The lack of males due to illegal trapping is causing polygyny in the globally endangered Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia - Tập 27 - Trang 40-43 - 2019
Luciano N. Segura1, Milton Perelló2,3, Néstor H. Gress3, Rafael Ontiveros3
1Sección Ornitología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2Fundación Azara, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3COA Valle de Conesa, General Conesa, Río Negro, Argentina

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We present breeding data from the southernmost populations of the globally “Endangered” Yellow Cardinal Gubernatrix cristata in Argentina, confirming the presence of current breeding populations in the region. We monitored a family group in a nesting territory composed of one male and three females throughout the breeding season 2017–2018. We found a low nest success and productivity, probably associated with the lower contribution of the male, since it was attending three reproductive females simultaneously. We attribute this uncommon case of polygyny to the lack of males in the area caused by the high intensity of male trapping for illegal trade.

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Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Tập 27

40-43

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