Naslov
On food and feeding habits of the White Stork, Ciconia c. ciconia, in Central Balkans

Autori
Mužinić, Jasmina ; Rašajski, Javor

Izvornik
Ökologie der Vögel (0173-0711) 14 (1992); 211-223

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
White Stork; Ciconia ciconia; feeding; diet; pellets; Central Balkans

Sažetak
Research on the diet and feeding habits of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) was carried out in the Central Balkans by the method of qualitative and quantitative analysis of 504 pellets collected from 257 active nests and by analysis of food remains which do not form part of the pellets. The research was carried out in the months from May to July in the period from 1976-1990 and covered 34 villages (5 in Croatia, 18 in Voivodina, 6 in Serbia, 2 in Kosovo, and 3 in Macedonia) and 25 sites in the countryside in the nesting area of this species in the Central Balkans. The diet of the White Stork in the area investigated was found to include 3 species of oligochaetus, 8 mollusc species, 11 fish species, 3 amphibian species, 8 reptile species, 10 bird species, 7 mammal species and 44 insect species. The most frequent species of prey in the diet of the White Stork were the following: Tropidiscus planorbis, T. carinatus, Planorbis corneus, Bathyomphalmus contortus, Rana esculenta, Microtus arvalis, Dytiscus sp. and Acilius sp. Food remains of young White Storks have been also investigated.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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