Active food parasitism in the Grey Heron

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Active food parasitism in the Grey Heron

Original language description

New types of food acquirement by Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) are described and documented. Nesting population of White-tailed eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) has been repatriated in Třeboň Basin Biosphere Reserve (Ramsar locality) in the Czech Republic. During winter eagles are fed on dead fish and poultry cadavers. Since Grey herons are not able to swallow a whole big fish an interesting food parasitism was arised. Herons attact raptors (especially Buzzards ? Buteo buteo, but also Goshawks ? Accipiter gentilis and Eagles) and eat small pieces of fish tissue directly from the bill of these birds

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2008

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

British Birds

ISSN

0007-0335

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Volume of the periodical

101

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

2

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