Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)

Understanding the annual cycle of migratory birds is imperative for evaluating the evolution of life-history strategies and developing effective conservation strategies. Yet, we still know little about the annual cycle of migratory birds that breed at south-temperate latitudes of South America. We a...

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Autores principales: Jahn, Alex, Giraldo, José I., MacPherson, Maggie, Tuero, Diego Tomás, Sarasola, José Hernán, Cereghetti, Joaquín, Masson, Diego Aníbal, Morales, Marvin V.
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101181
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/44789
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jofo.12147
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topic Zoología
Argentina
Colombia
Feather
Llanos
Rectrix
Remige
spellingShingle Zoología
Argentina
Colombia
Feather
Llanos
Rectrix
Remige
Jahn, Alex
Giraldo, José I.
MacPherson, Maggie
Tuero, Diego Tomás
Sarasola, José Hernán
Cereghetti, Joaquín
Masson, Diego Aníbal
Morales, Marvin V.
Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
topic_facet Zoología
Argentina
Colombia
Feather
Llanos
Rectrix
Remige
description Understanding the annual cycle of migratory birds is imperative for evaluating the evolution of life-history strategies and developing effective conservation strategies. Yet, we still know little about the annual cycle of migratory birds that breed at south-temperate latitudes of South America. We aged, sexed, and determined the progression and intensity of body, remige, and rectrix molt of migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana) at breeding sites in southern South America and at wintering sites in northern South America. Molt of both body and flight feathers occurred primarily during the winter. In early winter, a similar proportion of young and adult flycatchers molted remiges and rectrices, but remige molt intensity (number of remiges molting) was greater and primary molt progression (mean primary feather molting) more advanced in adults. In late winter, remige molt intensity and primary molt progression did not differ between age groups. We found no difference between males and females either in the proportion of individuals molting in winter or in the intensity or progress of remige molt. Our results suggest that the nominate subspecies of Fork-tailed Flycatcher undergoes one complete, annual molt on the wintering grounds, and represents the first comprehensive evaluation of molt timing of a migratory New World flycatcher that overwinters in the tropics. Given that breeding, molt, and migration represent three key events in the annual cycle of migratory birds, knowledge of the timing of these events is the first step toward understanding the possible tradeoffs migratory birds face throughout the year.
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author Jahn, Alex
Giraldo, José I.
MacPherson, Maggie
Tuero, Diego Tomás
Sarasola, José Hernán
Cereghetti, Joaquín
Masson, Diego Aníbal
Morales, Marvin V.
author_facet Jahn, Alex
Giraldo, José I.
MacPherson, Maggie
Tuero, Diego Tomás
Sarasola, José Hernán
Cereghetti, Joaquín
Masson, Diego Aníbal
Morales, Marvin V.
author_sort Jahn, Alex
title Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
title_short Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
title_full Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
title_fullStr Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
title_full_unstemmed Demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus s. savana)
title_sort demographic variation in timing and intensity of feather molt in migratory fork-tailed flycatchers (tyrannus s. savana)
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101181
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/44789
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jofo.12147
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