We provide data on three instances where Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) that fledged from the same nest (broodmates) eventually bred together in subsequent years. Two instances were detected in Ontario and a third was detected in Nova Scotia. Based on demographics at the times of each event, we estimated probabilities of these broodmate pairings as approximately 1 in 16,000, 1 in 5600, and 1 in 29,000, respectively, whereas the number of identified pairs in the populations was less than 65 in each case. Thus, inbreeding occurred at a higher frequency than expected by chance. We cannot distinguish whether these identical natal dispersal responses arose from similarity in genes or in rearing environments.
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1 October 2004
Breeding between Tree Swallows from the same brood
Dave Shutler,
David J. T. Hussell,
Andrew G. Horn,
Marty L. Leonard,
Robert W. Shutler,
Denis Lepage
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Journal of Field Ornithology
Vol. 75 • No. 4
October 2004
Vol. 75 • No. 4
October 2004
dispersal
inbreeding
mate choice
Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow