scholarly journals Vertebrate prey handling in the Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris (Aves: Bucerotiformes: Bucerotidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 14891-14894
Author(s):  
James A. Fitzsimons
Keyword(s):  
Prey Item ◽  
Calotes Versicolor ◽  
Prey Handling

Most hornbills are omnivorous, but there are few specific records of how vertebrate prey are handled by hornbills, particularly in Asia. I describe an observation of a pair of Indian Grey Hornbills Ocyceros birostris handling a large vertebrate prey item (Garden Lizard Calotes versicolor) which included both manipulation (crushing) in the bill and repeated wiping on the branch of a tree, the latter technique undescribed for this or other species of hornbill. Likely reasons for this behaviour are discussed.

Vertebrate Remains in Pellets of the Barn Owl, Tyto Alba, From Planet Downs Station, South-Western Queensland.

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Valente
Keyword(s):  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Prey Item ◽  
Barn Owl ◽  
Tyto Alba ◽  
Sminthopsis Macroura

Vertebrate remains in a collection of barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets from south-western Queensland were largely those of mammals, including Rattus villosissimus, Mus musculus, Leggadina forresti, Planigale tenuirostris, Sminthopsis macroura and S. crassicaudata. R. villosissimus was the most common prey item. P. tenuirostris had not been recorded previously from the area. Other vertebrate remains included those of birds, lizards and frogs. Some insects were also found in the pellets.

METABOLIC RESPONSE TO MALE HORMONE AND THYROID ACTIVITY IN THE INDIAN GARDEN LIZARD, CALOTES VERSICOLOR

1974 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASHA CHANDOLA ◽  
D. SURESH KUMAR ◽  
J. P. THAPLIYAL
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Oxidative Metabolism ◽  
Environmental Temperature ◽  
Metabolic Response ◽  
Tissue Oxygen ◽  
Thyroid Activity ◽  
Physiological Importance ◽  
Calotes Versicolor ◽  
Isolated Liver ◽  
Male Hormone

SUMMARY Thyroidectomy and orchidectomy led to significant reduction in the oxidative metabolism of isolated liver and skeletal muscle tissue (at 30 °C) in Calotes versicolor. Thyroxine and male hormone were shown to increase this parameter in intact and orchidectomized lizards respectively. The effects of thyroidectomy and orchidectomy on tissue oxygen uptake were not additive. It is supposed that by its effect on oxidative metabolism male hormone may be of a greater physiological importance for reptiles than for other vertebrates. The present results show also that changes in environmental temperature can counteract the depressive effect of orchidectomy on the thyroid of this species of lizard.

Feeding Habits of Alepocephalus Rostratus (Pisces: Alepocephalidae) in the Western Mediterranean Sea

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 1295-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Carrassón ◽  
J. Matallanas
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Prey Item ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The Family ◽  
Different Seasons ◽  
Scarcity Of Resources ◽  
Important Fish

The present study examines the feeding habits of Alepocephalus rostratus, the only species of the family Alepocephalidae in the Mediterranean Sea and the second most important fish species, in terms of biomass, inhabiting the deep slope of the Catalan Sea. Samples were obtained at depths between 1000–2250 m. Diet was analysed for two different size-classes (immature and mature specimens) at three different bathymetric strata during two different seasons. The feeding habits of A. rostratus included a narrow range of mobile macroplanktonic organisms (e.g. Pyrosoma atlanticum and Chelophyes appendiculata) and some material of benthic origin. Pyrosoma atlanticum was the preferred prey item in spring at 1000–1425 m, being very scarce in summer at the same depth as a consequence of its scarcity in the environment during this season. There were some ontogenic differences in the diet of A. rostratus at 1425–2250 m. Adults ingested more and larger prey than juvenile specimens. The scarcity of resources below 1200–1400 m fostered a more diversified diet, as well as passive predation of sedimented material.

Complex prey handling of octopus by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 934-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate R. Sprogis ◽  
Holly C. Raudino ◽  
David Hocking ◽  
Lars Bejder
Keyword(s):  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
Tursiops Aduncus ◽  
Prey Handling

Effects of an introduced, novel prey on diet and reproduction in the diet-specialist European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-231
Author(s):  
T.D. Williams ◽  
A. Cornell ◽  
C. Gillespie ◽  
A. Hura ◽  
M. Serota
Keyword(s):  
Prey Item ◽  
Brood Size ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Sturnus Vulgaris ◽  
European Starling ◽  
Tarsus Length ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Diet Specialization ◽  
Specialized Diet

Diet specialization has important consequences for how individuals or species deal with environmental change that causes changes in availability of prey species. We took advantage of a “natural experiment” — establishment of a commercial insect farm — that introduced a novel prey item, black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)), to the diet-specialist European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758). We investigated evidence for individual diet specialization (IDS) and the consequences of diet specialization and exploitation of novel prey on breeding productivity. In all 4 years of our study, tipulid larvae were the most common prey item. Soldier flies were not recorded in diets in 2013–2014; however, coincident with the establishment of the commercial insect farming operation, they comprised 22% and 30% of all prey items in the diets of European Starling females and males, respectively, in 2015. There was marked individual variation in use of soldier flies (4%–48% and 2%–70% in females and males, respectively), but we found little evidence of dichotomous IDS, i.e., where only some individuals have a specialized diet. We found no evidence for negative effects of use of soldier flies on breeding productivity: brood size at fledging and chick quality (mass, tarsus length) were independent of the number and proportion (%) of soldier flies returned to the nest.

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