Huevos albinos en una población tropical de Troglodytes aedon

Gustavo H. Kattan

doi:10.56178/eh.v13i4.1057

Short Communications Published 01 September 1993 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v13i4.1057

Albino eggs in a tropical population of Troglodytes aedon

Troglodytes aedon Nesting Colombia Albino eggs

Gustavo H. Kattan Instituto Vallecaucano de Investigaciones Científicas, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Cali, Colombia | Dirección actual: Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, EE.UU

Abstract

In this note, I report on the occurrence of albinistic eggs (i. e., lacking shell pigmentation) in a population of House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) in Colombia. In a study site encompassing about 15 wren territories, two females laid albinistic eggs during a two-and-a-half year period. One female laid 17 completely white eggs during the study. The second case involved a progressive loss of eggshell pigmentation. This female laid normally pigmented eggs at the beginning of the study, but her eggshells became progressively albinistic, and at the end of the study she was laying completely white eggs.

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Gustavo H. Kattan (1993). Albino eggs in a tropical population of Troglodytes aedon. El Hornero, Vol. 13 No. 4 (1993), 305-306. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v13i4.1057

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[1] Alvarez,H.,M.D.HerediayM.C.Hernández.1994.ReproduccióndelCucaracheroComún(Troglodylesaedon)enelValledelCauca.Caldasia14:85-123.

[2] Gross,A.O.1968.AlbinisticeggsofsomeNorthAmeri-canbirds.BirdBanding39:1-6.

[3] Hayes,D.1985.lJnusualWesternBluebirdeggs.Wes-ternBirds16:146.

[4] Lack,D.1958.ThesignificanceofthecolourinTurdineeggs.Ibis100:145166.

[5] Laskey,A.R.1943.ThenestingofBluebirdsbandedasnestlings.BirdBanding14:39-43.

[6] Spaw,C.D.&S.Rohwer.1987.Acomparativestudyoíeggshellthicknessincowbirdsandolherpasserines.C<¡dor89:307-318.

[7] Welty;1.C.1982.Thelifeofbirds.S?nndersCollegePublishing,PhiladeIphia.Thrideditiún.