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Aviary observations revealed particularities of foraging behavior in seven species of leaf warblers of the genus Phylloscopus, which sympatrically inhabit the middle-taiga Yenisei. The differences consist in the ratio of the tactics of each type, including the flight, frequency of using them, and selectivity with respect to maneuvers. The obtained results are discussed from the point of view of particularities of the external morphology of the species.
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Original Russian Text © O.N. Batova, 2011, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2011, No. 3, pp. 314–321.
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Batova, O.N. Selection of foraging tactics in leaf warblers (Phylloscopus). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 38, 259–265 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359011030022
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