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Table 2 Leadership during gap crossings

From: The composition of mixed-species flocks of birds in and around Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Sal forest

 

Riverine forest

 

Leader species

% occasions led (n = 39)

Leader species

% occasions led

(n = 22)

Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo

35.9

Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo

18.2

Scarlet Minivet

10.3

Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)

18.2

Bar-Winged Flycatcher Shrike

7.7

Scarlet Minivet

13.6

Bronzed Drongo

7.7

Oriental White Eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)

13.6

11 other species

 ≤ 2 leading events

7 other species

 ≤ 2 leading events

  1. Only species that led MSFs at least three times in one of the habitats are listed. For scientific names, see Table 1