Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Kershner ◽  
Walter G. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Polioptila Caerulea

First record of non-migratory Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) as a host to the Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) in Mexico

10.1676/20-96 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando González-García ◽  
Aurelio Molina Hernández ◽  
Diego Santiago-Alarcon
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Molothrus Aeneus ◽  
Polioptila Caerulea

scholarly journals The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea caerulea) at Quebec, P. Q.

The Auk ◽  
1920 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-465
Author(s):  
Harrison F. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Polioptila Caerulea

Costs of multiple parasitism for an avian brood parasite, the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (12) ◽  
pp. 1237-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.B. Goguen ◽  
D.R. Curson ◽  
N.E. Mathews
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Intraspecific Competition ◽  
Molothrus Ater ◽  
Brood Parasite ◽  
Egg Survival ◽  
Host Nest ◽  
Egg Mortality ◽  
Nest Desertion ◽  
Nestling Period ◽  
Polioptila Caerulea

The Brown-headed Cowbird ( Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) is a generalist brood parasite that often lays into nests that contain conspecific eggs. Although it has often been assumed that this multiple parasitism reduces Cowbird survival, this has rarely been evaluated. We measured Cowbird survival in nests of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila caerulea (L., 1766)), Plumbeous Vireo ( Vireo plumbeus Coues, 1866), and Western Tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana (A. Wilson, 1811)) in New Mexico, USA. Our objectives were to measure the costs of intraspecific competition on Cowbird survival in multiply-parasitized nests, evaluate if these costs were related to host size, and to compare the costs of multiple parasitism relative to other mortality sources that occur over the entire nesting cycle. Intraspecific competition reduced Cowbird survival during the nestling period in nests of all three hosts, and was of particular importance in nests of the two smaller hosts. When all sources of egg mortality were considered, however, the costs of multiple parasitism were small compared with the large effects of predation and nest desertion. Given that multiple parasitism reduces Cowbird egg survival, it is unclear why Cowbirds multiply-parasitize. Possible explanations depend on an improved understanding of fecundity and level of host nest selectivity by female Cowbirds.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Kershner ◽  
Walter G. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Polioptila Caerulea

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Kershner ◽  
Walter G. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Polioptila Caerulea

scholarly journals Habitat Preferences of Pinyon-Juniper Specialists Near the Limit of Their Geographic Range

The Condor ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Pavlacky ◽  
Stanley H. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Colorado Plateau ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Juniperus Osteosperma ◽  
The Family ◽  
Pinyon Pine ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Utah Juniper ◽  
Breeding Seasons ◽  
Polioptila Caerulea

Abstract We investigated habitat preferences for five pinyon-juniper specialists during the 1998 and 1999 breeding seasons in Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands of southwestern Wyoming. We compared avian use and availability of vegetation features using univariate and multivariate analysis to detect selection for vegetative features of pinyon-juniper specialists near the northeastern range boundary of pinyon-juniper habitat on the Colorado Plateau. Gray Flycatchers (Empidonax wrightii), Juniper Titmice (Baeolophus griseus), and Bewick's Wrens (Thryomanes bewickii) preferred woodlands with high overstory juniper cover. The Juniper Titmouse was associated with senescent trees, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) with rock outcrops and shrubs in the family Rosaceae, and Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) with pinyon pine (Pinus edulis). We suggest the geographic distribution of four of five pinyon-juniper specialists is limited by the occurrence of pinyon pine in semiarid woodlands on the northeastern Colorado Plateau. The geographic limit for Blue-gray Gnatcatchers in this region may correspond to the presence of mountain mahogany in the woodland understory. The conservation of pinyon-juniper specialists in southwestern Wyoming will benefit from the maintenance of successional processes, particularly those that perpetuate mature woodlands with a pinyon pine component.

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