Title
First description of the nest and juveniles of the Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), with comments on hummingbird nestling obesity
Other title
[Primera descripción del nido y juveniles del colibrí cobrizo (Metallura theresiae), con comentarios sobre obesidad en pichones de colibríes]
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Grupo Aves del Peru (GAP)
Publisher(s)
Wilson Ornithological Society
Abstract
I provide the first description of the nest and juveniles of the Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), a hummingbird endemic to Peru. The locality of Unchog, in the elfin forest of the Carpish mountains in Huánuco, is where I found this species nesting. My descriptions are based on 4 nests found on different occasions (April 2013, January 2014, and Jul-Aug 2014). Coppery Metaltail used mainly moss, lichen, lycopodium, and twigs as materials to build their nests. I found 3 nest locations: a tree branch, creek banks, and an abandoned hut. The mean internal diameter of nests was 34.45 mm long by 42.52 mm wide (n = 4). I only measured the depth of 3 of them (mean = 33.83 mm). Metaltail eggs were white and had a mean of 12.93 by 8.3 mm (n = 2). Fledglings (n = 2) were observed in July and one of them reached up to 144% the mass of an adult. I comment on other cases of nestling obesity for different species of hummingbirds. The Coppery Metaltail selects different substrates for nesting and might reproduce throughout the year.
Start page
984
End page
990
Volume
132
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115232598
Source
Wilson Journal of Ornithology
ISSN of the container
15594491
Sources of information:
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