
%0 Journal Article
%A Tullis, KJ 
%A Calver, MC 
%A Wooller, RD 
%T The Invertebrate Diets of Small Birds in Banksia Woodland Near Perth, W.a., During Winter.
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1982/06/01
%V 9
%N 2
%P 303-309
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9820303
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9820303 
%X Honeyeaters were the most abundant birds in Banksia woodland in winter, and all species ate insects. Short-billed honeyeaters and non-nectarivores took mostly beetles, ants and bugs by gleaning, whereas long-billed honeyeaters fed more on nectar and caught mostly flies and wasps by hawking. Short-billed species segregated in their foraging heights, prey types and sizes. Long-billed species, however, overlapped considerably in these respects and all took similar small insects whose capture they may have had to subsidize with energy from nectar. 
