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7 April 2021 The Breeding Ecology of the Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus on Tropical Hainan Island
Jinmei Liu, Wei Liang
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Abstract

Research into the breeding ecology of birds is key to understanding the evolution of life-history traits and developing effective species conservation measures. We studied the breeding ecology of the Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus on tropical Hainan Island, China, throughout the breeding season from March to August in 2018 and 2019. Parents Crested Myna build disk-shaped nests together and take turns to incubate their eggs and feed their nestlings, with a nestling period of 18–22 days. Eggs were pure blue-green, and the clutch sizes were 3–6 eggs (averaging 4). Egg mass, egg size, and egg volume were 6.78±0.50 g, 28.74±1.20 mm×21.13±0.53 mm, and 6.56±0.50 cm3, respectively (N=274). Egg-laying mainly occurred between 0700 to 1000, and the average time for laying one egg was 172.36±28.29 s (N=11). Feeding frequency during the mid-nestling period was significantly higher than in the early periods (N=55). The Crested Myna population on tropical Hainan nested earlier, laid eggs earlier and had a longer breeding period than populations in the temperate zone.

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Jinmei Liu and Wei Liang "The Breeding Ecology of the Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus on Tropical Hainan Island," Ornithological Science 20(1), 83-92, (7 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.20.83
Received: 12 March 2020; Accepted: 9 September 2020; Published: 7 April 2021
KEYWORDS
Artificial nest box
breeding ecology
clutch size
incubation
nesting success
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