| Titre : | Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) 128(2) - June, 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/06/2016 |
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Ken Yasukawa, Auteur ;
Hazel K. Berrios, Auteur ;
Anthony W. Johannes, Auteur
We tested the nestling discrimination hypothesis by observing responses of female Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) to playback of begging calls by conspecifics or Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Female redwings departed the ne[...]
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David T. Saalfeld, Auteur ;
Sarah T. Saalfeld, Auteur ;
Warren C. Conway, Auteur ;
Kevin M. Hartke, Auteur
ABSTRACT Many migratory grassland passerines complete their annual life cycle within the United States and investigations into wintering ecology of these species are scarce, particularly in ecoregions where habitat quality is considered to be co[...]
Article
Raymond M. Danner, Auteur ;
Brian J. Olsen, Auteur ;
David Luther, Auteur
ABSTRACT We performed the first winter surveys of the Atlantic Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia atlantica), a poorly known subspecies that is endemic to sand dunes of the mid-Atlantic coast. Novel findings include that the Atlantic Song Sparrow i[...]
Article
Mitchell J. Greer, Auteur ;
Kristel K. Bakker, Auteur ;
Charles D. Dieter, Auteur
ABSTRACT Central and western South Dakota contain some of the largest intact blocks of mixed-grass prairie in North America, but conversion to row crops has accelerated sharply in recent years and existing grasslands have been further degraded b[...]
Article
C. Myles Falconer, Auteur ;
Greg W. Mitchell, Auteur ;
Philip D. Taylor, Auteur ;
Douglas C. Tozer, Auteur
ABSTRACT Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) congregate in large nocturnal roosts during the non-breeding season. Scant evidence suggests that Bank Swallows may also congregate regularly in nocturnal roosts during the breeding period. To help clarif[...]
Article
Jack J. Withrow, Auteur ;
Daniel D. Gibson, Auteur ;
Yuri Gerasimov, Auteur ;
Nickolay Gerasimov, Auteur ;
Alexander Shestopalov, Auteur ;
Kevin Winker, Auteur
ABSTRACT We reviewed the taxonomic status of Arctic Warblers (Phylloscopus borealis) sensu lato occurring in North America following the splitting of the complex into three species by the American Ornithologists? Union (Chesser et al. 2014). We [...]
Article
John Bender, Auteur ;
Mason Fidino, Auteur ;
Kelvin Limbrick, Auteur ;
Seth Magle, Auteur
ABSTRACT Native bird diversity is compromised in urban areas partially because of the lack of available habitat for some species. As urbanization continues to increase, it is important to understand the behavioral dynamics of bird species locate[...]
Article
John G. Blake, Auteur ;
Bette A. Loiselle, Auteur
ABSTRACT Bird populations vary both spatially and temporally with consequences for patterns of species richness and community composition. Many species of birds have declined in abundance over the last 14 years at a site in lowland Ecuador. Here[...]
Article
Jaime E. Jiménez, Auteur ;
Alex E. Jahn, Auteur ;
Ricardo Rozzi, Auteur ;
Nathaniel E. Seavy, Auteur
ABSTRACT Few details are available on the migration (rates, routes, dates) of Neotropical austral migrant birds, which breed and migrate wholly within South America. Only one long-distance austral migrant breeds in the South American temperate f[...]
Article
Ryan C. Burner, Auteur ;
Vivien L. Chua, Auteur ;
Matthew L. Brady, Auteur ;
Paul van Els, Auteur ;
Philip O. M. Steinhoff, Auteur ;
Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Auteur ;
Frederick H. Sheldon, Auteur
ABSTRACT Mount Mulu, an isolated 2,376 m peak in eastern Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, has not been thoroughly surveyed for bird species since shortly after the creation of Mount Mulu National Park in 1974. The Park is of particular interest for it[...]
Article
Daniel F. Perrella, Auteur ;
Carlos H. Biagolini-Júnior, Auteur ;
Lais Ribeiro-Silva, Auteur ;
Paulo V. Q. Zima, Auteur ;
Pedro M. Galetti, Auteur ;
Mercival R. Francisco, Auteur
ABSTRACT Here, we describe nests, eggs, and nestlings of the monotypic Star-throated Antwren, Rhopias gularis (formerly Myrmotherula gularis), found at Carlos Botelho State Park, in Atlantic Forest in the state of S?o Paulo, Brazil. Nests were p[...]
Article
Stewart W. Janes, Auteur ;
Lee Ryker, Auteur
ABSTRACT We investigated local and regional singing patterns of Nashville Warblers (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) in southern Oregon. Each male employed a single song, but within local populations individuals sang diverse and distinct variants with a[...]
Article
H. Douglas Pratt, Auteur ;
John C. Mittermeier, Auteur
ABSTRACT The Samoan Archipelago is an important area of avian diversity and endemism within the tropical Pacific. Here, we summarize observations on the natural history and vocalizations of Samoan birds based on fieldwork conducted over the cour[...]
Article
Zhao Jin-Ming, Auteur ;
Fang Yun, Auteur ;
Lou Ying-Qiang, Auteur ;
Sun Yue-Hua, Auteur
ABSTRACT We studied habitat selection in Chinese Grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi) hens with dependent broods at Lianhuashan, Gansu, China in 2010?2012. We divided the dependent brood period into four stages (weeks 1?2, 3?4, 5?8, and beyond 8 weeks p[...]
Article
Julianna M. A. Jenkins, Auteur ;
John Faaborg, Auteur
ABSTRACT Nest parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) negatively affects nest production and nest success of the majority of their hosts. However, it is unclear what effects cowbird fledglings have on host broods during the postfled[...]
Article
Karen M. Leavelle, Auteur ;
Luke L. Powell, Auteur ;
George V. N. Powell, Auteur ;
Adrian Forsyth, Auteur
ABSTRACT The Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae) is one of Central America?s rarest and most endangered species. A regional endemic to Panama and Costa Rica, between 250 and 999 individuals appear to now survive mainly within Pacific co[...]
Article
Andrés Muñoz-Pedreros, Auteur ;
Claudia Gil, Auteur ;
José Yáñez, Auteur ;
Jaime R. Rau, Auteur ;
Patricia Möller, Auteur
ABSTRACT Raptors are important predators of various species of small mammals, which renders them of economic importance since their prey may be either disease vectors or reservoirs which represent health problems, or economically important throu[...]
Article
Julie C. Hagelin, Auteur ;
Shannon Busby, Auteur ;
April Harding-Scurr, Auteur ;
Aleya R. Brinkman, Auteur
ABSTRACT We present details on parental care and foraging behavior of Olive-sided Flycatchers (Contopus cooperi) in central Alaska. We document the first evidence of fecal sac consumption in this species. Both sexes exhibited this behavior while[...]
Article
Eileen M. Kirsch, Auteur ;
Michael J. Wellik, Auteur ;
Manuel Suarez, Auteur ;
Robert H. Diehl, Auteur ;
Jim Lutes, Auteur ;
Wendy Woyczik, Auteur ;
Jon Krapfl, Auteur ;
Richard Sojda, Auteur
ABSTRACT The behaviors of birds flying in low visibility conditions remain poorly understood. We had the opportunity to monitor Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) flying in heavy fog with very low visibility during a comprehensive landscape use s[...]
Article
Ari E. Martínez, Auteur ;
Scott K. Robinson, Auteur
ABSTRACT Mixed-species flocks are formed on the basis of both positive and negative species interactions. We use foraging behavior in two different flock types to interpret the extent to which core species minimize niche overlap to reflect negat[...]
Article
Will Selman, Auteur ;
Bruce E. Davis, Auteur
ABSTRACT American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) and Reddish Egrets (Egretta rufescens) are coastal species of conservation concern known to nest along most of the Gulf of Mexico?s coastline. However, there is a distributional gap in bree[...]
Article
John M. Marzluff, Auteur ;
Jack H. DeLap, Auteur ;
Kristina Haycock, Auteur
ABSTRACT American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) aggressively mob a variety of natural predators and learn to recognize unique threats. Because mobbing is a costly and risky behavior, we hypothesized that crows would selectively ignore benign het[...]
Article
Jessica Baker, Auteur ;
Elise D. Ferree, Auteur
ABSTRACT The ability to forage successfully is intimately tied to survivorship of juveniles in many avian species, yet may take varying amounts of time to develop in young birds. We examined the development of foraging skills in juvenile Black P[...]
Article
Juan F. Escobar-Ibáñez, Auteur ;
Ian MacGregor-Fors, Auteur
ABSTRACT Birds are considered excellent bioindicators in urban areas. Some of the ecological processes behind bird ecological patterns in urban areas have been related to birds? capacities to shift their behaviors. In this brief communication, w[...]
Article
Laure Cauchard, Auteur ;
Thomas Borderie, Auteur
ABSTRACT During winter 2015 in Montreal (Canada), we observed on two occasions a group of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) hiding under the body of several cars, in the empty spaces between the wheels and the fender. On both occasions, it was [...]
Article
Annie M. Bracey, Auteur ;
Matthew A. Etterson, Auteur ;
Gerald J. Niemi, Auteur ;
Richard F. Green, Auteur
ABSTRACT Avian mortality from collisions with windows and buildings is one of the top sources of anthropogenic mortality of birds. Each year in the United States, an estimated 100 million to one billion birds die from window collisions. Many stu[...]
Article
Victor Raimilla, Auteur ;
Tomás Rivas-Fuenzalida, Auteur ;
Alejandro Kusch, Auteur ;
José Díaz, Auteur ;
Jorge Toledo, Auteur ;
Álvaro García, Auteur ;
Jaime E. Jiménez, Auteur
ABSTRACT Cartwheeling flight is a behavior that involves aerial locking of talons by raptors followed by a descending mutual rotation around a central axis, like a cartwheel. We provide information on 32 recorded cartwheeling events from south-c[...]
Article
Holly M. Mcchesney, Auteur ;
James T. Anderson, Auteur
ABSTRACT The bush honeysuckle genus (Lonicera) comprises a suite of invasive shrubs that are naturalized in early successional landscapes throughout many parts of central and eastern United States. Although several studies have connected the use[...]
Article
Elisabeth F. Purves, Auteur ;
Mark A. Conboy, Auteur ;
Raleigh J. Robertson, Auteur ;
Paul R. Martin, Auteur
ABSTRACT Within species of birds, variation in plumage may allow potential mates or competitive rivals to quickly assess the quality of an individual. Little is known about the role of white tail feather patches (?tail white?) in male Cerulean W[...]
Article
Lucas L. Lanna, Auteur ;
Cristiano S. de Azevedo, Auteur ;
Ricardo M. Claudino, Auteur ;
Reisla Oliveira, Auteur ;
Yasmine Antonini, Auteur
ABSTRACT We investigated if there are aspects of perches that are more attractive for hummingbirds, such as perch height, diameter, and distance from a food patch. The study was conducted in a fragment of Atlantic Forest of the Itacolomi State P[...]
Article
Virginia E. Abernathy, Auteur ;
Brian D. Peer, Auteur
ABSTRACT With the discovery that the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum is visible to birds, studies have shown how this parameter can affect the ability of hosts of brood parasites to recognize eggs. However, the role UV reflectance plays in egg recogni[...]
Article
Erin L. Hewett Ragheb, Auteur ;
Cody Mezebish, Auteur ;
Bernard Lohr, Auteur
ABSTRACT We report a case of probable interspecific song learning in a male Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus), a critically endangered grassland bird. This individual was observed to sing a distinctive song where the[...]
Article
Thaiane Weinert Da Silva, Auteur ;
Graziela Dotta, Auteur ;
Daniel Tourem Gressler, Auteur ;
Carla Suertegaray Fontana, Auteur
ABSTRACT Livestock production and the replacement of semi-natural grasslands by crops result in land use changes and as consequence some habitat is no longer suitable for all species of grassland birds. Although some generalist species could ben[...]
Article
Neander M. Heming, Auteur ;
Daniel T. Gressler, Auteur ;
Douglas G. D. Russell, Auteur ;
Miguel Â. Marini, Auteur
ABSTRACT The breeding biology of approximately one third of all Fluvicolinae species is largely unknown and little is known about Streamer-tailed Tyrant (Gubernetes yetapa). Despite being locally fairly common, only a brief description of its ne[...]
Article
Rebecca E. Koch, Auteur ;
Kevin J. McGraw, Auteur ;
Geoffrey E. Hill, Auteur
ABSTRACT Atlantic Canaries (Serinus canaria) are the most commonly kept caged bird with extensive carotenoid-based plumage coloration. Domestic strains of canaries have been bred for a variety of colors and patterns, making them a valuable model[...]
Article
Evan P. Kelemen, Auteur ;
Karen E. Zusi, Auteur ;
Robert L. Curry, Auteur
ABSTRACT Songs of the Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) vary throughout the species' geographic range. The aim of this study was to investigate quantitatively the repertoires of individual Carolina Chickadees in southeastern Pennsylvania[...]
Article
Matthew D. Giovanni, Auteur ;
Larkin A. Powell, Auteur ;
Walter H. Schacht, Auteur
ABSTRACT Grassland bird populations in North America continue to decline according to count and vital-rate data, highlighting the importance of remaining grasslands. Conservation efforts may be enhanced by understanding fledgling habitat prefere[...]
Article
Glaucia Del-Rio, Auteur ;
Luís Fábio Silveira, Auteur
ABSTRACT The S?o Paulo Marsh Antwren (Formicivora paludicola) is a recently discovered species in the family Thamnophilidae that inhabits marshes in the vicinity of the S?o Paulo metropolitan region, which is the most populous area of South Amer[...]
Article
Leah D. Novak, Auteur ;
Christopher E. Comer, Auteur ;
Warren C. Conway, Auteur ;
Daniel G. Scognamillo, Auteur ;
Richard D. Gay, Auteur
ABSTRACT After historic declines in acreage and function, longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannah is considered one of the most important ecological communities in need of protection and restoration along the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. N[...]
Article
Joanna Mitrus, Auteur ;
Cezary Mitrus, Auteur ;
Robert Rutkowski, Auteur
ABSTRACT Recent avian studies suggest that offspring sex ratios can vary with environmental or parental characteristics. One example is that females may adjust brood sex ratio of fledglings in response to the sexual attractiveness of their mate [...]
Article
Gustavo H. Kattan, Auteur ;
Anamaría Posada, Auteur ;
Diego Fernando Arenas, Auteur ;
José Luis Moreno, Auteur ;
Ángela Barrera, Auteur
ABSTRACT The social systems and space use of birds depend on the distribution and abundance of resources. Brood-parasitic cowbirds (Molothrus spp.) exhibit a unique pattern of changing social behavior on a daily cycle. Female Brown-headed Cowbir[...]
Article
Emmanuel Zufiaurre, Auteur ;
Agustin Abba, Auteur ;
David Bilenca, Auteur ;
Mariano Codesido, Auteur
ABSTRACT Previous studies of European Starlings in Argentina have focused on identifying biological aspects correlated with establishment of new populations in urban and suburban areas. Starlings have recently invaded rural areas in the Pampas. [...]
Article
Luciano N. Segura, Auteur ;
Bettina Mahler, Auteur ;
Igor Berkunsky, Auteur ;
Juan C. Reboreda, Auteur
ABSTRACT Studies on breeding biology in Neotropical birds are crucial for understanding different aspects of their life histories and also for their conservation. We describe the nesting biology of the Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata) in[...]
Article
Bartłomiej Gołdyn, Auteur ;
Zofia Książkiewicz-Parulska, Auteur ;
Piotr Zduniak, Auteur
ABSTRACT The diet of nestling Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix) was investigated in Warta Mouth National Park (W Poland) in the breeding season of 2003. We analyzed 82 food samples of which 79% contained snails and bivalves. Hooded Crows prefer Vivip[...]
