Activity patterns of pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) and stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) at the Chittagong university campus, Bangladesh

Authors

  • JK Biswas Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331
  • NJ Sarker Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • MF Ahsan Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331
  • MM Rahman Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v42i2.23355

Keywords:

Pied kingfisher, stork-billed kingfisher, activity pattern, time activity index

Abstract

The activity patterns of pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis Linnaeus, 1758) and stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis Linnaeus, 1766) were studied in the Chittagong University Campus, Chittagong, Bangladesh, during January 2011 to December 2013. Eight activities (resting/perching, bathing, flying, feeding, calling, preening, hovering and diving) were observed in this study, of which pied kingfisher performed all eight activities and stork-billed kingfisher performed all except bathing and hovering. Both kingfisher species spent the maximum (pied kingfisher: 31.87%; stork-billed kingfisher: 45.82%) time in resting/perching and the minimum (pied kingfisher: 4.83%; stork-billed kingfisher: 1.90%) in preening. Pied kingfishers were mostly (28.3%) active during 0700 and 0900 h and stork- billed kingfishers were more (31.17%) active in between 0901-1100 h. Pied kingfishers spent their highest (9.01%) time in different activities in August and the lowest (7.68%) in February, whereas storkbilled kingfishers spent the maximum (8.69%) time in March and the minimum (7.80%) in May.

Bangladesh J. Zool. 42(2): 191-203, 2014

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JK Biswas, Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331



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2015-05-14

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Biswas, J., Sarker, N., Ahsan, M., & Rahman, M. (2015). Activity patterns of pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) and stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) at the Chittagong university campus, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 42(2), 191–203. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v42i2.23355

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