Ethologic Research On Oriental White Stork Ciconia Ciconia Boyciana And Black Stork Ciconia Nigra In Captivity

The behaviors of Oriental white storks Ciconia ctconia bOyciana andblack Storks Ciconia nlera were observed by instamaneous and scan samPlingand a1l occurrence sampling method, and the variety of behavior of Storkswere registered. Data were Statistical inference by the software of SPSS10.0fOr Wndows and Statistica.The most detailed and a11-round behavior ethogram of Orienial whitestork and B1ack stork by now was recorded, and made a prepare for furtherethologic reseaxch in other day The behavior of breeding procedUre wasexpatiated at laxge. And the development of behavior and body of squabs ofOrienta white stork and Black Stork were recorded and the eqUaional modelswere regressive analysed.The resu1ts are as fol1ows: With the effect of endogenCtic rhythm andenvironment and artificial factors, the behavor of Oriental White stork andblack stork in caPtivity has a dai1y and annual periodicity The behaviorthythms of storks were affected by feeding way remarkably. It was fixed timeof feeding, Which made the feeding behavior rhythm of storks in caPtivitydifferent from that of wt1d storks, that wtl1 triher effect the others behaviorrhy'thm, in addition to the effect of tdrie of feeding, endogenetic thythm andenvironment factors also contribute to the behavior the in caPtivityspecifical1y Breeding behavior had some distinct dripact on annua1 rhythm ofbehaviof, and weather factors, or rather air temPeratW also had an obvious1yeffect.Because of Iimit of aviny and the litt1e population of beVy the activitiesof se1fmaintenance was first in the time budgets of the Oriental White storks4in captive, the other maintenance was second. Sex, age, and breeding or nothad some impact on time budgets. The enough fOod provided and thequiescent circumstance made the Storks short the time to feeding and moretime to have rest.Behavior diversity index can be used as a spobol to value adaPtive ability.The reseaxch results show that sex, age, and breeding or not had some impacton. behavior diversity index. The behavior diversity index of Oriental whitestork is 1axger than that of Black stork. The index appeared periodicity in oneyear's time, and activities of breeding have significan1y influence on theperiodicityIn anificia1 eniironmeni, the most importam environmental factors thateffect Oriental white Stork and Black stork are activities of human, airtemperatUre and hUmidity. The artificial entironment have a more sighficanimpact in particular to squabs than to adults.