THE BREEDING CYCLE OF THE YELLOW-BELLIED SEEDEATER IN PANAMA Author(s): CORA C. ALDERTON This report on the Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis) is part of a fiveyear study of the life histories of some common tropical birds of the...
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Northern and a south-eastern population. The latter is situated foremost in the Danube countries and holds about 650 White-tailed Sea Eagle pairs, of which almost 200 are ecologically dependent on the river Danube and its remaining alluvial...
NOTES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE WHITE BELLBIRD Author(s): BARBARA K. Snow Little has been recorded of the White Bellbird (Procnias alba) in the field. In March 1960 I made brief observationso n a singlea dult male in the Kanaku Mountains of southern...
Observations on the nesting and incubation behavior of the Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) Author(s): Erin C. Hannelly & Harold F. Greeney OBSERVATIONS ON INCUBATION AND NESTING BEHAVIOR OF THE TROPICAL GNATCATCHER (POLIOPTILA PLUMBEA)...
Every year in Sicily large areas of dry grasslands and scattered scrubs are lost by fires. Burnt areas are no longer suitable for the species at least for that year. In certain circumstances the fire on grassland may not represent a major problem in...
Nesting of the Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) in nests of the Rusty-margined (Myozetetes cayanensis) and Social (M. similis) Flycatchers Author(s): Andrzej Dyrcz In March-May 1999, I conducted observations on breeding ecology of Rusty...
REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY OF THE RUDDY GROUND-DOVE ON THE CENTRAL PLATEAU OF BRAZIL Author(s): RENATO CINTRA The reproductive ecology of the Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) was studied between January 1982 and February 1983 in the Cerrado of the...
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] RAPHIDAE | [latin] Pezophaps solitaria | [UK] Rodrigues Solitaire | [Authority] J. F. Gmelin, 1789 The island of Rodrigues, far out in the Indian Ocean, is one of the Mascarene group and here a dodo-like species...
The nest and egg of Tachyphonus phoenicius Author(s): F. HAVERSCHMIDT Red-shouldered Tanager (Tuchyphonus phoenicius) is a medium-sized tanager which inhabits the Guianas, northern Brazil, southern Venezuela, and eastern Peru. Source: Wilson...
The Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus is considered Near Threatened both in Europe and globally, due to its large (>30%) decline over three generations (i.e. from the 1970s). The species is listed in Appendix II of CMS, in Appendix II of CITES...