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WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
卷 127, 期 2, 页码 239-248出版社
WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1676/wils-127-02-239-248.1
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Aeronautes montivagus; Apodidae; Chaetura cinereiventris; Chaetura vauxi; food habits; Neotropics; prey size; resource partitioning
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- Frank M. Chapman Fund of the American Museum of Natural History, in New York
The Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela has a rich avifauna including swifts. The aerial arthropod prey of three species found there, Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris), Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi), and White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus), included spiders plus nine orders and 110 families of insects. Diptera and Hymenoptera were the most numerous prey taxa (>60%) taken by all three swifts. Prey size ranged from 0.5-17.9 mm body length, and averaged 2.69 mm for Gray-rumped Swifts, 2.91 mm for Vaux's Swifts, and 5.52 mm for White-tipped Swifts. Niche breadth was similar in Gray-rumped and Vaux's Swifts (2.4 and 3.13), and niche overlap was also high (0.98). Niche breadth was higher in White-tipped Swifts (8.49) and niche overlap was <60 with both Gray-rumped and Vaux's swifts. Observed elevational differences in foraging habitat and altitudinal foraging zones are proposed as resource partitioning mechanisms for this guild of sympatric aerial insectivores.
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