Observations of the food brought to young at a nest of the Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
David S. Thurley
pp. 116-118
Abstract
The habit of the Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus of often foraging high above the ground and its being small in size and difficult to detect mean that few detailed observations have been made of the diet of this species. Here I report observations of food items taken to a nest on the patio of a house. The observations show that the adults feed their chicks a diet rich in lerps soon after hatching but with increasing quantities of insects as the chicks develop.
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