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- Title
First description of the eggs and nestlings of Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilus pollens).
- Authors
Greeney, Harold F.; Simbaña, Jose; Salazar-V., Lucia A.
- Abstract
Virtually nothing is known about the breeding biology of the Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilous pollens), an uncommon resident of montane regions from Venezuela to Peru. Here we describe for the first time, the nest, eggs and nestlings. Based on observations of two cavity nests from northeastern Ecuador we report an estimated incubation period of at least 16 days and a nestling period of 34-37 days. Both adults incubated the eggs and cared for the young, but we did not quantify the proportional investment of each sex. One nest successfully fledged a single young after laying a clutch of two eggs. A second nest failed after the nestling died, possibly from the effects of falling ash from a nearby volcanic eruption.
- Subjects
ECUADOR; WOODPECKERS; CAMPEPHILUS; IMPERIAL woodpecker; EGG incubation; BABY birds; BREEDING; CLOUD forests; NESTS
- Publication
Boletin SAO, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0123-9082
- Publication type
Article