Food items reported for Sterna bengalensis
n = 39
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Cephalopods Australia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthida Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atherinidae Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Belone belone belone Mauritania adults
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus declivis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus mediterraneus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus symmetricus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus teres Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardina pilchardus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Spratelloides sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sprattus sprattus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis anchoita Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis australis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis mordax Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis ringens Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Exocoetidae Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Choerodon sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuronectidae Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cololabis saira Mauritania adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus saurus Mauritania adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus scombroides Mauritania adults
nekton finfish bony fish Solea Australia adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Clupea pallasii Australia adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Brachyura Australia adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Shrimps, prawns Australia adults
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