By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Current study results on Life Science Research - Avian Research have been published. According to news reporting from Bogota, Colombia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Members of the avian family Pipridae (manakins) have served as a model system for studies aimed at understanding cooperation among individuals, traits involved in sexual selection and the evolution of female preferences. These studies rely on a detailed natural history baseline, yet multiple manakin taxa remain unstudied, precluding comparative analyses and assessment of geographical variation.”
Funders for this research include Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Association of Field Ornithologists for the Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award, National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Florida.
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research, “The Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola is a widely distributed species with four recognized subspecies; however, most published information on display behaviour, social organization and vocalizations are derived from an island population of one subspecies, Chiroxiphia pareola atlantica. To describe the social organization and patterns of activity of the subspecies C.p.napensis, we studied a population in eastern Ecuador and collected data from seven display areas or leks within the Tiputini Biodiversity Station. We used focal observations, camera traps and automatic song recorders to collect information for the field seasons from January to March 2013 and video cameras from February to March 2014. Males were active most of the day with a peak in activity at noon. Display areas were occupied by one to five males, ranging from >2 to >18years old. The vocal repertoire included duet song displays and a variety of calls. We provide sonograms for all six observed vocalizations, including two previously unrecorded vocalizations for the species, and comment on the possible behavioural context of each vocalization. We describe five distinct display elements and the dance display behaviour, and highlight differences relative to other species of the genus. The first part of the dance display involved cooperative dancing, whereas the second part was a solo display, usually performed by alpha males. Our work reveals some differences between C.p.napensis and C.p.atlantica, such as a possible aggressive interaction between males of different ages and hierarchical status that has not been reported before and the apparent absence of mechanical wing sounds in C.p.napensis.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The data reported here help advance our knowledge of the evolution of display behaviour among manakins.”
For more information on this research see: Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia. Ibis , 2018;160(2):269-282. Ibis can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Ibis - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1474-919X)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G. Cardenas-Posada, Univ Andes, Dept. of Ciencias Biol, Lab Biol Evolut Vertebrados, Bogota, Colombia. Additional authors for this research include C.D. Cadena, J.G. Blake and B.A. Loiselle.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12548. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-03), Recent Studies by G. Cardenas-Posada and Co-Authors Add New Data to Avian Research Findings (Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia), Life Science Weekly, 2230, ISSN: 1552-2474, BUTTER® ID: 015414322
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