Risk of mate selection: Force driving to higher foraging rate in semi urban climate in Himalayan foot hills

Abstract

Foraging behavior is increasingly seen as an integral component in maintaining connectivity within habitat structure. Daily patterns in the foraging behavior of birds are assumed to balance the counteracting starvation, risks of predation and mate choice in breeding season in song-birds. Present study is the first investigation of the data on foraging patterns assemblage of population of Indian robin (Copshychus fulicatus L.), belongs to Semi-urban climate in Himalayan foothills. Foraging rate were found higher in male Indian robin in breeding season than non-breeding season because they need more energy to sing to attract female in breeding season, while female forage almost equal in both the season. Slight variation were found in foraging rate in morning and evening for both the sexes, evening have little more edges. This study also has significant value to study the effect of increasing urbanization on foraging, as need of recent research of ornithologist for sub- population, sub- species and species conservation.