First record of brood parasitism between Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) and Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)

Macario Fernández-Popo; Fernando González-García; Diego Santiago-Alarcon

doi:10.1676/21-00022

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Macario Fernández-Popo,¹ Fernando González-García,^2,* Diego Santiago-Alarcon^2,3

¹Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
²Red Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
³Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.

^*Corresponding author: fernando.gonzalez@inecol.mx

Abstract

We report the first record of Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) brood parasitism on the year-round resident Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus). Our observations represent the 105th known host species for this cowbird species and the ninth known host species from the Family Parulidae. Our assignment of these records to the true host list are based on observations of a pair of Golden-crowned Warblers feeding caterpillars to a Bronzed Cowbird fledgling in a shade coffee plantation in Zentla, Veracruz, Mexico.

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Macario Fernández-Popo, Fernando González-García, and Diego Santiago-Alarcon "First record of brood parasitism between Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) and Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133(2), 343-347, (29 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1676/21-00022

Received: 15 February 2021; Accepted: 22 July 2021; Published: 29 December 2021

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