RESUMO -Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar o comportamento ingestivo no período diurno de ovelhasCorriedale em final de gestação e início de lactação sob pastejo em uma área de 1,3 ha de azevém anual (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) nos estádios vegetativo, pré-florescimento e de florescimento. Foram determinados o tempo de pastejo, a taxa de bocado, o tamanho de bocado, o teor de PB da forragem e os consumos de MS e PB. Os maiores tempos de pastejo e de consumo de MS e PB, para os três estádios do azevém, foram observados ao final da tarde. Nos estádios vegetativo e pré-florescimento, os tempos de pastejo e os consumos de MS e PB registrados no início da manhã (7 às bite rate, bite weight, crude protein (CP) content per bite, and forage dry matter (DM) and CP intakes were measured. The longest grazing time and the greatest forage DM and CP intakes were observed at late afternoon on all three phenological growth stages of annual ryegrass. Grazing time and intakes of CP and DM observed early in the morning (7:00 to 7:50 AM)during the vegetative and pre-flowering phenological growth stages were similar to those registered at late afternoon. In addition, the greater bite rates and bite weights observed at pre-flowering plus the longer grazing time at this growth stage resulted in the highest diurnal intake of forage DM. The shortest grazing times were found from 8:00 to 9:50 AM, from 8:00to 8:50 AM and from 12:00 AM to 12:50 PM, and from 7:00 to 8:50 AM, respectively, for the vegetative, pre-flowering, and flowering phenological growth stages, which coincided with the lowest intakes of forage DM and CP.