The silvery kingfisher, like other kingfishers, occupies a higher trophic level as a carnivorous bird. It primarily feeds on small fish, insects, and crustaceans, which places it in the secondary consumer category of the food chain. By preying on these organisms, it plays a crucial role in controlling their populations and maintaining ecological balance in its habitat.
fish and frogs
The kingfisher is typically positioned at a higher trophic level as a carnivorous bird that primarily feeds on fish, insects, and small aquatic animals. This diet places it in the secondary or tertiary consumer category, depending on the specific ecosystem and the food web dynamics. As a predator, the kingfisher plays a crucial role in controlling the populations of its prey species. Therefore, its trophic level reflects its role in maintaining ecological balance.
Scavengers are on every trophic level
The trophic level is where an organism falls on the food chain. Most birds fall on the highest level, trophic level 4.
Third trophic level. It eats insects.
they are tertiary consumers. the first trophic level.
Their trophic level is primary consumer.
Producers make up the first trophic level. A trophic level is each step in a food chain or food web is called a trophic level.
Trophic level efficiency is typically measured by calculating the amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next. This is done by analyzing the ratio of energy present in the biomass of one trophic level compared to the trophic level below it. The efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels is usually around 10%, meaning that only around 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
Its an T1 because its an producer
Each trophic level contains one-tenth as much biomass as the level below it and ten times as much biomass as the level above it.
This is because energy is lost at each trophic level. The energy available to the next trophic level is about 10% of the energy of the previous trophic level.