Behavioural correlates of drinking speed in two West African sunbird species

0546704 - BÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Janečková, P. - Sejfová, Zuzana - Janeček, Š. - Chmel, K. - Chmelová, E. - Ewome, F. L.
Behavioural correlates of drinking speed in two West African sunbird species.
Bird Study. Roč. 67, č. 4 (2020), s. 540-542. ISSN 0006-3657. E-ISSN 1944-6705
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Cameroon * Cinnyris reichenowi * Cyanomitra oritis
OECD category: Ornithology
Impact factor: 0.819, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2021.1917510

The effect of perching versus hovering on the drinking speed of the Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis and the Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi was investigated in a cage experiment. Our results support the hypothesis that the shorter handling times on flowers during hovering compared to perching are largely caused by an increase in drinking speed.
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