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Table 1 Frugivorous birds forage on the fruits of Taxus chinensis in the patchy habitat of yew ecological garden, Fujian Province, southeast China

From: Importance of plant and bird traits on the seed removal pattern of endangered trees across different forest patches in southeast China

Bird species

Foraging frequency

Mean foraging amount

Foraging pattern

2018

2019

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

213

275

13.59 ± 0.45

S

Hemixos castanonotus

37

20

10.53 ± 0.86

S

Pycnonotus sinensis

30

24

9.20 ± 0.77

S

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

9

5

12.14 ± 2.91

S

Spizixos semitorques

5

7

11.83 ± 1.86

S

Chloropsis hardwickii

3

35

8.87 ± 1.01

S

Dendrocitta formosae

3

4

8.13 ± 2.05

S

Pycnonotus jocosus

2

3

4.0 ± 1.22

S

Turdus obscurus

nr

32

20.5 ± 1.06

S

Hypsipetes mcclellandii

nr

5

9 ± 1.97

S

Garrulus glandarius

nr

2

5.50 ± 1.50

S

Myophonus caeruleus

nr

1

16

S

Garrulax monileger

nr

1

5

S

Paradoxornis gularis

nr

1

80

S

Pericrocotus solaris

23

16

10.72 ± 1.06

P

Yuhina castaniceps

7

6

28.38 ± 4.96

P

Pericrocotus flammeus

2

3

4.25 ± 1.11

P

Alcippe morrisonia

4

1

11.80 ± 5.26

P

Aegithalos concinnus

4

nr

14.25 ± 1.38

P

Yuhina zantholeuca

nr

1

30

P

Total

342

442

  
  1. Data expressed as mean ± SE; Foraging pattern: S swallowing, P pecking, nr not record