A mixed-species feeding flock, also termed a mixed-species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous...

species than can be variable and widespread. Not to be confused with a mixed-species foraging flock, a behavior in which birds of different species feed...

Flocking also offers foraging benefits and protection from predators, although flocking can have costs for individual members. Flocks are often defined as...

suggested that pishing may be treated as an invitation to join a "mixed-species foraging flock" and birds do not themselves vocalize or show aggressive behaviour...

is found hunting in the mid-canopy of forests, often joining mixed-species foraging flocks. They perch upright and have a distinctive pattern of black...

with good tree cover and are often found along with other species in mixed-species foraging flocks. Adult males can be told apart by the black stripe that...

flycatcher, and in tropical forest habitats, pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ slightly in plumage colour and sizes. The...

organism. List of diadromous orders and families, and the number of known species: Forage fish often make great migrations between their spawning, feeding and...

help in the formation of mixed-species foraging flocks, a feature seen in forest bird communities where many insect feeders forage together. These drongos...

frequently joins and even leads mixed-species foraging flocks. Its diet is made up of fruits, seeds and invertebrates. This species is apparently a cooperative...

habitats where they often join other birds in mixed-species foraging flocks. Pairs are often seen as they forage for insects by making flycatcher-like sallies...

habits of gleaning for insects and are often seen in mixed-species foraging flocks, usually foraging in small groups, high up in the forest canopy. The...

best indication that these birds are present. They often join mixed-species foraging flocks. The breeding season is May to July. This babbler builds its...

mixed-species foraging flocks. They are very good in mimicking calls of many other bird species which is a trait shared with many Drongo species. The breeding...

leaves or probe in leaf litter for prey. They may sometimes join mixed-species foraging flocks. They breed from December to May. The nest is a large and loose...

healthy wood like a woodpecker. A pair may temporarily join a mixed-species foraging flock as it passes near their territory. The Eurasian nuthatch readily...

mixed-species foraging flocks in the Sinharaja area. Most of the individuals of Red-faced Malkohas which participate in the mixed-species bird flocks...

Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2875-7. Staddon. Adaptive Behavior and Learning. Foraging and Behavioral Ecology. Retrieved from: http://psychandneuro.duke...

or in groups of up to three individuals, sometimes joining mixed-species foraging flocks. They perch upright close to the tops of trees and capture insects...

Todies are highly territorial but will join mixed-species foraging flocks composed of resident species and migrants from North America, when they pass...

of it as with the other species, with which it associates in mixed-species foraging flocks during the non-breeding season. Flamecrests have fine, shrill...

gregarious and very social. They sometimes form the core of a mixed-species foraging flock. They feed mainly on insects, but also eat grains, nectar and...

of Rajasthan. This species is normally seen in pairs or small parties and sometimes joins mixed-species foraging flocks. They forage from the ground to...

30 individuals have been reported, and the species has been encountered in a mixed-species foraging flock with the little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)...

while hovering after short sallies from a perch. It often joins mixed-species foraging flocks. The Guianan trogon's breeding season is not fully defined but...

Andrew S; Grubb Jr, Thomas C (1999). "Functional roles in mixed-species foraging flocks: A Field manipulation". The Auk. 116 (2): 557–559. doi:10.2307/4089392...

Andrew S.; Grubb, Thomas C. (April 1999). "Functional Roles in Mixed-Species Foraging Flocks: A Field Manipulation". The Auk. 116 (2): 557–559. doi:10.2307/4089392...

together in a flock, and often with other gleaners in a mixed-species foraging flock. It has been shown that individual birds feeding in flocks are able to...

usually seen singly or in pairs and are often found to join mixed-species foraging flocks. The breeding season is from February to September, mainly during...

of mixed-species foraging flocks but do not mix with the other members. The collared trogon's nesting season is highly variable across the species' wide...