Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sterna bergii

Main Ref.	Surman, C., M. Moran, A. Burbidge, R. Wooller and D. Gaughan, 2002
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Houtman Abrolhos
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sterna bergii

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.70 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Macroramphosus scolopax
4.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Engraulidae
5.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pomacentridae
6.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Labridae
13.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Blenniidae
16.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scaridae
21.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pisces	0.1% Soleidae, 0.5% Congridae, 0.1% Ophichthidae, 0.1% Syngnathidae, 0.3% Apogonidae, 0.8% Tetraodontidae, 20.5% unidentified fish, 0.1% Upeneus spp., 0.7% Carangidae.
25.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupeidae
3.90 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Decapoda
2.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopoda