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Avian brood parasites usually remove or puncture host eggs. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the function of these behaviors. Removing or puncturing host eggs may enhance the efficiency of incubation of cowbird eggs (incubation-efficiency hypothesis) or reduce competition for food between cowbird and host chicks in parasitized nests (competition-reduction hypothesis) and, in nonparasitized nests, may force hosts to renest and provide cowbirds with new opportunities for parasitism when nests are too advanced to be parasitized (nest-predation hypothesis). Puncturing eggs may also allow cowbirds to assess the development of host eggs and use this information to decide whether to parasitize a nest (test-incubation hypothesis). From 1999 to 2002, we tested these hypotheses using a population of Creamy-bellied Thrushes (Turdus amaurochalinus) in Argentina that was heavily parasitized by Shiny Cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis). We found that 56 of 94 Creamy-bellied Thrush nests (60%) found during nest building or egg laying were parasitized by Shiny Cowbirds, and the mean number of cowbird eggs per parasitized nest was 1.6 ± 0.1 (N = 54 nests). At least one thrush egg was punctured in 71% (40/56) of parasitized nests, and 42% (16/38) of nonparasitized nests. We found that cowbird hatching success did not differ among nests where zero, one, or two thrush eggs were punctured and that the proportion of egg punctures associated with parasitism decreased as incubation progressed. Thus, our results do not support the incubation-efficiency, nest-predation, or test-incubation hypotheses. However, the survival of cowbird chicks in our study was negatively associated with the number of thrush chicks. Thus, our results support the competition-reduction hypothesis, with Shiny Cowbirds reducing competition between their young and host chicks by puncturing host eggs in parasitized nests. © 2009 Association of Field Ornithologists.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Function of egg punctures by Shiny Cowbirds in parasitized and nonparasitized Creamy-bellied Thrush nests
Autor:Astie, A.A.; Reboreda, J.C.
Filiación:Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Las Zonas Áridas, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IADIZA- CONICET), Av. Adrián Ruiz Leal s/n, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Brood parasitism; Egg puncture; Molothrus bonariensis; Turdus amaurochalinus; Aves; Molothrus; Molothrus bonariensis; Turdidae; Turdus amaurochalinus
Año:2009
Volumen:80
Número:4
Página de inicio:336
Página de fin:343
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00239.x
Título revista:Journal of Field Ornithology
Título revista abreviado:J. Field Ornithol.
ISSN:02738570
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02738570_v80_n4_p336_Astie

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Astie, A.A. & Reboreda, J.C. (2009) . Function of egg punctures by Shiny Cowbirds in parasitized and nonparasitized Creamy-bellied Thrush nests. Journal of Field Ornithology, 80(4), 336-343.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00239.x
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Astie, A.A., Reboreda, J.C. "Function of egg punctures by Shiny Cowbirds in parasitized and nonparasitized Creamy-bellied Thrush nests" . Journal of Field Ornithology 80, no. 4 (2009) : 336-343.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00239.x
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Astie, A.A., Reboreda, J.C. "Function of egg punctures by Shiny Cowbirds in parasitized and nonparasitized Creamy-bellied Thrush nests" . Journal of Field Ornithology, vol. 80, no. 4, 2009, pp. 336-343.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00239.x
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Astie, A.A., Reboreda, J.C. Function of egg punctures by Shiny Cowbirds in parasitized and nonparasitized Creamy-bellied Thrush nests. J. Field Ornithol. 2009;80(4):336-343.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00239.x