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30 June 2016 Freshwater Molluscs in Diet of Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Bartłomiej Gołdyn, Zofia Książkiewicz-Parulska, Piotr Zduniak
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Abstract

The diet of nestling Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix) was investigated in Warta Mouth National Park (W Poland) in the breeding season of 2003. We analyzed 82 food samples of which 79% contained snails and bivalves. Hooded Crows prefer Viviparus spp. instead of smaller but more abundant molluscan species present in the studied area. We suspect that under conditions of the lowland flooded river valleys Viviparus spp., as a relatively large and meaty species, can be eaten without the shell and is a more valuable food source than smaller molluscs.

© 2016 The Wilson Ornithological Society
Bartłomiej Gołdyn, Zofia Książkiewicz-Parulska, and Piotr Zduniak "Freshwater Molluscs in Diet of Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(2), 459-462, (30 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-128.2.459
Received: 9 June 2015; Accepted: 1 December 2015; Published: 30 June 2016
KEYWORDS
bivalves
Corvus cornix, diet
nestlings
snails
Viviparus
Wetlands
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