| Titre : | Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) 128(1) - March 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/03/2016 |
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Article
C. Adam Heist, Auteur ;
Gary Ritchison, Auteur
ABSTRACT Nestling birds solicit food from their parents using conspicuous vocalizations and visual begging displays, and evidence suggests begging represents an honest signal of need that adults use to determine provisioning rates. Less is known[...]
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Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Auteur ;
Diana M. T. Sharpe, Auteur ;
Luis F. De Léon, Auteur
ABSTRACT Galapagos Mockingbirds (Mimus parvulus) are opportunistic feeders that have been observed engaging in a variety of unusual predatory behaviors. Here, we report on a specific behavior that we observed: a Galapagos Mockingbird preying on [...]
Article
Kristina L. Cockle, Auteur ;
Alejandro Bodrati, Auteur ;
Martjan Lammertink, Auteur ;
Eugenia Bianca Bonaparte, Auteur ;
Carlos Ferreyra, Auteur ;
Facundo G. Di Sallo, Auteur
ABSTRACT Predation is the major cause of avian nest failure, and an important source of natural selection on life history traits and reproductive behavior. However, little is known about the identity of nest predators in much of the world, inclu[...]
Article
Juan C. Torres-Mura, Auteur ;
Marina L. Lemus, Auteur ;
Fritz Hertel, Auteur
ABSTRACT Turkey Vultures are one of the most widely distributed carrion feeders throughout the Americas. We analyzed their regurgitated pellets from two localities in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Natural foods included dogs, sea lions, and feath[...]
Article
Joel Ralston, Auteur ;
David A. Ermacor, Auteur ;
Jeremy J. Kirchman, Auteur
ABSTRACT The incidence rate of hybridization appears to be much higher for parulid warblers compared to other bird taxa. Over 50% of the species in this family have been reported to hybridize. Here, we report genetic and morphometric analysis of[...]
Article
Shawn M. Crimmins, Auteur ;
Patrick C. McKann, Auteur ;
Joseph R. Robb, Auteur ;
Jason P. Lewis, Auteur ;
Teresa Vanosdol, Auteur ;
Benjamin A. Walker, Auteur ;
Perry J. Williams, Auteur ;
Wayne E. Thogmartin, Auteur
ABSTRACT Populations of Henslow?s Sparrows have declined dramatically in recent decades, coinciding with widespread loss of native grassland habitat. Prescribed burning is a primary tool for maintaining grassland patches, but its effects on nest[...]
Article
Esteban Botero-Delgadillo, Auteur ;
Yanina Poblete, Auteur ;
Rodrigo A. Vásquez, Auteur
ABSTRACT Interspecific competition among secondary cavity nesters can involve physical conflicts between individuals, which may lead to serious injuries or death. Here we report a case of aggression by a pair of Chilean Swallows (Tachycineta mey[...]
Article
Leonard A. Freed, Auteur ;
Deepal Warakagoda, Auteur ;
Rebecca L. Cann, Auteur ;
Udaya Sirivardana, Auteur ;
Uditha Hettige, Auteur
ABSTRACT When two species or subspecies hybridize, the parental taxa may become more similar or follow new directions as alleles from one enter the novel genetic and ecological environment of the other. Here, we document hybridization between tw[...]
Article
Kathryn J. Brautigam, Auteur ;
Douglas C. Osborne, Auteur ;
Don White, Auteur
Abstract.? Accounts of obligate nest parasitism (e.g., Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater) are common in the literature; however, reports of facultative nest parasitism are less frequent. Nest parasitism has been documented only rarely in Wild[...]
Article
Rachael A. Eaton, Auteur ;
Catherine A. Lindell, Auteur ;
H. Jeffrey Homan, Auteur ;
George M. Linz, Auteur ;
Brian A. Maurer, Auteur
ABSTRACT Some fruit-eating bird species commonly consume cultivated fruit. Species-specific variation in diet preferences could result in varying use of orchards and impacts on the fruit-producing industry. However, species-specific studies of a[...]
Article
Melissa M. Mark, Auteur ;
Nelson A. Gamez-Rugama, Auteur
ABSTRACT Social interaction between juvenile and adult brood parasitic cuckoos is rarely documented, but may influence social development, sexual preferences, or song learning. The Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia) is a New World brood-parasitic cu[...]
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ABSTRACT The extinct Puerto Rican Parakeet (Psittacara maugei) has been known with certainty only from Mona Island and is usually regarded as a poorly defined subspecies of P. chloroptera of Hispaniola. Examination of skin specimens and comparis[...]
Article
Ryan A. Gill, Auteur ;
W. Andrew Cox, Auteur ;
Frank R. Thompson, Auteur
ABSTRACT The use of video to monitor nests has increased in frequency over the past 25 years and new research using this technology has shed light on many aspects of the interactions between predators and nesting birds. We used video cameras to [...]
Article
Masaru Hasegawa, Auteur ;
Emi Arai, Auteur
ABSTRACT Among several types of parental care behavior, incubation behavior in passerine birds offers an ideal opportunity to study the link between female parental care and male ornamentation, because males generally lack an incubation patch, a[...]
Article
Eliot T. Miller, Auteur ;
Sarah K. Wagner, Auteur ;
Juan Klavins, Auteur ;
Timothy Brush, Auteur ;
Harold F. Greeney, Auteur
ABSTRACT As far as we know, becards are socially monogamous. This group includes the five members of the monophyletic Platypsaris clade, nested within Pachyramphus. These five species have white scapular feathers which are usually hidden and who[...]
Article
Andrew C. Kasner, Auteur ;
D. Niler Pyeatt, Auteur
ABSTRACT Interspecific nest usurpation was observed when a Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) took over the nest of an American Robin (Turdus migratorius) in Plainview, Hale County, Texas in April 2014. The nest was constructed and o[...]
Article
Courtney L. Brennan, Auteur ;
Andrew W. Jones, Auteur
ABSTRACT We recorded the natural song of male Veeries (Catharus fuscescens) on breeding territories to examine variation in song structure, repertoire size, and patterns of song delivery. Despite wide distribution of Veeries, many aspects of the[...]
Article
Davi Almeida Freire, Auteur ;
Felipe Bittioli Rodrigues Gomes, Auteur ;
Renato Cintra, Auteur ;
Weber Galvão Novaes, Auteur
ABSTRACT Because of recent increases in populations of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), vulture-human conflicts have become more common. We can begin to mitigate these conflicts by first identifying what at[...]
Article
Morgan C. Slevin, Auteur ;
Douglas W. Raybuck, Auteur ;
Than J. Boves, Auteur
ABSTRACT Researchers often use wooden conspecific decoys paired with playback of audio recordings to capture individuals of territorial avian species. Agonistic responses elicited by these decoys can be violent at times; however to our knowledge[...]
Article
ABSTRACT The extent to which birds invest in a variable molt reflects the interplay between life history phenology and environmental conditions. This study assesses geographic variation in the preformative molt of the Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus ps[...]
Article
Ezra Hadad, Auteur ;
Alexandre Roulin, Auteur ;
Motti Charter, Auteur
ABSTRACT We report a unique case of two female Barn Owls laying eggs and incubating together in a single nest cup in a communal nest. A trio of two females and one male bred in an abandoned water tower in 2013 in Israel. Both females incubated/b[...]
Article
Marvin A. Tórrez, Auteur ;
Wayne J. Arendt, Auteur ;
Luis Díaz, Auteur
ABSTRACT The Golden-olive Woodpecker is a generalist species found in a wide range of habitats, being particularly common in coffee plantations within Nicaraguan cloud forests. Observations of an individual feeding at the base of Cecropia leaves[...]
Article
Peter Pyle, Auteur ;
Keegan Tranquillo, Auteur ;
Kimiko Kayano, Auteur ;
Nicole Arcilla, Auteur
ABSTRACT We examined 135 specimens and analyzed 1,735 captures of indigenous American Samoan landbirds, of nine target species in seven families, to document molt patterns, assess the extent of molt-breeding overlap, and present criteria to dete[...]
Article
David L. Slager, Auteur ;
Paul G. Rodewald, Auteur
ABSTRACT Nocturnal roosting at locations disjunct from daytime foraging areas (hereafter disjunct nocturnal roosting) is a common avian behavior on both the breeding and wintering grounds but to our knowledge has not been documented in arboreal [...]
Article
Esteban Botero-Delgadillo, Auteur ;
Rodrigo A. Vásquez, Auteur
ABSTRACT We present descriptions of nest architecture, clutch size, nestling growth and nestling attendance for the Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope), based on nests found at the Fray Jorge National Park, Chile, at the northernmost part of its di[...]
Article
Jean Fantle-Lepczyk, Auteur ;
Andrew Taylor, Auteur ;
David Duffy, Auteur ;
Lisa H. Crampton, Auteur ;
Sheila Conant, Auteur
ABSTRACT The endangered Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri) endemic to Kaua?i is the island?s only remaining native thrush. Given its small population of ~500 birds, it is essential to understand conditions that affect the species? recruitment and survi[...]
Article
Todd Katzner, Auteur ;
Tricia A. Miller, Auteur ;
Jane Rodrigue, Auteur ;
Steven Shaffer, Auteur
ABSTRACT Predation is dangerous, not only for the prey but sometimes also for the predator. Because these dangers to predators are not well understood, we document evidence of predation or scavenging by a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) on a No[...]
Article
Gerardo E. Soto, Auteur ;
Pablo M. Vergara, Auteur ;
Ashley Smiley, Auteur ;
Marlene E. Lizama, Auteur ;
Darío Moreira-Arce, Auteur ;
Rodrigo A. Vásquez, Auteur
ABSTRACT Agonistic behavior in woodpeckers has been described for a wide range of species, although previous studies have not reported aggressive encounters resulting in the death of adults. In this study, we provide the first evidence of lethal[...]
Article
Tom A. Langen, Auteur ;
Elena C. Berg, Auteur
ABSTRACT The factors affecting the timing of nesting in tropical birds remain poorly understood. We investigated the phenology of White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa) nesting in the dry forest of northwest Costa Rica, a region character[...]
Article
Marcos R. Bornschein, Auteur ;
Marco Aurélio Pizo, Auteur ;
Daiane D. Sobotka, Auteur ;
Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, Auteur ;
Claudia Golec, Auteur ;
Tiago Machado-de-Souza, Auteur ;
Marcio R Pie, Auteur ;
Bianca L. Reinert, Auteur
ABSTRACT Longevity records inform demographic studies and our understanding of avian senescence evolution, yet studies on free-ranging species are rare, especially in the tropics. Here we provide minimum longevity records for the Marsh Antwren F[...]
Article
Shaobin Li, Auteur ;
Cheng Guo, Auteur ;
Weijun Peng, Auteur
ABSTRACT Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) occur widely across North America, Europe, and central Asia. Knowledge of the breeding biology of Asian Horned Larks is minimal, especially for those populations found at high altitudes. Here, we repo[...]
Article
Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Rachel J. Sturge, Auteur ;
Kevin E. Omland, Auteur
ABSTRACT Geographic barriers between populations of a species can result in divergence of genes, morphology, or behaviors that can lead to speciation. The Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) is distributed from southern Mexico to Colombia, [...]
Article
Description of the nest, eggs, and nestling of Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrants (Myiotheretes fuscorufus)
Callum J. Kingwell, Auteur ;
Gustavo A. Londoño, Auteur
ABSTRACT The Myiotheretes bush-tyrants are a small clade of Neotropical flycatchers (family: Tyrannidae) localized to narrow elevational strips in the Andes Mountains. Here, we describe the first reported nest of Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrants (Myi[...]
Article
ABSTRACT Wild birds are sometimes brought into captivity in order to conduct more controlled experiments, then released. Follow up work investigating how successful these birds are at reintegrating into their original habitats are rare. Here, I [...]
Article
Storrs L. Olson, Auteur ;
James W. Wiley, Auteur
ABSTRACT We review the taxonomic history, external morphology, anatomy, behavior, distribution, and zoogeography of the Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), which is endemic to Cuba, and conclude that it is completely unlike any oth[...]
Article
Jeff Port, Auteur ;
Harold F. Greeney, Auteur
ABSTRACT We document male and female roles in nestling care of Spotted Barbtails (Premnoplex brunnescens) including feeding rates and temporal patterns of provisioning by each sex. Using 128.5 hrs of video from color marked and molecularly sexed[...]
Article
Andrew J. Titmus, Auteur ;
Nicole Arcilla, Auteur ;
Christopher A. Lepczyk, Auteur
ABSTRACT Swains Island is an uninhabited 210 ha former copra plantation 360 km North of American Samoa. The island, dominated with coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), was last surveyed in 1976. The goal of this 17?26 September 2012 survey was to iden[...]
Article
Pablo Vieira Cerqueira, Auteur ;
Gabriela Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Auteur ;
Shirliane de Araújo Sousa, Auteur ;
Rodrigo Lima Paz, Auteur ;
André Santos Landim, Auteur ;
Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos, Auteur
ABSTRACT We present the first documented record of the Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) in the Caatinga Biome. We tape-recorded a single individual from the Serra das Confus?es National Park in southern Piauí in March 2013. This record repr[...]
Article
Camila Gómez, Auteur ;
Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, Auteur ;
Laura Cárdenas-Ortíz, Auteur ;
Nicholas J. Bayly, Auteur
ABSTRACT The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia has been identified as a critical spring stopover site for at least one Neotropical migratory bird species prior to crossing the Caribbean sea on migration. The strategic location of[...]
