enter the dark zone of caves have been shown in some cases to orient themselves by echo-location, and it is suggested that this occurs in the Australian Swiftlet, Collocalia francica. Observations of Australian species roosting or nesting in caves are listed.

Keywords

ROOSTING OR NESTING
SPECIES ROOSTING
NESTING SITES
AUSTRALIAN SPECIES
CAVES SUMMARY
DARK ZONE

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Mackay Report
Emu - Austral Ornithology, 1962
ADAPTATIONS IN THE KITTIWAKE TO CLIFF‐NESTING.
Ibis, 1957
The Rock-Warbler: A Monograph
Emu - Austral Ornithology, 1926