Feeding Ecology of Lophophorus sclateri at Gaoligong Mountain

The foraging behavior of Lophophorus sclateri was studied by means of directly observing its foraging activity in the field and by plot study on features of the spring foraging habitats distributed in Danaozi area of the Gaoligong Mountain.The observation indicated that the foraging activity of L.sclateri could be influenced by the weather,i.e.,the bird usually fed in the dawn or dusk time during the sunny days,whereas it fed during the intervals in the rainy or snowy days.The results showed that L.sclateri preferred meadow or bared areas to feed and avoided bamboo grove,especially the dense bamboo forests denser than 20 plants /m2.When L.sclateri fed in the meadow or bared localities,60% of the foraging localities were distributed within 2m apart from the forests.L.sclateri preferred to feed in the sloppy areas,water resource did not influence very much on its selection of foraging locations.