Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin P. Eckerle ◽  
Charles F. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
The Condor ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen K. Yard ◽  
Charles Van Riper ◽  
Bryan T. Brown ◽  
Michael J. Kearsley

Abstract We examined diets of six insectivorous bird species (n = 202 individuals) from two vegetation zones along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1994. All bird species consumed similar quantities of caterpillars and beetles, but use of other prey taxa varied. Non-native leafhoppers (Opsius stactagolus) specific to non-native tamarisk (Tamarix chinensis) substantially augmented Lucy's Warbler (Vermivora luciae) diets (49%), while ants comprised 82% of Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) diets. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) diets were composed of 45% aquatic midges. All bird species consumed the non-native leafhopper specific to tamarisk. Comparison of bird diets with availability of arthropod prey from aquatic and terrestrial origins showed terrestrial insects comprised 91% of all avian diets compared to 9% of prey from aquatic origin. Seasonal shifts in arthropod prey occurred in diets of three bird species, although no seasonal shifts were detected in arthropods sampled in vegetation indicating that at least three bird species were not selecting prey in proportion to its abundance. All bird species had higher prey overlap with arthropods collected in the native, mesquite-acacia vegetation zone which contained higher arthropod diversity and better prey items (i.e., Lepidoptera). Lucy's Warbler and Yellow Warbler consumed high proportions of prey items found in greatest abundance in the tamarisk-dominated vegetation zone that has been established since the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. These species appeared to exhibit ecological plasticity in response to an anthropogenic increase in prey resources. Dieta de Aves Insectívoras a lo largo del Río Colorado en el Gran Cañon, Arizona Resumen. Examinamos la dieta de seis especies de aves insectívoras (n = 202 individuos) de dos zonas de vegetación a lo largo del Río Colorado en el Parque Nacional del Gran Cañon, Arizona, en 1994. Todas las especies de aves consumieron cantidades similares de orugas y escarabajos, pero el uso de otras presas fue variable. Los Cicadellidae (Homóptera) exóticos (Opsius stactagolus) específicos del tamarisco exótico (Tamarix chinensis) comprendieron una parte sustancial de la dieta de Vermivora luciae (49%), mientras que las hormigas representaron el 82% de la dieta de Icteria virens. La dieta de Dendroica petechia incluyó un 45% de dípteros acuáticos de la familia Cecidomyiidae. Todas las especies de aves consumieron el cicadellide exótico específico del tamarisco. La comparación de las dietas de aves con la disponibilidad de presas de artrópodos de origen acuático y terrestre mostró que los insectos terrestres comprendieron el 91% de todas las dietas de aves, comparado con un 9% de presas de origen acuático. Se registraron cambios estacionales en los artrópodos de la dieta de tres especies de aves, aunque no se detectaron cambios estacionales en los artrópodos muestreados en la vegetación, indicando que al menos tres especies de aves no estuvieron seleccionando las presas en proporción a su abundancia. Todas las especies de aves presentaron mayor superposición de presas con los artrópodos colectados en la zona de vegetación nativa de mesquite (Prosopis) y Acacia, la cual contuvo mayor diversidad de artrópodos y presas de mejor calidad (i.e., Lepidoptera). V. luciae y D. petechia consumieron altas proporciones de presas encontradas en mayor abundancia en la zona de vegetación dominada por el tamarisco, que ha sido establecida desde la construcción de la Presa Glen Canyon. Estas especies parecieron exhibir plasticidad ecológica en respuesta a un incremento antropogénico en las presas como recuso alimenticio.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin P. Eckerle ◽  
Charles F. Thompson
Keyword(s):  

2012 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
René McKibbin ◽  
Christine A. Bishop

We studied return rates, site fidelity, dispersal, and survivorship of an endangered population of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens auricollis) in the southern Okanagan River valley, British Columbia, between 2001 and 2007. Between 2001 and 2006, we banded a total of 75 adults and 385 nestlings. Apparent survival for male Western Yellow-breasted Chats banded as adults was 65%, and survival and recapture were constant across time. Other results were as follows: 44% of males and 13% of females banded as adults were re-sighted during the period 2002–2007; 33% of males and 10% of females were re-sighted the year after they were banded; 31% of males and 10% of females had fidelity to the study site where they were banded as adults; 10% of Western Yellow-breasted Chats banded as nestlings returned and, of these, 62% of males and 54% of females returned to their natal study site to breed. The dispersal distance for males banded as adults (n = 5) that did not return to their sites ranged from 6.4 km to 42.9 km. Natal dispersal ranged from 2.5 km to 15.6 km for males (n = 7) and 2.3 km to 2.6 km for females (n = 2); 16 males and 7 females banded as nestlings did not disperse. These findings contrast with predictions that species at the northern limit of their range will have low site fidelity and return rates and higher dispersal distances than passerine populations at the core of their range.


BMC Ecology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Huang ◽  
Christine A. Bishop ◽  
René McKibbin ◽  
Anna Drake ◽  
David J. Green

1973 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Thompson ◽  
Val Nolan

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