Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Authors: | Jones, KC, Roth, KL, Islam, K, Hamel, PB, Smith, III, CG |
Journal: | The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |
Volume: | 119 |
Issue: | 2 |
Date Published: | 2007 |
ISBN Number: | 15594491 |
Keywords: | Dendroica, Dendroica cerulea, Dendroica virens, Icteridae, Icterus, Icterus spurius, Parula, Parula americana, Parula cerulea, Parulidae, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Phylloscopus nitidus, Polioptila, Polioptila caerulea, Polioptilidae, Ruticilla, Seicercus nitidus, Setophaga, Setophaga americana, Setophaga cerulea, Setophaga ruticilla, Setophaga virens, Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, Vireonidae |
Abstract: | We document 21 observations of interspecific stealing of nesting material involving Cerulean Warblers (Dendroica cerulea), Red-eyed Vireos (Vireo olivaceus), Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (Polioptila caerulea), Northern Parulas (Parula americana), Black-throated Green Warblers (D. virens), American Redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla), and Orchard Orioles (Icterus spurius) that occurred during studies of Cerulean Warbler breeding biology. These incidents involved a variety of combinations of nest owner and nest material thief suggesting that each of these species is both a perpetrator and recipient of this behavior in our study areas. Kleptoparasitic incidents occurred at all stages of the nesting cycle from nest-building through post-fledging. Two possible motivations for this behavior are related to saving time in finding nest materials and collecting this material for nest construction. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20455994 |
Short Title: | The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |
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