At 20:52 21/02/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>I am trying to find out if Red-eared Firetails feed their young on insects
as a matter of course. I am aware that R-e F's do partake of the odd insect
or two to suppliment their diets. Can anyone steer me in the right direction?
>
>Cheers
>Roy Sonnenburg
>
>
Hi Roy
Klaus Immelmann in "Australian Finches" writesof the Red-eared Firetail
.. "During the breeding season the birds pick small insects
from the foliage".
I would imagine that this is both to increase the adults protein intake
for producing eggs, and also
the feed the protein demand of the growing nestlings.
This is the pattern found in many of the finches/waxbills/mannikins/etc.
Cheers
Pete
Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
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