Sugar Packet Opening by Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala): A Novel Foraging Behavior

Carlos A. Delgado-V; Juana C. Correa-H

doi:10.1676/1559-4491-127.3.542

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Carlos A. Delgado-V,^1,* Juana C. Correa-H¹

¹1 Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, School of Biological Sciences, Un

^*Corresponding author; e-mail: cadv943@uowmail.edu.au

Abstract

In 2013 and 2014, Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala) were observed consuming a human-provided food source. We describe here how individual Noisy Miners manipulated, opened, and fed from sugar packets found at an outdoor cafe. This is the first published observation of this behavior in this species. Further systematic observations of this feeding behavior are necessary to ascertain how frequent and localized this event is in this species of honeyeater.

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Carlos A. Delgado-V and Juana C. Correa-H "Sugar Packet Opening by Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala): A Novel Foraging Behavior," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127(3), 542-544, (1 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-127.3.542

Received: 15 July 2014; Accepted: 1 February 2015; Published: 1 September 2015

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