Breeding ecology of the fulvous parrotbill (Paradoxornis fulvifrons) in Wawushan Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Autor:	Peter Pechacek, Yue-Hua Sun, Yunbiao Hu, Ying-Xin Jiang, Guang Hao
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Avian clutch size Canopy Nature reserve Bamboo Reproductive success biology Ecology Biodiversity biology.organism_classification Fulvous parrotbill Nest China Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy
Zdroj:	Journal of Natural History. 48:975-982
ISSN:	1464-5262 0022-2933
DOI:	10.1080/00222933.2013.826829
Popis:	We studied the breeding ecology of the fulvous parrotbill (Paradoxornis fulvifrons) and provide the first description of nests, eggs, fledglings, nesting behaviour and nest sites from China. Nests were bowl-shaped built by both sexes mainly of bamboo leaves, fibrous roots and mosses. They were located within dense bamboo clusters, about 0.70–1.90 m above the ground. The clutch size averaged (mean ± SD) 3.38 ± 0.72 (n = 16) and eggs were oval, pale blue in colour, weighing 1.24 ± 0.10 g (n = 13). Both pair-bond members incubated eggs and shared nestling care. Compared with control sites, the nest sites (n = 33) had smaller canopy closure (73 ± 12% vs 84 ± 16%). Overall nesting success was 18.18% (6/33). We concluded that human disturbance (i.e. tourist hiking on paths close to nest sites) might prompt nest desertion causing the low reproductive success of fulvous parrotbill in the reserve.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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