TABLE 17.-FEEDING ECOLOGIES AND HABITAT DISTRIBUTIONS OF RESIDENT TERRESTRIAL SPECIES ON GRAND CAYMAN.

 Total Pastures Towns Sea Logwood-
 Species & and Grape- Pure Thatch Palm- Lime-
 Feeding Avail- Cultivated House Almond Logwood Red Birch stone Mangrove
 Ecology able Areas sites Woodland Forests Forest Forests Swamps
Predator on vertebrates 1 1 1
Aerial Insectivore 2 1(3)* 1(1) 1(1)
Foliage feeding-nectar 1 1(4) 1(4) 1(4) 1(3) 1(4) 1(3)
Foliage feeding-arthropods 8 2(3) 6(10) 4(8) 6(14) 7(15) 7(11) 4(10)
(chiefly insects)
Foliage feeding-fruits/seeds 8 2(3) 5(11) 5(11) 1(1) 5(8) 7(13) 4(7)
Timber probing-insects 2 2(2) 2(2) 1(1) 2(3) 2(4) 2(2)
Ground feeding-arthropods 3 3(9) 2(6) 1(1) 1(2)
(chiefly insects)
Ground feeding-
 other invertebrates 1 1(1)
Ground feeding-seeds 2 2(4) 2(5) 1(1) 1(1)

 *Figure in parentheses= sum of number of species X total abundance scores (see footnote of Table 18)