Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela

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Ruggera, Román Alberto; Thomas E. Martin
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2010
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We provide details on the breeding biology of the Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) from 126 nests found during seven breeding seasons, 2002-2008, at Yacambú National Park, Venezuela. Nesting activity peaked in late April and May. Only the female built the nest and incubated the eggs. Males rarely visited the nest during these stages. Mean clutch size (2.1 ± 0.04 eggs, n = 93) was the smallest recorded for the Slate-throated Whitestart. Incubation and nestling period lengths were 15.3 ± 0.31 (n = 21) and 10.8 ± 0.24 (n = 7) days, respectively. Attentiveness (% of time on the nest) during incubation (59 ± 1.6%, n = 52) was similar to other tropical warblers and much lower than northern relatives. This caused a relatively low egg temperature (34.40 ± 0.33° C, n = 6 nests, 20 days) compared with north temperate birds. Both parents fed nestlings and increased their provisioning rates with nestling age. Growth rate based on nestling mass (k = 0.521 ± 0.015) was faster than for other tropical passerines but slower than northern relatives. Predation was the main cause of nesting failure and rate of predation increased with age of the nest. An estimated 15% of nests were successful based on an overall Mayfield daily predation rate of 0.053 ± 0.007. This study confirms a strong latitudinal variation in life history traits of warblers.
Fil: Ruggera, Román Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentina
Fil: Thomas E. Martin. University of Montana. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Estados Unidos
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Myioborus
Life-History Traits
Clutch Size Variation
Tropical Parulids
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spelling Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in VenezuelaRuggera, Román AlbertoThomas E. MartinMyioborusLife-History TraitsClutch Size VariationTropical Parulidshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We provide details on the breeding biology of the Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) from 126 nests found during seven breeding seasons, 2002-2008, at Yacambú National Park, Venezuela. Nesting activity peaked in late April and May. Only the female built the nest and incubated the eggs. Males rarely visited the nest during these stages. Mean clutch size (2.1 ± 0.04 eggs, n = 93) was the smallest recorded for the Slate-throated Whitestart. Incubation and nestling period lengths were 15.3 ± 0.31 (n = 21) and 10.8 ± 0.24 (n = 7) days, respectively. Attentiveness (% of time on the nest) during incubation (59 ± 1.6%, n = 52) was similar to other tropical warblers and much lower than northern relatives. This caused a relatively low egg temperature (34.40 ± 0.33° C, n = 6 nests, 20 days) compared with north temperate birds. Both parents fed nestlings and increased their provisioning rates with nestling age. Growth rate based on nestling mass (k = 0.521 ± 0.015) was faster than for other tropical passerines but slower than northern relatives. Predation was the main cause of nesting failure and rate of predation increased with age of the nest. An estimated 15% of nests were successful based on an overall Mayfield daily predation rate of 0.053 ± 0.007. This study confirms a strong latitudinal variation in life history traits of warblers.Fil: Ruggera, Román Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Thomas E. Martin. University of Montana. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Estados UnidosWilson Ornithological Society2010-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/76070Ruggera, Román Alberto; Thomas E. Martin; Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela; Wilson Ornithological Society; Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 122; 3; 9-2010; 447-4541559-4491CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://wjoonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1676/09-151.1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1676/09-151.1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:18:01Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/76070instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:18:01.538CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
title Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
spellingShingle Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
Ruggera, Román Alberto
Myioborus
Life-History Traits
Clutch Size Variation
Tropical Parulids
title_short Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
title_full Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
title_fullStr Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
title_full_unstemmed Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
title_sort Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ruggera, Román Alberto
Thomas E. Martin
author Ruggera, Román Alberto
author_facet Ruggera, Román Alberto
Thomas E. Martin
author_role author
author2 Thomas E. Martin
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Myioborus
Life-History Traits
Clutch Size Variation
Tropical Parulids
topic Myioborus
Life-History Traits
Clutch Size Variation
Tropical Parulids
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We provide details on the breeding biology of the Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) from 126 nests found during seven breeding seasons, 2002-2008, at Yacambú National Park, Venezuela. Nesting activity peaked in late April and May. Only the female built the nest and incubated the eggs. Males rarely visited the nest during these stages. Mean clutch size (2.1 ± 0.04 eggs, n = 93) was the smallest recorded for the Slate-throated Whitestart. Incubation and nestling period lengths were 15.3 ± 0.31 (n = 21) and 10.8 ± 0.24 (n = 7) days, respectively. Attentiveness (% of time on the nest) during incubation (59 ± 1.6%, n = 52) was similar to other tropical warblers and much lower than northern relatives. This caused a relatively low egg temperature (34.40 ± 0.33° C, n = 6 nests, 20 days) compared with north temperate birds. Both parents fed nestlings and increased their provisioning rates with nestling age. Growth rate based on nestling mass (k = 0.521 ± 0.015) was faster than for other tropical passerines but slower than northern relatives. Predation was the main cause of nesting failure and rate of predation increased with age of the nest. An estimated 15% of nests were successful based on an overall Mayfield daily predation rate of 0.053 ± 0.007. This study confirms a strong latitudinal variation in life history traits of warblers.
Fil: Ruggera, Román Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentina
Fil: Thomas E. Martin. University of Montana. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Estados Unidos
description We provide details on the breeding biology of the Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus) from 126 nests found during seven breeding seasons, 2002-2008, at Yacambú National Park, Venezuela. Nesting activity peaked in late April and May. Only the female built the nest and incubated the eggs. Males rarely visited the nest during these stages. Mean clutch size (2.1 ± 0.04 eggs, n = 93) was the smallest recorded for the Slate-throated Whitestart. Incubation and nestling period lengths were 15.3 ± 0.31 (n = 21) and 10.8 ± 0.24 (n = 7) days, respectively. Attentiveness (% of time on the nest) during incubation (59 ± 1.6%, n = 52) was similar to other tropical warblers and much lower than northern relatives. This caused a relatively low egg temperature (34.40 ± 0.33° C, n = 6 nests, 20 days) compared with north temperate birds. Both parents fed nestlings and increased their provisioning rates with nestling age. Growth rate based on nestling mass (k = 0.521 ± 0.015) was faster than for other tropical passerines but slower than northern relatives. Predation was the main cause of nesting failure and rate of predation increased with age of the nest. An estimated 15% of nests were successful based on an overall Mayfield daily predation rate of 0.053 ± 0.007. This study confirms a strong latitudinal variation in life history traits of warblers.
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Ruggera, Román Alberto; Thomas E. Martin; Breeding biology and natural history of the slate-throated whitestart in Venezuela; Wilson Ornithological Society; Wilson Journal of Ornithology; 122; 3; 9-2010; 447-454
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