Nest, egg, incubation behaviour and parental care in the Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germana

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العنوان: Nest, egg, incubation behaviour and parental care in the Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germana
المؤلفون: Tony Baylis, Donna J. Belder, Susan F. Gould, Richard H. Donaghey
المصدر: Australian Field Ornithology. 36:18-23
بيانات النشر: BirdLife Australia, Ltd., 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: biology, Nest, Bowerbird, New guinea, Zoology, biology.organism_classification, Paternal care, Polygyny, Incubation, Amblyornis, Egg incubation
الوصف: The Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germana , recently elevated to species status, is endemic to montane forests on the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. The polygynous males in the Yopno Urawa Som Conservation Area build distinctive maypole bowers. We document for the first time the nest, egg, incubation behaviour, and parental care of this species. Three of the five nests found were built in tree-fern crowns. Nest structure and the single-egg clutch were similar to those of MacGregor’s Bowerbird A. macgregoriae . Only the female Huon Bowerbird incubated. Mean length of incubation sessions was 30.9 minutes and the number of sessions daily was 18. Diurnal incubation constancy over a 12-hour day was 74%, compared with a mean of ~70% in six other members of the bowerbird family. The downy nestling resembled that of MacGregor’s Bowerbird. Vocalisations of a female Huon Bowerbird at a nest with a nestling are described and illustrated.
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::82d418d5e888d869d1a9c50cee3b1c6f
https://doi.org/10.20938/afo36018023
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi...........82d418d5e888d869d1a9c50cee3b1c6f
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE