Non-fish prey in the diet of an exclusive fish-eater: the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2015.1073679" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2015.1073679</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2015.1073679" target="_blank" >10.1080/00063657.2015.1073679</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Non-fish prey in the diet of an exclusive fish-eater: the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Original language description

The species and size spectrum of prey in the diet of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis was studied in 15 nest sites on six trout streams, one river and one reservoir in the Czech Republic. Special attention was given to non-fish prey. In total, 16,933individual prey items were identified (99.93 % fish, 0.07% non-fish prey). Perch Perca fluviatilis, roach Rutilus rutilus and bleak Alburnus alburnus dominated the diets of the Kingfishers on the reservoir, gudgeon Gobio gobio, European chub Squalius cephalus and roach in those on the river and gudgeon, European chub and bullhead Cottus gobio in the trout streams. The sizes of their fish prey ranged from 1.6 to 13.4 cm in total length (LT) with an average size of 6.6 cm LT. The non-fish prey were mostlycomposed of large aquatic insect larvae - dragonflies Anax sp. and Aeshna sp., common club-tail Gomphus vulgatissimus and great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis. In one case, the Kingfisher also took hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum, g

Czech name

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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

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Bird Study

ISSN

0006-3657

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

62

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

457-465

UT code for WoS article

000363322100002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84945447766