KILLDEER PARASITIZES MOUNTAIN PLOVER NEST

KILLDEER PARASITIZES MOUNTAIN PLOVER NEST

We discovered a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) incubating a nest containing three Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) eggs and three Killdeer eggs. The nest had been incubated about two weeks when discovered and was depredated three days later. To our knowledge this is the first known occurrence...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Wilson bulletin (Wilson Ornithological Society) 2000-12, Vol.112 (4), p.454-456
Hauptverfasser: Jojola-Elverum, Susan M, Giesen, Kenneth M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal ethology
Animal nesting
Aves
Aviculture
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Bird nesting
Birds
Charadrius
Charadrius montanus
Charadrius vociferus
CONTENTS
Deer
Eggs
Eggs and nests
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grasses
Habitat (Ecology)
Incubation
Killdeer
nests
Parasitic birds
Parasitism
Pastures
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Vertebrata
Wildlife habitats
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Zusammenfassung:We discovered a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) incubating a nest containing three Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) eggs and three Killdeer eggs. The nest had been incubated about two weeks when discovered and was depredated three days later. To our knowledge this is the first known occurrence of a nest having eggs from both species.
ISSN:0043-5643
2162-5204
DOI:10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0454:KPMPN]2.0.CO;2