Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 7 abstract Females of many socially monogamous species accept or even actively seek copulations outside the socialpair bond. As females cannot increase the number of offspring with promiscuous behaviour, the questionarises why they engage in extra-pair mating. Stefan M. Suter et al, Proc. R. Soc. B, 2007 Download article […]
Category: Passeriformes
The nest and egg of Tachyphonus phoenicius
Red-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) Science Article 1 abstract Red-shouldered Tanager (Tuchyphonus phoenicius) is a medium-sized tanager which inhabits the Guianas, northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, and eastern Peru. F. HAVERSCHMIDT, Wilson Bulletin: Vol.68,No.4 Download article download full text (pdf)
Foraging behavior of the Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) breeding in a farmland-a preliminary results
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 3 abstract Use of crops as foraging areas by Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) breeding in mid-field marsh patches was studied in 1999. Surveys were performed on 8 marshes with about 22 breeding pairs. The area of the marshes ranged from 0.1 to 8.1 ha. The surroundings were dominated by […]
Autumn migration of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in Switzerland
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 1 abstract To elucidate the migration strategies of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus migrating through Central Europe, we analysed data from 595 Reed Buntings ringed at La Touviere, Rhone River, Geneva, Switzerland, during the autumn migration from September to November 2004. These data were used to investigate age, sex, biometrics […]
Abundance variations, survival and site fidelity of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus wintering in central Spain
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 4 abstract Populations of the Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) have suffered serious declines in western Europe during the last three decades. However, information on population parameters of migratory populations in their wintering quarters are scarce. Here, we examine variations in abundance, apparent survival and philopatry ofReedBuntings wintering in central […]
The breeding ecology of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus in farmland and wetland habitats in lowland England
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 6 abstract We studied the nesting and feeding ecology of Reed Buntings Emberiza schoeniclus breeding on farmland and wetland habitats along the Trent Valley in Nottinghamshire, England. Rank and emergent vegetation accounted for most nests and most foraging by provisioning adults. Caterpillars and spiders accounted for 70% of chick […]
Habitat use by Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus in an intensively used farmland in Western Poland
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Science Article 5 abstract The habitat use of the Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus was studied between 1998- 2000 in an intensive cultivated agricultural landscape in western Poland. Birds occupied only wet marginal habitats such as small reedbeds, marshes, meadows and drainage ditches. Reed Buntings located their territories at the edges of […]
Biometrics and wing moult of migrating Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica in Greece
Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica) Science Article 1 abstract Published data describing the biometrics, moult and fat loads of migrant Red-rumped Swallows Hirundo daurica are scarce. Here we present data on wing and tarsus length, tail measurements, abdominal fat scores and weight for a sample of 457 birds captured at a reed-bed roost during autumn migration […]
Ecological relationships between feather mites (Acari) and wild birds ofEmberizidae (Aves) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) Science Article 1 abstract The objective of this study was to investigate feather mites on birds of the Family Emberizidae, tocollect data on the ecological ectoparasite-host relationship and infestation level. A sum of 94 birds of 9 specieswas captured at the Refugio Ecologico Charles Darwin, Igarassu, Pernambuco, Brazil, from August 1996 […]
Parental investment strategies in two species of nuthatch varywith stage-specific predation risk and reproductive effort
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) Science Article 1 abstract Life-history theory predicts that differences in reproductive effort and residual reproductive value amongspecies should result in differences in the level of risk that parents are willing to tolerate to themselvesversus their offspring. CAMERON K. GHALAMBOR & THOMAS E. MARTIN, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2000, 60, 263-267 Download article download […]