Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) Science Article 2 abstract Single burned areas contained 0 to 15 open-habitat species (mean = 7.6), and in all the areas combined there were 22 species, including 17 with an unfavourable conservation status in Europe. The most frequent were Carduelis cannabina, Lullula arborea, Alectoris rufa, Oenanthe hispanica and Emberiza cia, but characteristic […]
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Communal roosting of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) and Blue-headed Wagtails (Motacilla flava) at post-breeding period in Western Poland.
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) Science Article 1 abstract Communal roosting of Linnets (Carduelis cannabina) and Blue-headed Wagtails (Motacilla flava) at post-breeding period in Western Poland Surmacki A, Lorek G & Tryjanowski P., Vogelwarte. vol 40, no 1-2. p. 146-148 Download article download full text (pdf)
Lesser whitethroats Sylvia curruca under time constraint do not interrupt moult
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) Science Article 1 abstract Lesser whitethroats Sylvia curruca under time constraint do not interrupt moult Hall, K. S. S., AVIAN SCIENCE, 2002, VOL 2; PART 1, pages 33-38 Download article download full text (pdf)
Lesser whitethroats Sylvia curruca under time constraint do not interrupt moult
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) Science Article 1 abstract Lesser whitethroats Sylvia curruca under time constraint do not interrupt moult Hall, K. S. S., AVIAN SCIENCE, 2002, VOL 2; PART 1, pages 33-38 Download article download full text (pdf)
Do melanin-based tail patterns predict individual quality and sex in Lesser Grey Shrikes Lanius minor ?
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) Science Article 3 abstract In many bird species, males display colourful, usually carotenoid or structurally based plumage ornaments. On the other hand, there are many bird species and entire avian genera that are achromatic, i.e. with predominantly white, grey and black plumage colours. Achromatic plumage is a typical feature in […]
Male shrikes punish unfaithful females
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) Science Article 2 abstract The costs to females of participating in extrapair copulations is an interesting but hitherto neglected topic in behavioral ecology. An obvious potential cost to females is male physical sanctions. However, although retaliation and punishment by male partners has been proposed as a basic cost for female […]
The Nest of Pitangus lictor
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor) Science Article 1 abstract Ornithologists have attributed both domed and open nests to the Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor) because they confused it with severalo ther strikingly similar neotropicalf lycatchers.P itanguss ulphuratust, he only one of these flycatchers that reaches the United States, always builds a domed nest. But Haverschmidt( Auk, 74: […]
BEHAVIOR OF THE GRASSLAND SPARROW AND TWO SPECIES OF SEED-FINCHES
Lesser Seed-Finch (Oryzoborus angolensis) Science Article 1 abstract The behavior of many of the predominantly granivorous neotropical bird species cOnventionally grouped under the familial heading Fringillidae in field guides is poorly known. Documenting it may help promote a better understanding of the phylogeny and Systematics of these birds and clarify the evolution and adaptive significance […]
Parental body mass changes during the nestingstage in two Lark species in a semi-arid habitat
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) Science Article 1 abstract Parental body mass changes during the nesting period were analysed for Thekla Larks,Galerida theklae, and Lesser Short-toed Larks, Calandrella rufescens. Body mass of femaleThekla Larks declines from the start of incubation until the chicks fledge; laying date,interpreted as the number of renesting attempts, also has a […]
Seasonal and interannual variability in laying date, clutch size, egg volume and hatching asynchrony of four lark species in Mediterranean Spain
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) Science Article 2 abstract To describe the variation in laying date, clutch size, egg volume and hatching asynchrony of four lark species (Skylark Alauda arvensis, Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla, Thekla Lark Galerida theklae and Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens) and at two different time scales: between years (large-scale variation), and […]