Table 1 Number of bird species per family in the Western Paleartic (WP, excluding vagrant, accidental and introduced species), number known to eat cicadas, and percentage of species eating cicadas in relation to the overall number
From: True cicadas (Cicadidae) as prey for the birds of the Western Palearctic: a review
Order | Family | Number of species | % of species eating cicadas | Order | Family | Number of species | % of species eating cicadas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In WP | Eating cicadas | In WP | Eating cicadas | ||||||
Struthioniformes | Struthionidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Coliiformes | Coliidae | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Galliformes | Phasianidae | 19 | 1 | 5 | Bucerotiformes | Upupidae | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Numididae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes | Meropidae | 3 | 2 | 67 | |
Anseriformes | Anatidae | 45 | 0 | 0 | Coraciidae | 2 | 2 | 100 | |
Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | 5 | 0 | 0 | Alcedinidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Phoenicopteriformes | Phoenicopteridae | 3 | 0 | 0 | Piciformes | Picidae | 11 | 3 | 27 |
Phaethontiformes | Phaethontidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Falconiformes | Falconidae | 12 | 3 | 25 |
Columbiformes | Columbidae | 11 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | Oriolidae | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Pterocliformes | Pteroclidae | 7 | 0 | 0 | Laniidae | 10 | 3 | 30 | |
Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | Corvidae | 13 | 6 | 46 | |
Apodidae | 7 | 2 | 29 | Paridae | 9 | 5 | 56 | ||
Cuculiformes | Cuculidae | 4 | 2 | 50 | Remizidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Gruiformes | Rallidae | 9 | 2 | 22 | Alaudidae | 25 | 5 | 20 | |
Gruidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Panuridae | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otididae | 5 | 0 | 0 | Cisticolidae | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gaviiformes | Gaviidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | Acrocephalidae | 17 | 6 | 35 | |
Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae | 6 | 0 | 0 | Locustellidae | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Procellariidae | 12 | 0 | 0 | Hirundinidae | 7 | 1 | 14 | ||
Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Pycnonotidae | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Pelecaniformes | Threskiornithidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | Phylloscopidae | 9 | 4 | 44 | |
Ardeidae | 12 | 4 | 33 | Scotocercidae | 2 | 1 | 50 | ||
Pelecanidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aegithalidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Suliformes | Fregatidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sylviidae | 17 | 7 | 41 | |
Sulidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Leiotrichidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phalacrocoracidae | 5 | 0 | 0 | Certhiidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Anhingidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sittidae | 7 | 1 | 14 | ||
Charadriiformes | Burhinidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Troglodytidae | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Haematopodidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Cinclidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Recurvirostridae | 2 | 0 | 0 | Sturnidae | 5 | 2 | 40 | ||
Charadriidae | 20 | 1 | 5 | Turdidae | 7 | 2 | 29 | ||
Rostratulidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Muscicapidae | 39 | 7 | 18 | ||
Scolopacidae | 22 | 0 | 0 | Regulidae | 3 | 1 | 33 | ||
Turnicidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hypocoliidae | 1 | 1 | 100 | ||
Dromadidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bombycillidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glareolidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | Nectariniidae | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Laridae | 50 | 6 | 12 | Prunellidae | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stercorariidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | Passeridae | 11 | 5 | 45 | ||
Alcidae | 6 | 0 | 0 | Motacillidae | 15 | 9 | 60 | ||
Strigiformes | Tytonidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | Fringillidae | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
Strigidae | 16 | 3 | 19 | Emberizidae | 19 | 5 | 26 | ||
Accipitriformes | Pandionidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Accipitridae | 33 | 1 | 3 | Total | 651 | 106 | 16 | ||