Feeding a Foreign Chick: a Case of a Mixed Brood of Two Tit Species
Feeding a Foreign Chick: a Case of a Mixed Brood of Two Tit Species
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Fort Collins: The Wilson Ornithological Society
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Fort Collins: The Wilson Ornithological Society
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We report on a mixed brood of Great (Parus major) and Varied (Poecile varius) tits. The brood consisted of one Great Tit and five Varied Tits. Incubation and food provisioning to nestlings were by adult Varied Tits, but not by adult Great Tits. The foreign Great Tit nestling tended to receive more food than the average Varied Tit nestling. Provisio...
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Feeding a Foreign Chick: a Case of a Mixed Brood of Two Tit Species
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_923193584
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_923193584
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1559-4491
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1938-5447
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10.1676/09-192.1
