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Titre :	First description of the eggs and nestlings of Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti, and first records of its breeding in Nigeria (2023)
Auteurs :	Emmanuel Barde Elisha, Auteur ; Israel Adedeji Bolade, Auteur ; Nanchin Winifred Kazeh, Auteur ; Adamu Mohammed, Auteur ; Elijah Nicodemus Mafenne, Auteur ; Sanusi Dahiru, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Malimbus (45(1) March, 2023)
Article en page(s) :	1-7
Résumé :	We report observations of six nesting attempts by Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti at the Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve, eastern Nigeria, in 2019, plus information on five more attempts in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Nests of lichen, found in May-June with laying recorded up to 2 July, contained clutches of two pale bluish green eggs with variable splashes of purple at the broader end. Incubation, and feeding of the chicks, were recorded until the young nestlings disappeared. Nestlings disappeared from five nests at age 2-4 days and in all five cases the parents were observed carrying food items to nearby locations for up to seven more days. One further nest fledged young successfully.

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