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. 2007 Aug 14;3(6):589–591. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0325

Table 1.

Summary of drongo behaviour according to foraging mode. (Means (±s.e.) represent averages for all drongos combined.)

behaviour foraging mode

solitary kleptoparasitic
proportion of observation time spent foraging
 aerial and terrestrial foraging combined 0.83 (0.03) 0.49 (0.07)
 terrestrial foraging only 0.05 (0.01) 0.04 (0.02)
average perch height (m) 4.28 (0.56) 3.70 (0.32)
proportion of observation time spent vigilant 0.06 (0.02) 0.38 (0.07)
alarm calls given/total predator sightings
 aerial predators 0.92 (0.14) 0.95 (0.15)
 terrestrial predators 0.06 (0.19) 0.87 (0.15)
average mass of items caught (g) 0.28 (0.04) 0.72 (0.39)
biomass captured (g) per hour 1.61 (1.40) 3.49 (5.20)