Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100168
Ting Jin , Shuai Lu , Yunqi Wang , Junqin Hua , Zhengxiao Liu , Qian Hu , Yating Liu , Yuze Zhao , Jianqiang Li , Jiliang Xu
{"title":"The clutch size, incubation behavior of Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) and their responses to ambient temperature and precipitation","authors":"Ting Jin , Shuai Lu , Yunqi Wang , Junqin Hua , Zhengxiao Liu , Qian Hu , Yating Liu , Yuze Zhao , Jianqiang Li , Jiliang Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100168","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Weather conditions play a pivotal role in embryo development and parental incubation costs, potentially impacting the clutch size and incubation behavior of birds. Understanding these effects is crucial for bird conservation. Reeves's Pheasant (<em>Syrmaticus reevesii</em>) is a threatened species endemic to China, which is characterized by female-only incubation. However, there is a lack of information regarding the impact of weather conditions on clutch size and incubation behavior in this species. Using satellite tracking, we tracked 27 wild female Reeves's Pheasants from 2020 to 2023 in Hubei Province, China. We explored their clutch size and incubation behavior, as well as their responses to ambient temperature and precipitation. Clutch size averaged 7.75 ± 1.36, had an association with average ambient temperature and average daily precipitation during the egg-laying period, and was potentially linked to female breeding attempts. Throughout the incubation period, females took an average of 0.73 ± 0.46 recesses every 24 h, with an average recess duration of 100.80 ± 73.37 min and an average nest attendance of 92.98 ± 5.27%. They showed a unimodal recess pattern in which nest departures peaked primarily between 13:00 and 16:00. Furthermore, females rarely left nests when daily precipitation was high. Recess duration and nest attendance were influenced by the interaction between daily mean ambient temperature and daily precipitation, as well as day of incubation. Additionally, there was a positive correlation between clutch size and recess duration. These results contribute valuable insights into the life-history features of this endangered species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000112/pdfft?md5=fda23e95a1a1e1e20b6c828c09b26675&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000112-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140004739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100181
Alfréd Trnka
{"title":"The effect of Common Cuckoo parasitism on the annual productivity of a host population","authors":"Alfréd Trnka","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Avian interspecific brood parasitism is an excellent system for studying coevolutionary processes in nature because brood parasites directly affect host reproductive success. Most research on avian brood parasitism has, therefore, focused primarily on specific host anti-parasite behaviours and parasite counter-adaptations. However, the population-level consequences of brood parasitism for host species are poorly understood. This study investigated the effect of Common Cuckoo (<em>Cuculus canorus</em>) parasitism on the productivity of a local population of the Great Reed Warbler (<em>Acrocephalus arundinaceus</em>) host in south-western Slovakia. A total of 495 females nesting at the studied site successfully fledged 1321 of their own young and 63 young of the Common Cuckoo over the course of 15 years (2008–2022), and the annual rate of successful parasitism ranged from 18% to 44% over this period. As predicted, higher rates of successful cuckoo parasitism significantly reduced the annual productivity of the local Great Reed Warbler population, and its contribution to decreased host reproductive success was at about the same rate as overall nest failure caused by predation and other environmental factors. Such a heavily parasitized population was probably maintained by immigrants from other populations and density-dependent selection, which is also consistent with source–sink dynamics. However, further long-term studies monitoring parasitized populations are required to confirm these findings.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100181"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000240/pdfft?md5=def2b55c88b02691172e95fce79169a6&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000240-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140901822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100183
Xu Shi , Xiaoping Wang , Qian Wei , Qiwei Lin , Lei Zhu
{"title":"Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China","authors":"Xu Shi , Xiaoping Wang , Qian Wei , Qiwei Lin , Lei Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soaring bird migration often relies on suitable terrain and airflow; therefore, route selection is vital for successful migration. While age and experience have been identified as key factor influencing migration route selection among soaring raptors in the African-Eurasian Flyway, how they shape the migration route of soaring raptors in East Asia is still largely unknown. In this study, we investigated potential variations in the routes and timing in autumn migration of juvenile and older soaring birds, using count data of Greater Spotted Eagles (<em>Clanga clanga</em>) from two coastal sites and two inland sites in China. From 2020 to 2023, we recorded a total of 340 individuals, with the highest site averaging over 90 individuals per autumn, making it one of the world’s top single-season counts and thus a globally important site for this species. We found that 82% and 61% records from coastal sites were juveniles, significantly higher than inland sites (15% and 24%). Juveniles at all four sites exhibited markedly earlier median passage time than non-juveniles, with brief overlapping in their main migration periods. Both coastal sites are located on the tip of peninsulas stretching southwest, requiring long overwater flights if crossing the Bohai Bay or Beibu Gulf, which would be energetically demanding and increase mortality risk. Experienced individuals may have learned to avoid such terrain and subsequent detour, while juveniles are more prone to enter these peninsulas due to lack of experience and opportunities for social learning, or following other raptor species that are more capable of powered flight. Our findings highlight the importance of age and experience in migration route selection of large soaring birds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000264/pdfft?md5=7ecf754e3d5010264105c88fb3161c21&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000264-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141289153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100188
Haiying Fan , Weibin Guo , Buge Lin , Zhiqing Hu , Changcao Wang , Shaobin Li
{"title":"The influence of wing morphology upon intraspecific divergence in birds: A global study of subspecies richness","authors":"Haiying Fan , Weibin Guo , Buge Lin , Zhiqing Hu , Changcao Wang , Shaobin Li","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Since the time of Darwin, subspecies have been recognized as an initial stage in the evolution of species. However, the impact of dispersal on subspecies richness in birds globally has received little attention, despite dispersal being a key factor in determining the rate of evolution and playing a significant role in evolutionary divergence. Therefore, it is important to conduct a comprehensive study to address this issue. In this study, we aimed to assess the association between subspecies richness (measured by the number of subspecies) and dispersal ability (measured by the hand-wing index) on a global scale, using a dataset of over 7000 bird species. Our results revealed a negative correlation between dispersal ability and the number of subspecies, without any quadratic correlation. The wing is a crucial phenotypic trait for birds, and the concept of subspecies is important in speciation theory and conservation biology. Therefore, our findings not only enhance our understanding of the association between avian morphological traits and evolutionary divergence but also have implications for the conservation of avian species diversity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000318/pdfft?md5=d28d8d56e331301378499950488e05b1&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000318-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141324943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100190
Hanlin Yan , Huahua Zhao , Haixia Luo , Longwu Wang , Laikun Ma , Wei Liang
{"title":"Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods","authors":"Hanlin Yan , Huahua Zhao , Haixia Luo , Longwu Wang , Laikun Ma , Wei Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100190","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Oriental Reed Warbler (<em>Acrocephalus orientalis</em>) is one of the most commonly used hosts for the parasitic Common Cuckoo (<em>Cuculus canorus</em>). However, as hosts that feed unrelated parasitic nestlings may suffer extra reproductive costs, they may be less willing to care for nestlings that have prolonged nestling periods. To test this hypothesis, the duration of feeding by Oriental Reed Warblers under natural conditions for their own nestlings was compared with the duration of feeding under natural conditions for Common Cuckoo nestlings and for artificially prolonged cuckoo nestlings. The results showed that Oriental Reed Warblers did not starve, drive away, or desert any of the nestlings in the experiment, and neither parent was left alone. Our experimental study indicates that both Oriental Reed Warbler parents were willing to care for nestlings with a prolonged nestling period (up to 30 days, twice the average duration time that the Oriental Reed Warblers fed their own chicks in natural conditions). However, further experiments and observations are required in other host bird species to examine whether both parents or one of the parents may exhibit the behavior of abandoning nestlings with a prolonged nestling period.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000331/pdfft?md5=f4d51852df2f63ae9a29ab1112eda0cf&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000331-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141481728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213
Kyle D. Kittelberger , Colby J. Tanner , Amy N. Buxton , Amira Prewett , Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu
{"title":"Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE","authors":"Kyle D. Kittelberger , Colby J. Tanner , Amy N. Buxton , Amira Prewett , Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Avian extinctions have been relatively well documented in modern history, and in the past millennia, more bird species are known to have gone extinct than species in any other vertebrate class. We examined the biological correlates of extinction timing among 216 bird species that recently were either observed to go extinct or disappeared since 1500 CE, performing a novel analysis for examining the extinction trends of birds by modelling traits against the number of years since present day during which species have been extinct. We analyzed a broad range of traits and characteristics that have previously been associated with extinction and extinction risk in birds and compared the effects of these traits simultaneously against one another. In order to provide a more comprehensive and robust assessment of trait-based drivers of global bird loss in comparison to prior studies, we included extinct species recognized by any of the three major avian taxonomies as well as those birds that lack recent confirmed sightings and are at least functionally extinct. We found that insular, flightless, larger-bodied, ecologically specialized species, as well as those with high aspect ratio wings, were likely to go extinct earlier in time. Besides identifying the key locations and time periods over the past five centuries where birds have gone extinct, and highlighting specific extinction-prone taxonomic groups, we provide a complete and unified dataset of traits used in this study that helps address the lack of extensive public data on modern extinct species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142662212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conspecific cues and breeding territory selection in Whinchat on abandoned fields","authors":"Dmitry Shitikov, Tatiana Vaytina, Polina Lebedyanskaya","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100212","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many bird species use social information to guide territory selection. Different species in different habitats may use both pre-breeding and post-breeding conspecific cues. Abandoned agricultural fields are of particular interest for studies of conspecific attraction because the ephemeral nature of the habitat suggests territory search just before breeding, but high predation pressure suggests the use of performance-based conspecific cues. We investigated whether post-breeding or pre-breeding social cues affect Whinchat (<em>Saxicola rubetra</em>) abundance at the territorial scale during a two-year experiment in abandoned fields. We assigned 27 experimental plots (3.14 ha) to one of three treatments: post-breeding treatment, pre-breeding treatment and silent control. We conducted playback experiments with fledgling calls (evidence of past reproductive success) during the post-breeding period and male songs (evidence of conspecific presence) during the pre-breeding period. We estimated the difference in Whinchat abundance in two consecutive years and tested whether this value differed between treatment and control plots. We observed a slight increase (0.67 ± 0.29 pairs per plot) in Whinchat abundance in the post-breeding treatment plots and no significant changes in the pre-breeding (−0.22 ± 0.32 pairs per plot) and control (−0.22 ± 0.22 pairs per plot) plots. Our results suggest that Whinchats do not use conspecific acoustic cues during the pre-breeding period and provide limited evidence for the use of fledgling calls as conspecific cues in the post-breeding period.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142662129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100158
Macarena Castro , Andrés De la Cruz , Nuria Martin-Sanjuan , Alejandro Pérez-Hurtado
{"title":"Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment","authors":"Macarena Castro , Andrés De la Cruz , Nuria Martin-Sanjuan , Alejandro Pérez-Hurtado","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Shorebird populations are declining worldwide, mainly due to human disturbances and loss of coastal wetlands. However, supratidal habitats as saltpans could play a role in buffering human impact. Saltpans have shown to be important as feeding or breeding sites of some shorebird species. A potential conservation strategy to increase shorebird populations in saltpans is to manipulate the cues that birds use to select optimal breeding habitat. Here it is hypothesized that shorebirds are attracted to bivalve shells due to the advantages they offer. Following this hypothesis, we supplemented a restored saltpan in 2019 and 2021 with bivalve shells, expecting an increase in the number of breeding birds’ nests. More than 75% of Kentish Plover (<em>Charadrius alexandrinus</em>) and Little Tern (<em>Sternula albifrons</em>) nests were found in patches with shells in both years. The best model for both species indicates that the presence of shells is the factor that most correlates with the location of nests. The probability of choosing one place over another to settle their nest increases in areas with an abundance of shells, double in the case of the Kentish Plover and triple in the case of the Little Tern. The result of this study may constitute a valuable tool for attracting birds to restored saltpans and could contribute to the success of expensive restoration projects where time is usually a constraint.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205371662400001X/pdfft?md5=8ac5cbf2edb32eb64d09a780c664f96c&pid=1-s2.0-S205371662400001X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139517064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100160
Orlando J. Espinosa-Chávez , Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza , Hernando Rodríguez-Correa , Luis A. Sánchez-González
{"title":"Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico","authors":"Orlando J. Espinosa-Chávez , Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza , Hernando Rodríguez-Correa , Luis A. Sánchez-González","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100160","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100160","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Due to a complex geological and biotic history, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (IT), has been long recognized as a driver for the evolutionary divergence of numerous lowland and highland taxa. Widely distributed in the lowlands of the American continent, the White-Tipped Dove (<em>Leptotila verreauxi</em>) is a polytypic species with 13 recognized subspecies. Four of these have been recorded in Mexico, and the distribution of three abuts at the IT, suggesting a contact zone. To estimate phylogenetic patterns, divergence times and genetic differentiation, we examined two mtDNA (ND2 and COI) and one nDNA (<em>β</em>-fibint 7) markers. We also used correlative ecological niche models (ENM) to assess whether ecological differences across the IT may have acted as a biogeographical boundary. We estimated paleodistributions during the Middle Holocene, Last Glacial Maximum and Last Interglacial, to evaluate the influence of climate changes on the distribution and demographic changes. Our results showed genetically distinct lineages that diverged approximately 2.5 million years ago. Climatic and ecological factors may have played a dual role in promoting differentiation, but also in the formation of a secondary contact zone in the southern IT. Our ecological niche comparisons indicated that the ecological niche of sympatric lineages at the IT are not identical, suggesting niches divergence; in addition, environmental niche models across the region indicated no abrupt biogeographic barriers, but the presence of regions with low suitability. These results suggest that genetic differentiation originated by a vicariant event probably related to environmental factors, favored the evolution of different ecological niches. Also, the absence of a biogeographic barrier but the presence of less suitable areas in the contact regions, suggest that secondary contact zones may be also maintained by climatic factors for the eastern group, but also by biotic interactions for the western group.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100160"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000033/pdfft?md5=5a80738d6ffc5ee23bb476c2c9d76e63&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139875237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Avian ResearchPub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100161
Lucas M. Leveau
{"title":"Bird species present in urban parks are more colorful than urban avoiders: A test in the Argentinian Pampas","authors":"Lucas M. Leveau","doi":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bird plumage color has been assessed as a possible trait driving the presence of bird species in urban areas. Although some species can see the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum, the mentioned studies did not take into account UV reflectance when characterizing bird plumage. This study aimed to use a recent database of the colorfulness in passerines that incorporated the UV spectrum to compare bird colorfulness and other traits between urban parks and rural areas in Central-East Argentina. Birds in urban parks were surveyed in 51 parks in 6 cities during breeding and non-breeding seasons. A list of Passeriformes species from parks was created, and a list of urban avoider species was created from the bibliography. Species traits were body mass, clutch size, migratory status, nesting site, diet and habitat breadth, and plumage colorfulness. A total of 85 species were detected in the regional pool, of which 30 species were detected in urban parks. Bird species present in urban parks were more colorful than bird species only present in rural areas. In addition, bird presence in urban parks was positively related to their regional frequency and diet breadth. Moreover, urban presence was related to nesting on trees and buildings, whereas species not present in urban parks nested on the ground. The results obtained showed that bird color is significantly associated with presence of bird species in urban parks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51311,"journal":{"name":"Avian Research","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000045/pdfft?md5=9641f9ccd3bbbc28d1a42665792106d0&pid=1-s2.0-S2053716624000045-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139892941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}