中国鸟类新记录种——红胸姬鹟(Ficedula parva)

2007年4－5月间,笔者在中国河北省乐亭县祥云岛林场及香港特别行政区蒲台岛分别记录到红胸姬鹟（Ficedula parva）,为中国鸟类物种新记录。红胸姬鹟和F. albicilla原为红喉姬鹟（F. parva）的两个亚种,近年来很多著者依据形态、鸣声、分子等证据,认为两者应为在古北界异域分布（allopatric）的对种（semispecies）。本文亦就两者的鉴定特征和野外辨识要点进行了讨论。     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨红喉姬鹟两亚种的分类地位

以线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因的全序列作为遗传标记 ,探讨红喉姬普通亚种 (Ficedulaparvaal bicilla)和指名亚种 (F .p .parva)的分类地位。应用Kimura 2 parameter法计算出红喉姬普通亚种个体间的遗传距离为 0 1%～ 0 2 % ,而与指名亚种之间的遗传距离为 6 4 % ,两亚种之间的遗传距离远远大于种间的遗传距离。结合形态学的特征我们认为 :红喉姬指名亚种和普通亚种应为两个独立种 ,分别为红喉姬 (F .albicilla)和红胸姬 (F .parva) ,两者的分化时间为 3 15～ 3 2 5百万年     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨红喉姬鶲两亚种的分类地位

以线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因的全序列作为遗传标记,探讨红喉姬鶲普通亚种(Ficedula parva al—bicilla)和指名亚种(F．P．parva)的分类地位。应用Kimura 2—parameter法计算出红喉姬鶲普通亚种个体问的遗传距离为0．1％～0．2％,而与指名亚种之间的遗传距离为6．4％,两亚种之间的遗传距离远远大于种间的遗传距离。结合形态学的特征我们认为：红喉姬鶲指名亚种和普通亚种应为两个独立种,分别为红喉姬鶲(F．albicilla)和红胸姬鶲(F．parva),两者的分化时间为3．15～3．25百万年。     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨红喉姬weng两亚种的分类地位

以线粒体DNA细胞色素b基因的全序列作为遗传标记,探讨红喉姬weng普通亚种(Ficedula parva albicilla)和指名亚种(F．P．Parva)的分类地位。应用Kimura 2-parameter法计算出红喉姬weng普通亚种个体间的遗传距离为0.1%—0.2%,而与指名亚种之间的遗传距离为6.4%,两亚种之间的遗传距离远远大于种间的遗传距离。结合形态学的特征我们认为：红喉姬weng指名亚种和普通亚种应为两个独立种,分别为红喉姬weng(F. Albicilla)和红胸姬weng(F. Parva),两者的分化时间为3.15—3.25百万年。     

人工巢箱条件下白眉姬鹟的繁殖习性和巢址选择

2005年2月—2006年7月,通过悬挂人工巢箱,对白眉姬鹟(Ficedula zanthopygia)的繁殖习性和巢址选择进行了初步研究。结果表明:2年间,共悬挂人工巢箱226个,其中25个巢箱被白眉姬鹟利用,以小型山雀式巢箱为主(96%),白眉姬鹟对巢大小有选择性;在人工巢箱条件下,白眉姬鹟的窝卵数为(6.00±0.17)枚,卵长径为(17.45±0.07)mm,卵短径为(13.20±0.06)mm,卵重为(1.54±0.02)g,孵化期为12～14d,孵化率为88.76%,育雏期为12～14d,出飞率为96.22%。影响白眉姬鹟巢址选择的主要因素有巢位因子(31.46%)、巢下隐蔽因子(24.67%)、光照因子(15.70%)和食物因子(11.32%)等,其中巢位因子是白眉姬鹟巢址选择中首要考虑的因素;其次是隐蔽性,它可以减少白眉姬鹟被捕食的几率;光照可以提高巢内温度,对于白眉姬鹟的孵化也起到重要作用;食物则保证了繁殖期亲、幼鸟的食物要求。白眉姬鹟的巢材较为广泛,与当地环境密切相关,反映了白眉姬鹟对生境有较强的适应性。     

人工巢箱条件下白眉姬鹟的繁殖参数

2005～2006年,在吉林省左家自然保护区的次生林中,对人工巢箱条件下白眉姬鹟(Ficedulazanthopygia)的繁殖参数开展了初步研究.结果表明,人工巢箱中自眉姬鹟的窝卵数为5～7枚,平均6.0枚;卵重平均为1.6 g.卵大小平均为17.0 mm×13.1 mm.孵化期平均为13.1 d,每巢平均出雏5.4只,育雏期平均为12.8 d,每巢平均出飞雏鸟5.3只.白眉姬鹟的营巢成功率为70.0%,繁殖成功率为81.3%.     

一对人工巢箱内繁殖的白眉姬鹟育雏习性研究

2011年6月10～24日,在北京松山自然保护区采用全日观察法,对在游览道路旁的人工巢箱内繁殖的1对白眉姬鹟的育雏行为及其栖息地环境条件进行了系统观察与数据采集.结果显示育雏前期和后期雌雄鸟日喂食次数及各时段雌雄鸟进出巢的平均次数均有一定差异,白眉姬鹟在育雏过程中雌鸟喂食次数随雏鸟生长而增加,雄鸟则无明显变化.游客及人为干扰对雌雄鸟出入巢穴均有一定影响,雌鸟较之雄鸟更为胆怯和谨慎.表明白眉姬鹟雌雄鸟在育雏中的行为存在分工和差异.     

温带次生林破碎化对白眉姬鹟繁殖的影响

于2005～2006年鸟类繁殖季节,通过悬挂人工巢箱,探讨了次生林破碎化对白眉姬鹟Ficedula zanthopygia繁殖的影响.结果 表明:次生林破碎化对白眉姬鹟繁殖产生很大的影响,斑块面积、形状指数、隔离度均在不同程度上影响着白眉姬鹟的繁殖参数,破碎化指数不同的斑块间白眉姬鹟的窝卵数、孵化率和出飞率差异均不显著(P＞0.05);卵重变异很大,差异显著(P＜0.05);卵体积变动更大,差异达到极显著水平(P＜0.01).回归分析表明,斑块破碎化指数与白眉姬鹟繁殖参数间均存在一元二次方程关系:当窝卵数达到最大值时,卵质量降低,出雏率达到最低,雏鸟存活率反而增大,出飞率达到最大,从而提高繁殖功效;当窝卵数达到最小值时,卵质量最高,出雏率增大,出飞率也相应的增高,从而使繁殖功效增大.白眉姬鹟存在一个最优窝卵数,验证了Lack的窝卵数假说.另外,白眉姬鹟通过对自身繁殖参数的调节来适应生境破碎化,尽量提高自身的繁殖功效,从而弥补自身种群.     

中国繁殖鸟类新记录及生态观察

我们于1984年4—6月间在大兴安岭的满归以北,直到漠河地区进行鸟类调查中,发现2种鸟为中国繁殖鸟类新记录(郑作新,1976)。并对其繁殖生态作了初步观察。现报道如下。 (一)红喉(姬)鹟(Ficedula parva albicilla)     

棕腹杜鹃在山蓝仙鹟巢中寄生繁殖

正棕腹杜鹃(Hierococcyx nisicolor)是鹃形目(Cuculiformes)杜鹃科(Cuculidae)的寄生性繁殖鸟类(郑光美2011,Dickinson et al.2013)。目前棕腹杜鹃已记录的宿主主要为鹟科(Muscicapidae)鸟类,例如北灰鹟(Muscicapa dauurica)、白腹蓝姬鹟(Cyanoptila cyanomelana)等(Payne 2005,Erritz?e et al.2012)。棕腹杜鹃在中国的宿主报道很少,仅粟通萍等(2016)报道了在广西大明山的棕腹杜鹃寄生于海南蓝仙鹟(Cyornis hainanus)一例。     

四川成都发现布氏苇莺和中国鸟类新纪录栗尾姬鹟

2016年4月20日和2017年2月15日先后在成都市区分别记录到了栗尾姬鹟(Ficedula ruficauda)和布氏苇莺(Acrocephalus dumetorum)两种鸟类。经查阅相关文献,确定上述两种鸟类均为四川省鸟类新纪录,其中栗尾姬鹟还是中国鸟类新纪录。     

Home ranges and habitat vegetation characters in breeding season of Narcissus Flycatcher and Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

The home ranges of the Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina elisae) and the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (F.zanthopygia) are measured by radio telemetry in a subalpine forest near Beijing,China.The home range is calculated by 100% Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP),and the area varies from 2,000 to 5,000 m2.The majority of flycatchers can be found in the bottom of valleys and the underside of mountains.It is fairly rare for both Flycatcher species to leave their nests more than 70 m.Individuals of the species in pair-banding and nest-detecting periods have larger home ranges than those in incubation and rearing periods.The levels of canopy coverage in the home ranges of Narcissus Flycatchers are significantly higher than that of Yellowrumped Flycatchers.There are also more tall trees and stumps in the home ranges of Narcissus Flycatchers than in that of Yellow-rumped Flycatchers.The dominant tree species in the home ranges of Narcissus Flycatchers is Dahurian Birch (Betula dahurica),whereas Manchurian Walnut (Juglans mandshurica) is the dominant tree species in the home ranges of Yellow-rumped Flycatchers.     

Breeding success and nest-site characteristics of Red-breasted Flycatchers Ficedula parva in a primeval forest

Capsule Predation is a major factor influencing the breeding success of Red-breasted Flycatchers under natural conditions.

Aims To examine the breeding success of Red-breasted Flycatchers in relation to nest-site characteristics and time of breeding.

Methods Data were collected during seven breeding seasons under natural conditions in Bia?owie?a National Park. We used survival time analysis to estimate changes in survival probability over time and breeding success in relation to first-egg date and nest-site characteristics.

Results Offspring fledged successfully from 51% of clutches, but the Kaplan–Meier estimate of survival was lower at 0.43. Of the unsuccessful clutches, 82% were lost to predators. The highest probability of loss was during egg-laying and in the second half of incubation. Breeding success was influenced by the height of the nest above the ground, but no relation to other nest-site characteristics was found.

Conclusion To avoid predation Red-breasted Flycatchers build nests in various sites that are more open than most cavity-nesting species. The position of the nest-sites allows the sitting female to observe her surroundings and to escape rapidly from the nest, giving the chance for a replacement clutch.     

Variation in effects of male plumage ornaments: the case of Iberian Pied Flycatchers

It has been proposed that mate preferences by female Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca differ between southern (Iberian) and northern (Scandinavian) European populations. Whereas the size of the white forehead patch, but not plumage colour, has been reported to be a sexually selected trait in the former, only plumage darkness apparently acts as an ornament in the latter. In addition, northern male Pied Flycatchers become darker with age, a trend not detected until the present study in southern birds. Here we show that in an Iberian population of Pied Flycatchers breeding only a few tens of kilometres from previously studied populations, plumage darkness is associated with mating success and increases with age, whereas the size of the white forehead patch is not related to mating success and is only weakly correlated with age, trends similar to those reported for Scandinavian rather than other Iberian Pied Flycatcher populations. This represents a case of variation in sexually selected traits between geographically close populations of Pied Flycatchers that cannot be explained by sympatry with closely related species. It is proposed that differences in the identity and abundance of environmental stressors may be the cause of this regional variation in sexually selected traits.     

云南开远发现红胸秋沙鸭

正2016年11月21日上午10时许,在云南省红河州开远市三角海水库(23°35′27.61″N,103°18′16.09″E,海拔1 300 m)进行鸟类调查时,观察到1只雌性红胸秋沙鸭(Mergus serrator)在一群骨顶鸡(Fulica atra)之间游弋、觅食。11月27日和12月3日上午,在相同地点再次观察到该鸟,并拍摄了视频和照片(图1)。     

Reduced breeding success of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca along regulated rivers

Most large rivers in northern Sweden are regulated to produce hydropower, with subsequent effects on flow dynamics and aquatic insect communities. Several studies have shown that aquatic and terrestrial systems are intimately connected via the export of emergent aquatic insects, but few have assessed how human modifications of aquatic habitats may influence this connection. We compared breeding success of the insectivorous Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in near‐riparian upland forests along two regulated and two free‐flowing large rivers in northern Sweden over 3 years. The regulated rivers showed lower aquatic insect export to the surroundings, as a consequence of regulation‐induced loss of suitable aquatic insect habitats. Survival of Pied Flycatcher nestlings was 10–15% greater along the free‐flowing rivers. Females breeding near the free‐flowing rivers also started egg‐laying earlier and with greater synchrony than those at the regulated rivers, and showed a smaller decrease in weight during breeding than did females along the regulated rivers. However, there were no differences in occupation rate, clutch size or number of successfully hatched juveniles between regulated and free‐flowing rivers. As regulated rivers showed lower abundance of flying aquatic insects, which may also reduce the abundance of terrestrial invertebrate prey, regulation‐induced changes in the export of emergent aquatic insects may explain both directly and indirectly the observed reduction in Pied Flycatcher breeding success along regulated rivers. Large‐scale river regulation may therefore impair the breeding success of insectivorous birds through impacts on prey availability.     

The striking polyphyly of Suiriri: Convergent evolution and social mimicry in two cryptic Neotropical birds

Two species of Suiriri (Aves: Tyrannidae) inhabit semi‐open habitats in South America: the polytypic Suiriri Flycatcher (S. suiriri) and the monotypic Chapada Flycatcher (S. affinis). The phylogenetic relationship between these congeneric species has never been investigated in detail. Here we used molecular tools—three nuclear introns and two mitochondrial genes—to investigate the systematic position of the Chapada Flycatcher, comparing the results found with morphological and behavioral data. We found that the polytypic Suiriri Flycatcher to be monophyletic and that it is included in a clade of Elaeniini flycatchers including Phyllomyias, Phaeomyias, and Capsiempis among other genera. The Chapada Flycatcher, on the other hand, is a member of the Fluvicolini, sister to Sublegatus, and should be allocated on its own monospecific genus, which we herein describe. We suggest that social mimicry is responsible for the remarkable convergence in size, shape, plumage coloration, and behavior in the adults of the Suiriri Flycatcher and the Chapada Flycatcher.