INVESTIGADORES
SEGURA Luciano Noel
artículos
Título:
UNUSUAL NEST AND NESTLING APPROPRIATION BY THE EARED DOVE (ZENAIDA AURICULATA)
Autor/es:
SEGURA, LUCIANO N.; GONZALEZ, EXEQUIEL; JAUREGUI, ADRIÁN
Revista:
ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL
Editorial:
NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC
Referencias:
Lugar: ALEMANIA; Año: 2016 vol. 27 p. 101 - 104
ISSN:
1075-4377
Resumen:
We report a case of interspecific nest appropriation by the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata) on a nest of the Creamy‐bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus). The usurpation attempt resulted in the death of both nestlings, including a parasitic cowbird, despite forceful attempts by the thrushes to retake their nest and repeated attempts by the dove to feed the nestlings. We believe that the loss of the dove offspring from a nest in a neighboring tree could have triggered this behavior, which may be a hormonal byproduct caused by the recent loss of their own offspring, similar to what has been observed in Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes fosteri).