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CO-OPERATIVE BREEDING IN THE PIED STARLING
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1987 |
Authors: | Craig, AJFK |
Journal: | Ostrich |
Volume: | 58 |
Issue: | 4 |
Date Published: | 1987 |
ISBN Number: | 0030-6525 |
Keywords: | Gracupica, Gracupica contra, Lamprotornis, Lamprotornis bicolor, Spreo, Spreo bicolor, Struthio, Struthio camelus, Struthionidae, Sturnidae, Sturnus, Sturnus vulgaris |
Abstract: | Summary Craig, A. J. F. K. 1987. Co-operative breeding in the Pied Starling. Ostrich 58:176-180. Pairs of Pied Starlings Spreo bicolor build the nest, but only the female incubates. After the chicks hatch, subadult and juvenile birds help feed the young. Helpers also feed young after they leave the nest. In most cases parents contribute more than the helpers which may attend several different nests. Associations between members of the same breeding group may persist for up to three successive seasons.Summary Craig, A. J. F. K. 1987. Co-operative breeding in the Pied Starling. Ostrich 58:176-180. Pairs of Pied Starlings Spreo bicolor build the nest, but only the female incubates. After the chicks hatch, subadult and juvenile birds help feed the young. Helpers also feed young after they leave the nest. In most cases parents contribute more than the helpers which may attend several different nests. Associations between members of the same breeding group may persist for up to three successive seasons. |
URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1987.9633905 |
Short Title: | Ostrich |
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