Relationship of flower-birds between ornithophilous plants in Thailand
2001
Wichan Eiadthong(Kasetsart University. Bangkhen Campus, Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Forestry. Dept. of Forest Biology)
Study on relationship of birds between ornithophilous plants in different plant communities in Thailand that we found 129 species in 26 families of ornithophilous plants. All of them are 47 tree species, 52 shrub species, 20 herb species and 10 climbing species. The family is the most number of species is Bignoniaceae which are anthesis diurnal species. The syndromes of flower-birds are diurnal, visual with sensitive for red, small in size, hard bill, long bill and long tongue. The flower - birds are found this study that we found 19 species in 6 families namely, 10 species in Nectariniidae, 4 species in Dicaeidae, 2 species of each family in Zosteropidae and Chloropseidae and 1 species in Oriolidae. All syndromes of flower-bird are same the reported of Faegri and van der Pijl (1971). By the importance syndromes are diurnal anthesis, tubular shape corolla, nectar present and vivid colours (reddish, orange and yellowish rarely in whitish). The nectar volume and concentration are depending on environmental factors, locality and season.
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