著者

上田 恵介 小林 和夫

出版者

The Ornithological Society of Japan

雑誌

日本鳥学会誌 (ISSN:0913400X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.39, no.3, pp.103-105, 1991-05-25 (Released:2007-09-28)

参考文献数

3

被引用文献数

2

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We observed that Japanese White-eyes Zosterops japonica sucked honey dews secreted by two species of small jumping plant-lices, Heterophylla cubana and Stenopsylla nigricornis. This is the first observation of inter-specific relationship between homopteran insects and white-eyes. Such a foraging manner might be common in White-eyes. Although honey dew of homopteran insects is not neccessary to White-eyes as nectar resource, the homopteran insects seems important as insect foods.