The daily cycle of feeding activity of the Greater Flamingo in relation to the dispersion of the prey Artemia

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Robert H Britton
E. ROBERT de Groot
Alan R Johnson

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Non-breeding adult Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber filter-feeding on the brine shrimp Artemia in the salines of the Camargue, France, feed almost exclusively at night and roost during the daytime. Artemia undertakes a diurnal vertical migration and is concentrated near the bottom during the daytime, but is dispersed at night. Night-time feeding is thus non-adaptive in terms of foraging efficiency but may serve an anti-predatory or thermoregulatory role.

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Britton, R. H., de Groot, E. R., & Johnson, A. R. (1986). The daily cycle of feeding activity of the Greater Flamingo in relation to the dispersion of the prey Artemia. Wildfowl, 151–155. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154768
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Wildfowl 37
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