Diurnal time-activity budgets of Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis in
Karaivetti Lake, Tamil Nadu, India.
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The time-activity budgets of Spot-billed Pelican, Pelecanus philippensis, were determined from September 2008 to January
2009 in Karaivetti Lake, Tamil Nadu, India. As the sexes of Spot-billed Pelican were distinguishable during breeding season,
behavioural data were collected during the peak breeding months-November, December and January. Time-activity budgets
were based on 432 hours of behavioural observations made on 4540 focal individuals
Keywords: comfort, breeding, resting, flying, foraging, birds
Citation: *, (
2015),
Diurnal time-activity budgets of Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis in
Karaivetti Lake, Tamil Nadu, India..
Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation Journal(STET),
8(2):
79-83
Received: 2016-05-07 08:27:41; Accepted: 2016-05-07 08:27:49;
Published: 07/05/2016
