BIOLOGY OF THE WREN, TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES, IN A MEDITERRANEAN INSULAR AGROECOSYSTEM
- Autori: MASSA, B; LA MANTIA, T
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2009
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Parole Chiave: Wren, Sicily, citrus groves, nesting sites, breeding season, parental care, chick diet, Scricciolo, agrumeti, sito di nidificazione, stagione riproduttiva, cure parentali, dieta dei pulcini
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/41426
Abstract
In the last years many species of birds have exploited urban and suburban habitats, taking opportunistically advantage of human presence for their niche parameters. The Wren is one of them and shows a high variability in the choice of nesting sites in the gardens of the outskirts of Palermo (Sicily). For many years the authors studied the breeding habits of this small bird, and thanks to the video-tape recordings on the nests, they were able to gather new information on its feeding habits and parental care. They could establish the role played by both parents, the different prey types carried to the chicks, and other data, scarcely known in the southern part of distribution of this passerine.