Table 5. Comparison of avian scavenger species in terms of their capacity to detect carcasses (being the first species to arrive at carcass and time to detection) and the time spent per feeding bout in experimental plots containing carrion.
| No. times first at carcass | Detection time (h, mean) |
Duration of feeding bout (sec)
|
Tukey’s HSD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean | se | |||||
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | 4 | 1.7 | 23 | 322 | 298 | a | |
| Brahminy Kite | 5 | 5.0 | 38 | 372 | 232 | a | |
| Whistling Kite | 7 | 1.4 | 53 | 509 | 196 | a,b | |
| Silver Gull | 4 | 2.5 | 62 | 680 | 182 | a,b | |
| Torresian Crow | 5 | 2.7 | 75 | 1219 | 165 | b | |
Tukey’s HSD refers to post-hoc testing following a significant main effect for species in Anova comparing the mean duration of feeding bouts among species (F4,250 = 3.84, p 0.005).