| Abstract: | We studied the intraspecific territorial defense behavior of wintering Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) in Costa Rica using a randomized playback experiment that exposed male and female birds to recordings of Willow Flycatcher songs and calls, Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygius) vocalizations, and random noise. Flycatchers of both sexes responded most strongly to simulated conspecific territory intrusion, and the agonistic behaviors that we observed were similar to those seen during natural intraspecific encounters in winter. Both males and females engaged in song and aggressive behaviors in defense of territories, and there was no significant difference between the sexes in scored agonistic responses. The similarity between the sexes in intraspecific territorial defense behaviors and aggressiveness may account for both sexes of flycatchers using the same habitats at our study sites in Costa Rica, and wintering females defending territories against males. The Willow Flycatcher, a sexually monomorphic species, differs in this way from a number of sexually dimorphic passerines, in which behaviorally dominant males occur in more optimal winter habitats. ?? The Cooper Ornithological Society 2007. |
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| Citation Author: | Sogge, M. K.; Koronkiewicz, T. J.; Van Riper, III, C.; Durst, S. L. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Willow Flycatcher nonbreeding territory defense behavior in Costa Rica; 2007; Article; Journal; Condor; Sogge, M. K.; Koronkiewicz, T. J.; Van Riper, III, C.; Durst, S. L. |
| Citation Start Page: | 475 |
| Citation Volume: | 109 |
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| Text: | Willow Flycatcher nonbreeding territory defense behavior in Costa Rica; 2007; Article; Journal; Condor; Sogge, M. K.; Koronkiewicz, T. J.; Van Riper, III, C.; Durst, S. L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[475:WFNTDB]2.0.CO;2 |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 2007 00:00 -0600 |
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