TIM Version 3.0 beta Technical Description and User Guide - Appendix G - Equation for Calculating Home Range for Insect Eating Birds
Table G.1 and Figure G.1 depict the data reported by Schoener 1968 for species identified in field surveys associated with agricultural fields/orchards and adjacent habitats that are described in Appendix D.
Species (scientific name) |
Species (common name) |
Predominant Diet* | Additional diet items* | Mean body weight (g)** | Home Range (ha) |
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Passerina cyanea | Indigo bunting | insects | seeds, fruit | 14.5 | 0.11 |
Thryothorus ludovicianus | Carolina wren | insects | seeds, fruit | 21 | 0.12 |
Icteria virens | Yellow-breasted chat | insects | fruit | 25.3 | 0.13 |
Vireo griseus | White-eyed vireo | insects | fruit | 11.4 | 0.13 |
Dendroica petechia | Yellow warbler | insects | fruit | 9.5 | 0.17 |
Sialia sialis | Eastern bluebird | insects | fruit | 31.6 | 1.01 |
Seiurus aurocapillus | Ovenbird | insects | plant matter | 19.4 | 1.01 |
Sturnella magna | Eastern meadowlark | insects | seeds | 89 | 3.04 |
Sturnella neglecta | Western meadowlark | insects | seeds | 97.7 | 3.04 |
Guiraca caerulea | Blue grosbeak | insects | seeds | 28.4 | 6.19 |
Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern kingbird | insects | fruit | 39.5 | 8.38 |
*From: Gough et al. (1998).
**From Dunning (1984).
***From Schoener (1968)