Citations:anting

English citations of anting

1. (ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
   • 1958, Norman Erik Holgersen, The Anting Behavior of Birds, [Ithaca, N.Y.]: unpublished M.S. dissertation, Cornell University, →OCLC, cover title:

     The anting behaviour of birds

   • 1993, “Anting Behavior of Boat-tailed Grackles”, in Florida Field Naturalist, volume 21, number 3, Gainesville, Fla.: Florida Ornithological Society, →OCLC, page 76:

     Table 1. Anting by Boat-tailed Grackles, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, 1987–1990.

   • 2002, Hannah Carrington Revis, Anting Behavior in Birds: Ant Selection and Effect of Ant Chemistry on Feather Ectoparasites, [Norfolk, Va.]: unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Old Dominion University, →OCLC, cover title:

     Anting behavior in birds