Birds of the Western Palearctic

Abstract

In Europe, most of the food items consist of ants: Aphaenogaster subterranea, Formica cunicularia, Formica fusca, Formica polyctena, Formica rufa, Formica rufibarbis, Lasius alienus, Lasius emarginatus, Lasius flavus, Lasius niger, Leptothorax unifasciatus, Myrmica lobicornis, Myrmica rubra, Myrmica sabuleti, Myrmica scabrinodis, Myrmica schencki,Myrmica sulcinodis, Tapinoma erraticum, & Tetramorium caespitum. Cited from: Yoshimura, et al., 2003, Ants from scats and pellets in the nests of the Japanese Wryneck Jynx torquilla japonica, Ornithol. Sci. 2: 127-131.