ECOLOGY OF HOUSE CROW (Corvus splendens) AND JUNGLE CROW (Corvus macrorhynchos) IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE
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2012
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Study on “Ecology of House Crow (Corvus splendens) and Jungle Crow
(Corvus macrorhynchos) in Agricultural Landscape” was carried out from January
2011 to July 2012 at Anand Agricultural University campus, Anand city and adjoining
villages in central Gujarat, India.
Food of crows was classified into two major categories viz., animal & plant
matter. Jungle Crow mainly consumed animal matter (56.43 % F & 60.47 % R. A.)
whereas House Crow was chiefly feeding on plant matter (65.04 % F and 55.48 %
R. A.). Both the species in residential area largely relied upon kitchen waste and flesh
of road-killed vertebrates. Jungle Crow depredation on fruits (10.50 %) and predation
on invertebrates (6.55 %) and vertebrates (2.73 %) was higher compared to House
Crow in the study area. It indicates that Jungle Crow act as predator of insect pest of
important food crops as well as act as pest on fruit crops to some extent.
Study area was divided into two major habitats viz., agricultural habitat and
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Entomology, Study