
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wood, K.A. 
T1  - Seasonal Changes in Diet of Pied Currawongs <emph type="2">Strepera graculina</emph>at Wollongong, New South Wales
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 98
IS  - 3
SP  - 157
EP  - 170
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU98023 
N2  - Data on the diet of Pied Currawongs Strepera graculina were acquired from incidental records from 1984&#8211;96 and 165 hours of observation at four nests. In the non-breeding season, fruit from native and introduced trees was the major component of diet. In the breeding season, breeding currawongs switched to a diet consisting mostly of insects (91% by weight) before eggs were hatched and mostly of nestling and juvenile birds (55% by weight) when feeding their own nestlings. Estimated food consumption rates were 0.56 g per currawong-hour (parents only) for insect prey in the incubation period and 0.67 g per currawong-hour (parents and nestlings) for passerine prey in the nestling period. During a breeding episode, a breeding pair of currawongs may capture up to 2000 g of young passerines. The method of dismembering prey is described. 
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