Title:

Nesting and Cooperative Breeding Behaviours of a High-Altitude Babbler, Tibetan Babax Babax koslowi

Subtitle:

Pierwszy opis lęgów tymalaka tybetańskiego ; Short notes

Creator:

Lu, Xin ; Ma, Xuhui ; Fan, Liqing

Contributor:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Natura Optima Dux Foundation ; Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2007

Description:

pg(s) 181–185

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

Tibetan Babax ; Babax koslowi ; nesting biology ; cooperative breeding ; phylogeny ; tymalak tybetański

Abstract:

The Tibetan Babax is a high-altitude babbler endemic to the NE Tibetan plateau. This is the first report of the species nesting behaviour: the study was based on information gathered during 2005 and 2006 in the upper Mekong River basin (32°N, 96°E, 3700–4300 m.a.s.l.), S Qinghai. The birds nested low (< 2 m) in conifers and laid eggs from early May to late July. The clutch size was 3–4 eggs. Nestlings fledged at 13–14 days, when they reached 52% of the adult female weight. In all four nesting attempts (three nests and one post-fledging social unit), more than two birds (3-6) were observed feeding the young or guarding the nest against conspecific intruders or potential predators. These results indicate that all three member species of the genus Babax (the two others are the high-altitude Giant Babax and the lowland Chinese Babax) display a cooperative breeding system. This provides a good example of phylogeny as a component responsible for the evolution of cooperative breeding behaviour.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

42

Issue:

2

Start page:

181

End page:

185

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Czasopismo

Format:

text/xml

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/068.042.0213

Source:

MiIZ PAN, sygn. P.257 ; MiIZ PAN, sygn. P.4568

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol ; eng

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp nieograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Projects co-financed by:

Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka, lata 2010-2014, Priorytet 2. Infrastruktura strefy B + R ; Unia Europejska. Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego

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