Prey consumed by wading birds in mangrove swamps of the Caribbean coast of Colombia Author Ruiz-Guerra, Carlos Author Echeverry-Galvis, María Ángela text Journal of Natural History 2019 2019-10-07 53 29 1823 1836 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2019.1667037 1464-5262 3662889

Table 3. Mean weight (g) and length (mm) of fish genera found in regurgitates and stomach contents of birds. ‘ a ’ indicates a significant difference (P <0.05) between ardeid species.

Sp	Measurements	Anchoveta	n	Anchovies	n	Eleotrids	n	Gambusias	n	Rivulines	n	Guppies	n
Sp: species
Snowy Egret	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)			1.41 (0.09 – 1.77)	8	3.60 (0.56 – 16.98)	15	0.36a (0.07 – 0.86)	4	0.12 (0.05 – 0.21)	24	0.51a (0.05 – 1.76)	156
	Standard Length ¯x (Min-Max)			42.35 (24.90 – 59.80)	2	49.15 (28.86 – 81.11)	6	25.66a (19.68 – 34.41)	3		0	29.84 (15.53 – 43.51)	83
	Total Length ¯x (Min-Max)			69.40	1	62.19 (35.37 – 101.22)	5	30.89 a (24.4 – 41.37)	3		0	35.72 (20.29 – 54.12)	80
Tricolored Heron	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)				0	3.21 (1.07 – 5.57)	5	0.09 (0.01 – 0.49)	79	0.35 (0.15 – 0.70)	9	0.40 (0.01 – 2.14)	240
	Standard Length ¯x (Min-Max)				0	39.98 (32.92 – 51.30)	3	17.83 (10.59 – 28.72)	21	32.00 (31.60 – 32.40)	2	28.23 (15.90 – 47.35)	66
	Total Length ¯x (Min-Max)				0	52.07 (39.64 – 72.20)	3	21.38 (13.00 – 33.97)	22	40.50 (39.40 – 41.60)	2	33.49 (18.30 – 53.59)	64
	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)											1.10 (0.10 – 2.39)	20
Boat-billed Heron	Standard Length ¯x (Min-Max)											37.08 (22.56 – 47.34)	11
	Total Length ¯x (Min-Max)											45.34 (28.76 – 55.1)	11
	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)	8.21	1			8,79 (6.79 – 12.53)	3
Cocoi Heron	Standard Length ¯x (Min-Max)					64.16	1
	Total Length ¯x (Min-Max)					76.70	1
	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)					5.46 (5.35 – 5.57)	2
Bare-throated Heron	Standard Length ¯x (Min-Max)					60.49(60.39 – 60.58)	2
	Total Length ¯x (Min-Max)					65.88	1
Agami Heron	Weight ¯x (Min-Max)					17.13	1