Cannibalism in the Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)and Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)

Smith Andrew C. M.; Ursula Munro

doi:10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.632

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Smith Andrew C. M.,¹ Ursula Munro²

¹Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
²Corresponding author; Ursula.Munro@uts.edu.au

Abstract

We provide first evidence of cannibalism in fledglings of the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) and Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus). The ibis only fed on carcasses of dead conspecifics (indirect cannibalism); the pelican consumed live pelican (heterocannibalism) and ibis nestlings.

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Smith Andrew C. M. and Ursula Munro "Cannibalism in the Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)and Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)," Waterbirds 31(4), 632-635, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695-31.4.632

Received: 13 September 2006; Accepted: 1 July 2008; Published: 1 December 2008

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