| Titre : | Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) 129(1) - March, 2017 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/03/2017 |
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Luke L. Powell, Auteur ;
Kelsy L. Jones, Auteur ;
Jonathan H. Carpenter, Auteur ;
Thomas N. Tully, Auteur
ABSTRACT Wild Amazonian parrots likely consume soil to supplement sodium-deficient diets. However, it remains uncertain whether parrots can detect sodium at the concentrations found in mineral licks. During 3?8 day trials, we presented 20 captiv[...]
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Paulo V. Q. Zima, Auteur ;
Daniel F. Perrella, Auteur ;
Carlos H. Biagolini-Jr., Auteur ;
Lais Ribeiro-Silva, Auteur ;
Mercival R. Francisco, Auteur
ABSTRACT.? Manakins are small frugivorous birds found in the understory of humid Neotropical forests. Although aspects of their complex sexual displays have been addressed in various studies, their nesting biology is poorly documented. The Blue [...]
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Paul D. B. Skrade, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Dinsmore, Auteur ;
Carol M. Vleck, Auteur
ABSTRACT The hormones prolactin (PRL) and testosterone (T) are linked to breeding behaviors such as territory defense, incubation, and brood-rearing in birds. The Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) is a shorebird with an uncommon parental car[...]
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Nicolás M. Chiaradia, Auteur ;
D. Augusto Cardoni, Auteur ;
Matías G. Pretelli, Auteur ;
Juan P. Isacch, Auteur
ABSTRACT Between 2013?2015, we conducted a study on the breeding biology of the Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) in wetlands of the Pampas region, Argentina. The search for rushbird nests was conducted by several researchers walking in[...]
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Lucas H. DeCicco, Auteur ;
Dave Shutler, Auteur ;
Stephen W. Mockford, Auteur
ABSTRACT The geographic distribution of the non-migratory Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile cinctus) straddles the continents of North America and Eurasia. Morphological variation in this species has been poorly studied, particularly regarding diff[...]
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Adam E. Mitchell, Auteur ;
Fred Tuh, Auteur ;
Thomas E. Martin, Auteur
ABSTRACT We present the first description of the breeding biology for the Fruithunter (Chlamydochaera jefferyi), a member of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, and a montane endemic to the tropical Asian island of Borneo. We also compile breeding[...]
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Colleen A. Barber, Auteur ;
Megan M. Wright, Auteur
ABSTRACT Bird ornaments, such as plumage and song, can reflect the age of individuals. Knowledge of an individual's age and potential past breeding experience is important to future mates and to scientists studying mate-choice decisions, levels [...]
Article
Ann M. Tanimoto, Auteur ;
Patrick J. Hart, Auteur ;
Adam A. Pack, Auteur ;
Richard Switzer, Auteur
ABSTRACT.? The critically endangered Hawaiian Crow or ?Alal? (Corvus hawaiiensis) is currently extinct in the wild and the remaining 115 individuals are being captively managed on Hawai?i and Maui Islands by the Zoological Society of San Diego. [...]
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Rachel D. Frieze, Auteur ;
John D. Lloyd, Auteur
ABSTRACT Soft-part coloration can be a useful method for determining the age of a bird. For example, hatch-year and early second-year Mangrove Cuckoos (Coccyzus minor) are supposedly distinguishable from older birds based on the presence of a du[...]
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Jacob C. Cooper, Auteur ;
Andrés M. Cuervo, Auteur
ABSTRACT Phylogeographic analyses have hypothesized that Sclerurus (Furnariidae) populations of the rufous-throated clade (S. rufigularis and S. mexicanus sensu lato) have a long history of evolutionary isolation, particularly within the S. mexi[...]
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Péricles Rocha da Silva, Auteur ;
Adriano Marcos da Silva, Auteur ;
Celine de Melo, Auteur
ABSTRACT Bird plumage coloration is an important signal used in communication and may indicate individual fitness. We tested the hypothesis that coloration is related to body condition in male Helmeted Manakins (Antilophia galeata). Fourteen adu[...]
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Thiago V. V. Costa, Auteur ;
Vitor de Q. Piacentini, Auteur ;
Dalci M. M. Oliveira, Auteur ;
Fábio Schunck, Auteur ;
Bret M. Whitney, Auteur ;
Marco A. Rêgo, Auteur ;
Tatiana C. Rubio, Auteur ;
Fabiano Oliveira, Auteur ;
Benedito Freitas, Auteur ;
Glaucia Del-Rio, Auteur ;
Glenn F. Seeholzer, Auteur ;
Michael G. Harvey, Auteur ;
Ryan S. Terrill, Auteur ;
André G. Correa, Auteur ;
Felipe Arantes, Auteur ;
Luís Fábio Silveira, Auteur
ABSTRACT Clytoctantes atrogularis Lanyon, Stotz and Willard, 1990 (Thamnophilidae) is one of the most mysterious and poorly known birds of the Neotropics. Endemic to Amazonian Brazil, it was known only from the holotype and two sight records at [...]
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Christy N. Wails, Auteur ;
Eva D. Gruber, Auteur ;
Ethan Slattery, Auteur ;
Lucy Smith, Auteur ;
Heather L. Major, Auteur
ABSTRACT We examined the fluorescence of ornaments among three auklet species: Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla), Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella), and Parakeet Auklets (Aethia psittacula) on Gareloi Island, Alaska during the 2015 breeding seas[...]
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William J. Reiter-Marolf, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Dinsmore, Auteur ;
Julie A. Blanchong, Auteur
ABSTRACT Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) were rare only a few decades ago but have undergone a spectacular recovery range-wide. While their numbers have increased, there is concern about exposure of Bald Eagles to environmental contaminan[...]
