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1 June 2011 The Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) (Furnariidae): A New Effective Host of Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) (Icteridae)
Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício
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Abstract

Over 250 bird species have been listed as victims of the Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis), a well-known obligate brood parasite. Five of the nine species of Phacellodomus (thornbirds) have been listed as victims, but none has been reported rearing cowbird fledglings. I report observations of a pair of Orange-breasted Thornbirds (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) rearing two fledgling Shiny Cowbirds in southern Brazil. These data add a new host for the Shiny Cowbird and constitute the first report of a species of the genus Phacellodomus as an effective host of cowbirds.

Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício "The Orange-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus ferrugineigula) (Furnariidae): A New Effective Host of Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) (Icteridae)," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123(2), 416-417, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1676/11-005.1
Received: 5 January 2011; Accepted: 1 March 2011; Published: 1 June 2011
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