Australian Botanic Garden
Basic information
Sample name: Australian Botanic Garden

Sample aka: Mount Annan

Reference: B. Latham, A. Leishman, J. Martin, and D. Phalen. 2017. Establishing normal fecal flora in wild Australian passerine birds by use of the fecal gram stain. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(3):786-793 [ER 3276]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: New South Wales



Coordinate: 34° 4' S, 150° 46' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Mount Annan

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "an approximately 20-acre (8.09-ha) remnant of the Cumberland Plain woodland... Birds were captured with multiple mist nets"

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 186 captures or sightings

Years: 2014, 2015

Days: 4

Sampling comments: "samples were collected... 1 day/mo between October 2014 and February 2015"

Metadata
Sample number: 3624

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-05-25 18:25:35

Modified: 2020-05-25 08:25:35

Abundance distribution
28 species
11 singletons
total count 186
geometric series index: 59.5
Fisher's α: 9.150
geometric series k: 0.8692
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8806
Shannon's H: 2.5744
Good's u: 0.9410
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus1 frugivore
Malurus cyaneus303.0 g insectivore
Malurus lamberti72.0 g insectivore
Sericornis frontalis131.8 g insectivore
Smicrornis brevirostris15.3 g insectivore
Acanthiza nana12.5 g insectivore
Acanthiza pusilla32.9 g insectivore
Pardalotus punctatus18.7 g insectivore
Pardalotus striatus71.9 g insectivore-nectarivore
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris4 omnivore
Lichenostomus penicillatus10 insectivore-nectarivore
Manorina melanophrys27
Manorina melanocephala7 insectivore
Anthochaera carunculata1 nectarivore
Myzomela sanguinolenta2 nectarivore
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae1 nectarivore
Pachycephala pectoralis11.6 g insectivore
Pachycephala rufiventris14.9 g insectivore
Oriolus sagittatus2 frugivore-omnivore
Artamus cyanopterus3 insectivore-nectarivore
Gymnorhina tibicen1 insectivore-omnivore
Rhipidura fuliginosa62.7 g insectivore
Rhipidura leucophrys23.3 g insectivore
Eopsaltria australis122.2 g insectivore
Zosterops lateralis51.9 g frugivore-omnivore
Pycnonotus jocosus35.6 g frugivore-insectivore
Turdus merula19.7 g insectivore-frugivore
Neochmia temporalis4411.4 g granivore