Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) Science Article 1 abstract The Paradise Tanager (Tanguru chifensis) inhabits the canopy and forest edge of tropical forests in the Amazon Basin and Guianan region of South America (Isler and Isler 1987, Ridgely and Taylor 1989). At the Tambopata Nature Reserve in southeast Peru (12’5O’S, 69’17’W) it is common in canopy […]
Observations at a Paradise Tanager nest
Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) Science Article 1 abstract The Paradise Tanager (Tanguru chifensis) inhabits the canopy and forest edge of tropical forests in the Amazon Basin and Guianan region of South America (Isler and Isler 1987, Ridgely and Taylor 1989). At the Tambopata Nature Reserve in southeast Peru (12’5O’S, 69’17’W) it is common in canopy […]
SUGAR-TASTING ABILITY AND FRUIT SELECTION IN TROPICAL FRUIT-EATING BIRDS
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) Science Article 2 abstract The sugar-tasting abilities of four species of tanagers and two species of manakins were tested. Three tanager species were able to detect differences in diets containing 8%, 10%, and 12% sugar. In pairwise choice trials, they preferred the diet highest in sugar. Neither species of manakin discriminated […]
SUGAR-TASTING ABILITY AND FRUIT SELECTION IN TROPICAL FRUIT-EATING BIRDS
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) Science Article 2 abstract The sugar-tasting abilities of four species of tanagers and two species of manakins were tested. Three tanager species were able to detect differences in diets containing 8%, 10%, and 12% sugar. In pairwise choice trials, they preferred the diet highest in sugar. Neither species of manakin discriminated […]
Ecological relationships between feather mites (Acari) and wild birds ofEmberizidae (Aves) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) 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 […]
Ecological relationships between feather mites (Acari) and wild birds ofEmberizidae (Aves) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) 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 […]
Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi: a new speciesfor Nepal and the Indian subcontinent
Pallass Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) Science Article 1 abstract On the 13 January 1994, I was birding along the east side of the Kosi river, north of the dam at Kosi Barrage, eastern Nepal. I was scrutinizing some Paddyfield Warblers Acrocephalus agricola and Blyth’s Reed Warblers A. dumetorum in the waterside vegetation, when a bunting […]
Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi: a new speciesfor Nepal and the Indian subcontinent
Pallass Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) Science Article 1 abstract On the 13 January 1994, I was birding along the east side of the Kosi river, north of the dam at Kosi Barrage, eastern Nepal. I was scrutinizing some Paddyfield Warblers Acrocephalus agricola and Blyth’s Reed Warblers A. dumetorum in the waterside vegetation, when a bunting […]
NOTES ON THE NESTING OF TURDUS LEUCOMELAS IN SURINAM
Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) Science Article 1 abstract The Grey-headed Thrush (Turdus ZezLcomelas) has a vast range in South America from Colombia eastward to the Guianas and southward to southeastern Brazil, Matto Gross0 and Peru. The representative in Surinam, T. 1. albiuenter, is confined to Colombia, Venezuela and the region from the Guianas southward to […]
NOTES ON THE NESTING OF TURDUS LEUCOMELAS IN SURINAM
Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) Science Article 1 abstract The Grey-headed Thrush (Turdus ZezLcomelas) has a vast range in South America from Colombia eastward to the Guianas and southward to southeastern Brazil, Matto Gross0 and Peru. The representative in Surinam, T. 1. albiuenter, is confined to Colombia, Venezuela and the region from the Guianas southward to […]