An observation of Sugar Gliders evicting nesting White-throated Treecreepers from a nest box in central Victoria
William Terry
pp. 172-173
Abstract
This note describes the eviction of nesting White-throated Treecreepers Cormobates leucophaea from a nest box by a Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps in central Victoria. Predation of the birds and eggs was not observed.
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