Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis

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Piro, Alejandra; Fuchs, Daniela Viviana; Montalti, Diego
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2018
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The objective of this study was to develop tools for distinguishing between sexes of the two Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) subspecies (N. n. obscurus and N. n. hoactli) using discriminant function analysis. Significant differences were found in length of the culmen, length of the bill from the gape, and length of the wing chord between the sexes of each subspecies, with males being larger than females. The resulting discriminant functions were able to differentiate between the sexes of each studied subspecies and between subspecies after determining the sex of the individuals (with a correct classification of 77.8% for females and 97.8% for males). In females, all morphometrics were greater for N. n. obscurus than N. n. hoactli; this was also the case for males, except for bill width, which was greater in N. n. hoactli. Wing chord length was the most useful measurement for constructing the discriminant functions. External morphometrics are a valuable tool not only for discriminating between N. n. hoactli and N. n. obscurus but also for sexing these subspecies.
Fil: Piro, Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; Argentina
Fil: Fuchs, Daniela Viviana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Montalti, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; Argentina
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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS
MORPHOMETRICS
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spelling Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysisPiro, AlejandraFuchs, Daniela VivianaMontalti, DiegoARDEIDAEBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONDISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSISMORPHOMETRICShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The objective of this study was to develop tools for distinguishing between sexes of the two Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) subspecies (N. n. obscurus and N. n. hoactli) using discriminant function analysis. Significant differences were found in length of the culmen, length of the bill from the gape, and length of the wing chord between the sexes of each subspecies, with males being larger than females. The resulting discriminant functions were able to differentiate between the sexes of each studied subspecies and between subspecies after determining the sex of the individuals (with a correct classification of 77.8% for females and 97.8% for males). In females, all morphometrics were greater for N. n. obscurus than N. n. hoactli; this was also the case for males, except for bill width, which was greater in N. n. hoactli. Wing chord length was the most useful measurement for constructing the discriminant functions. External morphometrics are a valuable tool not only for discriminating between N. n. hoactli and N. n. obscurus but also for sexing these subspecies.Fil: Piro, Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; ArgentinaFil: Fuchs, Daniela Viviana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; ArgentinaFil: Montalti, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; ArgentinaWaterbird Society2018-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/101358Piro, Alejandra; Fuchs, Daniela Viviana; Montalti, Diego; Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis; Waterbird Society; Waterbirds; 4; 1; 2-2018; 87-921524-4695CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://bioone.org/journals/Waterbirds/volume-41/issue-1/063.041.0112/Morphometric-Differences-Between-Sexes-of-Two-Subspecies-of-Black-crowned/10.1675/063.041.0112.shortinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1675/063.041.0112info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:27Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/101358instacron: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:34982025-09-03 09:47:27.918CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
title Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
spellingShingle Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
Piro, Alejandra
ARDEIDAE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS
MORPHOMETRICS
title_short Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
title_full Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
title_fullStr Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
title_sort Morphometric differences between sexes of two subspecies of black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) using discriminant analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Piro, Alejandra
Fuchs, Daniela Viviana
Montalti, Diego
author Piro, Alejandra
author_facet Piro, Alejandra
Fuchs, Daniela Viviana
Montalti, Diego
author_role author
author2 Fuchs, Daniela Viviana
Montalti, Diego
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ARDEIDAE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS
MORPHOMETRICS
topic ARDEIDAE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS
MORPHOMETRICS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The objective of this study was to develop tools for distinguishing between sexes of the two Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) subspecies (N. n. obscurus and N. n. hoactli) using discriminant function analysis. Significant differences were found in length of the culmen, length of the bill from the gape, and length of the wing chord between the sexes of each subspecies, with males being larger than females. The resulting discriminant functions were able to differentiate between the sexes of each studied subspecies and between subspecies after determining the sex of the individuals (with a correct classification of 77.8% for females and 97.8% for males). In females, all morphometrics were greater for N. n. obscurus than N. n. hoactli; this was also the case for males, except for bill width, which was greater in N. n. hoactli. Wing chord length was the most useful measurement for constructing the discriminant functions. External morphometrics are a valuable tool not only for discriminating between N. n. hoactli and N. n. obscurus but also for sexing these subspecies.
Fil: Piro, Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; Argentina
Fil: Fuchs, Daniela Viviana. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Montalti, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados. Sección Ornitología; Argentina
description The objective of this study was to develop tools for distinguishing between sexes of the two Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) subspecies (N. n. obscurus and N. n. hoactli) using discriminant function analysis. Significant differences were found in length of the culmen, length of the bill from the gape, and length of the wing chord between the sexes of each subspecies, with males being larger than females. The resulting discriminant functions were able to differentiate between the sexes of each studied subspecies and between subspecies after determining the sex of the individuals (with a correct classification of 77.8% for females and 97.8% for males). In females, all morphometrics were greater for N. n. obscurus than N. n. hoactli; this was also the case for males, except for bill width, which was greater in N. n. hoactli. Wing chord length was the most useful measurement for constructing the discriminant functions. External morphometrics are a valuable tool not only for discriminating between N. n. hoactli and N. n. obscurus but also for sexing these subspecies.
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