Abstract
Abstract. Resource partitioning in three sympatric stork species: Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) ) was studied in the Keoladeo National Park, India from October 1994 to May 1997. Little is known about their feeding success in variable water depths and habitat use. The Black-necked Stork, a solitary generalist forager, uses tactile and visual methods with a high proportion offish in the diet. The Painted Stork and Asian Openbill forage in groups of two to 100. Both Painted and Asian Openbill Storks are specialists and tactile foragers, with the former preferring fish and the latter snails (Pila spp.). Differences in prey composition were mainly due to difference in feeding behavior and water level at foraging sites. Peck rate, steps and success rate varied significantly among the three species and water level influenced feeding success. The three stork species showed variations in foraging parameters in relation ...
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