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This book lists the stomach contents of Australian songbirds collected by the CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology from 1963 to 1980.

Passeriformes --- Food

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"The bowerbirds (family Ptilonorhynchidae) are famed for their unique bower-building behaviour which, in some species, can be a complex construction of sticks and other vegetable matter that can grow to two metres or so in diameter and about one and a half metres high. Many species are also accomplished mimics, and are able to copy the calls of other bird species, other natural and mechanical sounds and even human speech. The bowerbirds are confined to Australia and New Guinea and, due to the difficulty in accessing certain areas of their distribution, the study of their habits has been challenging. The 20 species are also almost equally divided between the two regions with eight species endemic to Australia, 10 to New Guinea and two species occurring in both regions"--Publisher.

Bowerbirds --- Bower birds --- Ptilonorhynchidae --- Passeriformes --- Songbirds --- Behavior --- Habitat --- Conservation

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This monograph summarizes the results of studying passerine migration, mainly that of long-distance nocturnal migrants. Migratory stopovers and migratory flights are shown to be closely interconnected. The main quantitative parameters of stopovers, i.e., their duration, fuel deposition rate and overall energy efficiency, govern the potntial range of migratory flights. The quantitative energetic parameters of stopovers should not be studied separately from the stopover behaviour of birds, especially from their habitat selection and use and their spatial behaviour. The energy costs of migratory flight in species adapted for migration are significantly lower than hitherto assumed. A critique of optimal migration theory is presented and a qualitative model of stopover behaviour of migrating passerines is put forward. The monograph represents a valuable resource for ornithologists, zoologists, ecologists, conservationists, and students of biology.

Migratory birds. --- Passeriformes -- Migration. --- Passeriformes. --- Passeriformes --- Migratory birds --- Zoology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ecology --- Vertebrates --- Migration --- Behavior --- Habitat --- Migration. --- Passerine birds --- Passerines --- Perching birds --- Life sciences. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Zoology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Ecology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Birds --- Animal behavior. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative

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Mammals --- Birds --- Hibernation. --- Physiology. --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Mammalian physiology --- Physiology --- Mamífers --- Ocells --- Hivernació --- Fisiologia animal --- Fisiologia --- Etologia --- Aus --- Vertebrats --- Anseriformes --- Apodiformes --- Caradriformes --- Ciconiformes --- Columbiformes --- Estruços --- Falconiformes --- Fasianiformes --- Gruïformes --- Lloros --- Mussols --- Ocells de gàbia --- Ocells nocturns --- Ocells tropicals --- Passeriformes --- Pelicaniformes --- Piciformes --- Pingüins --- Procel·lariformes --- Rapinyaires --- Caixes niu per a ocells --- Menjadores per a ocells --- Ornitologia --- Carnívors --- Insectívors (Mamífers) --- Lagomorfs --- Mamífers aquàtics --- Monotremes --- Primats --- Marsupials --- Ratapinyades --- Rosegadors