Parental Feeding of Young Sooty Terns (Sterna fuscata (L.)) and Brown Noddies (Anous stolidus (L.)) in Hawaii
1975; Wiley; Volume: 44; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3715
ISSN1365-2656
Autores Tópico(s)Marine animal studies overview
ResumoParental feeding of young has received little attention in studies of sea birds. What information is available comes mostly from studies of temperate zone sea birds (e.g. Pearson 1968; Nettleship 1972; Cody 1973), although arecent study by Ashmole & Ashmole (1967) in the tropical Pacific has provided much information on the kind of prey tropical sea birds bring to their young. Extremely little is known about the feeding frequencies, time of day of feeding and the quantity of food given per feeding in the young of tropical sea birds. Approximately 100 000 sooty terns (Sterna fuscata (L.)) and 30 000 brown noddies (Anous stolidus (L.)) breed on Manana Island, Hawaii annually (Brown 1973). Manana is a 0-25-km2 volcanic islet lying about 1 km offshore the island of Oahu. During 1971 and 1972 I studied on Manana the parental feeding of the young of these two species.
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