Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sterna bergii

Main Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M. and T.J. Wassenberg, 1989
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Queensland, Australia
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
15.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Apogonidae
46.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sillago maculata
21.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Johnius australis
5.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Equulites moretoniensis	5.4% Leiognathus moretoniensis.
4.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Plotosus lineatus	4.4% Plotosus anguillaris.
6.80 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	others
0.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopoda