The Foraging Deployment of Velvet-fronted Nuthatches and Elegant Titmice

Abstract

The authors studied the foraging habits of two Philippine birds—the velvet-fronted nuthatches and Gegant titmice—found in mixed companies of birds. They found out that in mixed flocks containing both species, nuthatches forage on the trunks and proximal parts of branches while titmice forage on the distal parts of branches.