King Rail (Rallus elegans) Trapping Efficiency and Detection Techniques in Southwestern Lake Erie Coastal Marshes, USA

Waterbirds ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan T. Shirkey ◽  
John W. Simpson ◽  
Michael A. Picciuto
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Trapping Efficiency ◽  
Coastal Marshes ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

King Rail (Rallus elegans) Occupancy and Abundance in Fire Managed Coastal Marshes in North Carolina and Virginia

Waterbirds ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Rogers ◽  
Jaime A. Collazo ◽  
C. Ashton Drew
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Coastal Marshes ◽  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans ◽  
In Fire

King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Massachusetts

The Auk ◽  
1918 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-223
Author(s):  
Charles B. Morss
Keyword(s):  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley A. Pickens ◽  
Brooke Meanley
Keyword(s):  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

scholarly journals Interclutch variability in egg characteristics in two species of rail: Is maternal identity encoded in eggshell patterns?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0261868
Author(s):  
Emily W. Johnson ◽  
Susan B. McRae
Keyword(s):  
Brood Parasitism ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Temporal Data ◽  
Conspecific Brood Parasitism ◽  
Linear Discriminant ◽  
Species Of Conservation Concern ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

Maternal signatures are present in the eggs of some birds, but quantifying interclutch variability within populations remains challenging. Maternal assignment of eggs with distinctive appearances could be used to non-invasively identify renesting females, including hens returning among years, as well as to identify cases of conspecific brood parasitism. We explored whether King Rail (Rallus elegans) eggs with shared maternity could be matched based on eggshell pattern. We used NaturePatternMatch (NPM) software to match egg images taken in the field in conjunction with spatial and temporal data on nests. Since we had only a small number of marked breeders, we analyzed similar clutch images from a study of Eurasian Common Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus chloropus) with color-banded breeders for which parentage at many nests had been verified genetically to validate the method. We ran 66 King Rail clutches (n = 338 eggs) and 58 Common Moorhen clutches (n = 364 eggs) through NPM. We performed non-metric multidimensional scaling and permutational analysis of variance using the best egg match output from NPM. We also explored whether eggs could be grouped by clutch using a combination of egg dimensions and pattern data derived from NPM using linear discriminant analyses. We then scrutinized specific matches returned by NPM for King Rail eggs to determine whether multiple matches between the same clutches might reveal maternity among nests and inform our understanding of female laying behavior. To do this, we ran separate NPM analyses for clutches photographed over several years from two spatially distant parts of the site. With these narrower datasets, we were able to identify four instances where hens likely returned to breed among years, four likely cases of conspecific brood parasitism, and a within-season re-nesting attempt. Thus, the matching output was helpful in identifying congruent egg patterns among clutches when used in conjunction with spatial and temporal data, revealing previously unrecognized site fidelity, within-season movements, and reproductive interference by breeding females. Egg pattern data in combination with nest mapping can be used to inform our understanding of female reproductive effort, success, and longevity in King Rails. These methods may also be applied to other secretive birds and species of conservation concern.

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley A. Pickens ◽  
Brooke Meanley
Keyword(s):  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley A. Pickens ◽  
Brooke Meanley
Keyword(s):  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

10.2173/bna.3 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley A. Pickens ◽  
Brooke Meanley
Keyword(s):  
King Rail ◽  
Rallus Elegans
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