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- Title
High Rates of Nest Usurpation by Grayish Baywings ( Agelaioides badius) in Active Nests of House Wrens ( Troglodytes aedon) in Central Andes.
- Authors
Luchesi, María Natalia; Asti, Andrea
- Abstract
Nest usurpation is a behavior where one individual takes over the active nest of another individual of the same or a different species. The Grayish Baywing ( Agelaioides badius) has been reported as an occasional inter-specific nest usurper. In previous studies, researchers have reported usurpation of nests of House Wrens ( Troglodytes aedon) by Grayish Baywings. In this paper, we report that nest usurpation by Grayish Baywings is the second cause of breeding failure in a population of House Wrens in the Central Andes.
- Subjects
BIRDHOUSES; NEST building; HOUSE wren; BIRD ecology; BIRD behavior
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2017, Vol 129, Issue 3, p630
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/16-131.1