Thick-billed Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) Science Article 1 abstract Male incubation, defined as exclusive incubation by the male, is thought to be a necessary step in the evolution of polyandry from monogamy in birds. When the female has time to gather more food, she can lay clutches more rapidly, which may be an advantage under certain […]
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Seasonal variation of the diet of the Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus distinctus at the island of La Palma, Canary Islands.
Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) Science Article 1 abstract In this study we describe seasonal variation in the diet of the Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus distinctus at La Palma, one of the Western Islands of the Canary Archipelago. The study was conducted through f cal analysis. F ces were collected bimonthly and 266 f ces were examined. […]
Stone-curlews Burhinus oedicnemus and recreational disturbance: developing a management tool for access
Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) Science Article 2 abstract Stone-curlews Burhinus oedicnemus have a vulnerable population status in the UK after a large population decline and range contraction since the 1930s. Much Stone-curlew breeding habitat is open-access land designated under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. In order to guide the conservation and habitat management […]
Migration and morphometrics of Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii at Ottenby, southern Sweden
Temmincks Stint (Calidris temminckii) Science Article 1 abstract Data are reported from 55 years of ringing and observation on the migration of Temminck’s Stint Calidristemminckii at Ottenby Bird Observatory, Sweden. Numbers ringed have declined since the 1940s due tohigh numbers caught in 1948 and 1949. Thereafter there is no clear trend. The overall autumn migrationdirection […]
Distribution of Murres outside the Breeding Season
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) Science Article 1 abstract The main purpose of this document is to propose a coordinated international banding plan for Thick-billed Murres and Common Murres. Banding is an essential tool for describing with mapping the winter distribution of different murre populations, identifying overlapping distributions, determining the timing of migration, and ascertaining impacts […]
Thick-billed Murres Uria lomvia replace mates during breeding
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) Science Article 2 abstract Among most seabirds, including murres Uria spp., the breeding pair take turns incubating the eggs and feeding and brooding the nestlings (Lack 1968, Gaston 2004). This collaboration is usually critical to the rearing of the chick. Consequently, the death or disablement of one parent during breeding may […]
Notes on reproduction of the Southern lapwing , in Colombia
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) Science Article 1 abstract Despite its wide distribution throughout most of South America, the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) remains poorly studied, and even the most basic aspects of its natural history have been only briefly reported. According to Johnsgard (1981) four subspecies are recognized, of which. only cayennensis occurs at the […]
International Single Species Action Planfor the Conservation of theSociable Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) Science Article 1 abstract The Sociable Lapwing breeds currently in Kazakhstan and central part of southern (further ‘southcentral’)Russia. Its breeding range includes northern and central Kazakhstan, and in Russiaextends currently from the Orenburg region, across Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Omsk and Novosibirskregions to the area around Barnaul in the Altai. Within this area […]
BREEDING HABITS OF THE SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) Science Article 1 abstract EARLY this spring I became aware of the fact that at least one pair of Sandpipers, different from the Spotted Sandpipers, which breed commonly on Simcoe Island, had taken up their residence there. C. K. CLARKE, The AUK(15):328-329, 1898 Download article download full text (pdf)
Biometrics, length of stay and body mass increase of migrating Common Snipes Gallinago gallinago in the Gulf of Gdansk
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Science Article 3 abstract Between 1983 and 2000, a total of 1774 Common Snipes were caught and measured in the Gulf, of Gdansk at the Polish Baltic Sea coast. The mean measurements obtained in this study werelarger than those provided by other authors. Reasons of this difference are discussed. Among linear measurements […]