Adoption by a Territorial Passerine

Russell A. Ligon; Mark Liu; Geoffrey E. Hill

doi:10.1676/08-158.1

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Russell A. Ligon,^*,** Mark Liu,^** Geoffrey E. Hill^**

^*Corresponding author; e-mail: ligonru@auburn.edu
^**Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.

Abstract

We observed and video-taped actively nesting adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) repeatedly feeding abandoned conspecific juveniles in a nearby nest. We used molecular techniques to confirm these nestlings were unrelated to the adults that fed them. The most likely explanation for the observed behavior is that it was a mistake resulting from parental response to the begging vocalizations in the nearby nest.

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Russell A. Ligon, Mark Liu, and Geoffrey E. Hill "Adoption by a Territorial Passerine," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121(4), 830-834, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1676/08-158.1

Received: 24 November 2008; Accepted: 1 May 2009; Published: 1 December 2009

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