Intraspecific brood parasitism in the Northern Flicker.(Short Communications): An article from: Wilson Bulletin
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Author(s)Allen R. Bower, Danny J. Ingold
PublisherWilson Ornithological Society
ISBN / ASINB00082Z9P6
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From the author: Although intraspecific brood parasitism is common in many bird species, including several secondary cavity-nesting birds, it does not appear to have been reported in woodpeckers. We report a case of intraspecific brood parasitism in the Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) in which six to eight eggs were dumped into the host nest box during a 2- to 3-week period. We estimate that the host female laid a clutch of 8 to 10 eggs, and at the end of the nestling period we confirmed that 16 flicker eggs had been laid in the nest box. This instance of egg-dumping by a floater female or another resident female in the same territory or on an adjacent territory, could have been facilitated by a lack of suitable nest sites in the area coupled with intense nest-site competition from European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Received 16 October 2003. accepted 24 March 2004.
Citation Details
Title: Intraspecific brood parasitism in the Northern Flicker.(Short Communications)
Author: Allen R. Bower
Publication:Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 116 Issue: 1 Page: 94(4)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: Although intraspecific brood parasitism is common in many bird species, including several secondary cavity-nesting birds, it does not appear to have been reported in woodpeckers. We report a case of intraspecific brood parasitism in the Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) in which six to eight eggs were dumped into the host nest box during a 2- to 3-week period. We estimate that the host female laid a clutch of 8 to 10 eggs, and at the end of the nestling period we confirmed that 16 flicker eggs had been laid in the nest box. This instance of egg-dumping by a floater female or another resident female in the same territory or on an adjacent territory, could have been facilitated by a lack of suitable nest sites in the area coupled with intense nest-site competition from European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Received 16 October 2003. accepted 24 March 2004.
Citation Details
Title: Intraspecific brood parasitism in the Northern Flicker.(Short Communications)
Author: Allen R. Bower
Publication:Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 116 Issue: 1 Page: 94(4)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
