Common Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) Science Article 2 abstract The purpose of this study was to explain parental aggression to offspring in the moorhen (Gallinula chloropus). Males and females did not feed different subsets of chicks. In addition, there was a positive correlation between feeding rates of each parent to a particular chick and the number […]
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Brood parasitism and cooperative nestingin the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
Common Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) Science Article 1 abstract During a two year study of the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, a quarter of the nests found had two or more females laying in them. This was the result of two features of the moorhens’ breeding biology: (1) Cooperative nesting; two (or more) females were paired to the […]
Winter Distribution of Subspecies of Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) in Florida with Evidence for Long-distance and Overland Movements
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) Science Article 1 abstract Little is known of the extent of movement and winter ranges of Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris) in the United States despite years of study by ornithologists and game biologists (Stewart 1951, 1954;Mangold 1977). For example, only recently was it learned that the endangered southwestern population, R. l. […]
SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AZUREGALLINULE (PORPHYRULA FLA l?1ltOST’Is),WITH COMMENTS ON VAGRANCY INRAILS AND GALLINULES
Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) Science Article 1 abstract Specimen records and field observations of the Azure Gallinule (Porphyrulu flavirostris) provide evidence that this species undergoes seasonal movements in portions of its range. Although present year-round in much of Amazonia, it is seasonal in the Guianas, southwestern Amazonia, and Paraguay. Data from single localities within these […]
American Coot kills Yellow-headed Blackbird nestlings
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 6 abstract I know of only one witnessed predation event by an American Coot (Fulica americana) on a vertebrate-a nestling Redwinged Blackbirds. PETER L. HURD, Wilson Bull., 104(3), 1992, pp. 552-553 Download article download full text (pdf)
Voice Differences between sexes in the American Coot
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 3 abstract American Coot (Fulica americana) exhibits no sexual dimorphism in plumage characters and although the males average about seven per cent larger than females. I have found, however, that the sexes can be recognized by differences in voice. Gordon W. GULLION, FROM FIELD AND STUDY Download article download […]
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American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 5 abstract American Coots are likely among the birds on any wetland in Minnesota. It’s easy to mistake a coot for a duck but they’re in the rail family (Rallidae). They are the most abundant and widely-distributed rail species in North America because of their adaptability to almost any […]
Lipophilic organic compounds in lake sediment and Americancoot (Fulica americana) tissues, both affected and unaffected byavian vacuolar myelinopathy
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 1 abstract Avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) is a disease of unknown etiology, which has been diagnosed in a variety ofbirds from surface water reservoirs in the southeastern United States.Pathology suggests a natural or anthropogeniccompound may be the cause of this disease.With the goal of identifying the toxicant that causes […]
THE DISPLAYS AND CALLS OF THE AMERICAN COOT
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 4 abstract DISPLAYS and calls are of paramount importance in the social behavior of birds. A call or the exposure of some bright plumage spot may serve as a social releaser to communicate one bird’s attitude or intentions to other birds, whether aggressive or friendly. This being the case, […]
The status of the American Coot wintering in Mexico
American Coot (Fulica americana) Science Article 2 abstract The status of the American Coot wintering in Mexico A. Perez-Arteaga and K. J. Gaston, Acta zool. Mex. 20(1): 253-263, 2004 Download article download full text (pdf)