Nest and eggs of the Masked water-tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta atripennis) parasited by the Shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) in Colombia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59517/oc.e519Keywords:
brood parasitism, Colombian Pacific, natural history, nidification, reproductionAbstract
The distribution of the Masked water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta atripennis) extends from the northwestern end of Peru to the southwestern Pacific region of Colombia. In this paper, we present the description of the nest and eggs of F. n. atripennis, observations of defense and feeding behaviors, and the report of brood parasitism for this subspecies by the Shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) in at the Maragrícola Farm, Tumaco, Nariño -Colombia. We found five active nests with closed, globular shape and supported by the base, composed mainly of dry grasses, plastic and feathers, built at an average height of 34 ± 23.02cm above water level. The eggs of F. n. atripennis were white with small brown spots located mainly at the base. The average clutch size was 2.6 ± 0.57 with 66.6% for three-egg clutches. These characteristics observed in nests and eggs of F. n. atripennis are very similar to those of Fluvicola nengeta nengeta. Fluvicola nengeta atripennis expressed agonistic behaviors, based on exhibitions and persecutions for the protection of its nests against potential parasites, invaders and/or predators. We found 80% of F. n. atripennis nests with evidence of parasitism (eggs or chicks), with an average intensity of 1.3± 0.57. The parasite M. bonariensis implemented egg puncture as a strategy to reduce the host clutch. Finally, we emphasize the need to study the potential impact of brood parasitism on the reproductive success of this subspecies, and of the basic aspects, still scarcely studied, of its natural history.
Downloads
References
Quiñones, F. 2018. Guía ilustrada de la avifauna colombiana. Wildlife Conservation Society, Bogotá, Colombia.
Boag, P.T. & P.R. Grant. 1984. Darwin’s Finches (Geospiza) On Isla Daphne Major, Galapagos: Breeding and Feeding Ecology in a Climatically Variable Environment. Ecological Monographs 54: 463–489. https://doi.org/10.2307/1942596
Calderón-Leyton, y. Rosero, F. Ramírez, E. Villarreal & C. Trujillo. 2013. Nuevos Registros de Aves para Nariño y su Costa Pacífica. Págs. 5-10 en: R. A. Fernández (ed.). Boletín Técnico-Científico e Informativo de la Asociación Gaica. San Juan de Pasto, Colombia.
Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2006.Notes on breeding, behaviour and distribution of some birds in Ecuador. Bulletin-British Ornithologists' Club 126: 153–164. https://boc-online.org/bulletin/bulletin-index/bulletin-126
Da Silva, T.L., R.B.G. Cabral, L. de A.S. Andrade, N.F. Nogueira, M. de S. Oliveira & I. Ferreira. 2018. Comparison of breeding biology aspects of Fluvicola nengeta (Aves: Tyrannidae) between two nesting sites. Journal of Natural History 52: 225–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1414897
Da Silva, T.L., R.B.G. Cabral, L. De Assis Silva Andrade, N.F. Nogueira, M. De Souza Oliveira & I. Ferreira. 2018. Observations on parental care of the Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ornitologia Neotropical 29: 343–348. https://journals.sfu.ca/ornneo/index.php/ornneo/article/view/291
Da Silva-Júnior, E.L. & C. Melo. 2009. Parental investment and foraging in the Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta). Ornitologia Neotropical 20: 339–346.
Davies, N.B. 2000. Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats. T & A D Poyser, Londres.
Del Hoyo, J., A. Elliot & D.A. Christie. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails Volume 9: Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Delgado A., S. Ruiz, L. Arévalo, G. Castillo, N. Viles, J. Calderón, J. Cañizales, Y. Muñoz & R. ramos. (Eds.). 2007. Plan de Acción en Biodiversidad del departamento de Nariño 2006-2030. Propuesta Técnica. Pasto, Colombia. Pp. 525.
Delgado-Ch, A.F., J.J. Calderón-L., Y. Rosero-M., R. Fernández-G. & C. Flórez-P. 2014. Ampliaciones de distribución de aves en el suroccidente colombiano. Ornitología Colombiana: 112–124. https://asociacioncolombianadeornitologia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MS1219.pdf
Dillon, K.G. & C.J. Conway. 2017. Nest predation risk explains variation in avian clutch size. Behavioral Ecology 29: 301–311. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx130
Ferreira, D.F. & L.E. Lopes. 2017. Notas sobre a biologia reprodutiva de aves no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Atualidades Ornitológicas 195: 33–42. http://www.ao.com.br/download/AO195_33.pdf
Filho, S.S.Q., R.D.C. Batista, T.F. Carpi, R.A. Sousa, M.D.S.G. Costa, F.J.F. Paiva & C.B. De-Carvalho. 2011. Aves, Tyrannidae, Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766): new record for Distrito Federal and distribution extension. Check List 7: 310. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.3.310
Fiorini, V.D. 2007. Synchronization of parasitism and host selection in a generalist brood parasite, the shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis (Icterinae, Aves). Unpublished doctoral thesis. Buenos Aires, Argentina: University of Buenos Aires.
Fiorini, V.D., R. Gloag, A. Kacelnik & J.C. Reboreda. 2014. Strategic egg destruction by brood-parasitic cowbirds? Animal Behaviour 93: 229–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.038
Fiorini, V.D., D.T. Tuero & J.C. Reboreda. 2009. Shiny cowbirds synchronize parasitism with host laying and puncture host eggs according to host characteristics. Animal Behaviour 77: 561–568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.025
Franchin, A.G. & O.M. Júnior. 2004. A riqueza da avifauna no Parque Municipal do Sabiá, zona urbana de Uberlândia (MG). Biotemas 17: 179–202. https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x
Greeney, H.F., F. Angulo P., R.C. Dobbs, S. Crespo, E.T. Miller, D. Caceres, R.A. Gelis, B. Angulo & L.A. Salagaje M. 2020. Notes on the breeding biology of the tumbesian avifauna in southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru. Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología: 1–54. https://doi.org/10.18272/reo.vi6.1146
Hilty, S.L. & W.L. Brown. 2001. Guía de las Aves de Colombia. American Bird Conservancy, Imprelibros S.A., Bogotá, Colombia.
Holdridge, L.R. 1967. Life Zone Ecology. Tropical Science Center, San José, Costa Rica. Pp. 140.
Lowther, P. 2019. Lists of victims and hosts of the parasitic cowbirds (Molothrus). Available at https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/molothrus-hosts-ver-09aug2019.pdf
Luna, J.C. 2011. Primeros registros de la Viudita Enmascarada Fluvicola nengeta en Colombia. Conservación Colombiana 15: 38–39. https://proaves.org/no-15-aves-de-colombia-2011/
Maia, C. dos S.R. 2013. Biologia Reprodutiva e Comportamento Alimentar de Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves: Tyrannidae). Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Centro de Ciências Agrárias: Município de Alegre, Estado do Espírito Santo
Massoni, V. & J.C. Reboreda. 1998. Costs of brood parasitism and the lack of defenses on the yellow-winged blackbird - Shiny cowbird system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 273–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650050439
Mateus, K. & O. Aguiar. 2010. Primeiro registro documentado de expansão geográfica da lavadeira-mascarada Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) para a Amazônia. Ornithologia 4: 74–75.
Mermoz, M.E. 1996. Interacciones entre el tordo renegrido Molothrus bonariensis y el pecho amarillo Pseudoleistes virescens: Estrategias del parásito de cría y mecanismos de defensa del hospedador. Tesis doctoral. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires.
Ortega, C.P. 1998. Cowbirds and other brood parasites. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Pacheco, S. & J.E. Simon. 1995. Variações no padrão de nidificação de Fluvicola nengeta Linnaeus, 1766 (Aves, Tyrannidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 55: 609–615.
Ridgely, R.S. & G. Tudor. 1994. The birds of South America. Volume II. The suboscine passerines. University of Texas press, Austin, TX (USA).
Ridgely, R. & G. Tudor. 2009. Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America: the Passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin.
Rothstein, S.I. & S.K. Robinson. 1998. Parasitic birds and their hosts. Oxford University Press, Nueva York.
Sick, H. 1985. Ornitologia brasileira: uma introducçao. University of Brasilia, Brazil.
Simon, J.E. & S. Pacheco. 2005. On the standardization of nest descriptions of neotropical birds. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 13: 143–154. http://revbrasilornitol.com.br/BJO/article/view/2201
Simon, J.E., R. Ribon, G.T. Mattos & C.R.M. Abreu. 1999. A avifauna do Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, Minas Gerais. Revista Árvore 23: 33–48.
Skutch, A.F. 1976. Parent birds and their young. University of Texas press, Austin, TX (USA).
Straube, F.C., A. Urben-Filho, L.R. Deconto & E.W. Patrial. 2007. Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) nos estados do Paraná e Mato Grosso do Sul e sua expansão de distribuição geográfica pelo sul do Brasil. Atualidades Ornitológicas On-line 137: 33–38. http://www.ao.com.br/download/ao138_33.pdf
Tomaz, V.C., V.M. Fernandes & M.A.S. Alves. 2009. Reprodução de Fluvicola nengeta (Tyrannidae) em área urbana da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 17: 70–72. http://revbrasilornitol.com.br/BJO/article/view/3509
Tuero, D.T., V.D. Fiorini & J.C. Reboreda. 2007. Effects of Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis parasitism on different components of House Wren Troglodytes aedon reproductive success. Ibis 149: 521–529. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00676.x
Willis, E. O. 1991. Expansão geográfica de Netta erythrophthalma, Fluvicola nengeta e outras aves de zonas abertas com a “desertificação” antrópica em São Paulo. Ararajuba 2: 101–102. http://revbrasilornitol.com.br/BJO/article/view/0218
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
