First record of a Rufous-breasted Leaftosser (Sclerurus scansor) nesting in a tree cavity

Marina Ferraz Sampaio; Pedro Henrique Kotovicz; Marcelo Alejandro Villegas Vallejos

doi:10.56178/eh.v37i1.363

Short Communications Published 01 August 2022 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v37i1.363

First record of a Rufous-breasted Leaftosser (Sclerurus scansor) nesting in a tree cavity

Cavity nesting Neotropical birds reproductive biology Suboscines urban ecology

Marina Ferraz Sampaio Institute of Technology and Development, Lactec. Department of Environmental Resources. Curitiba, PR, Brazil | Federal University of Paraná, UFPR. Biological Sciences Sector. Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Pedro Henrique Kotovicz Federal University of Paraná, UFPR. Biological Sciences Sector. Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Marcelo Alejandro Villegas Vallejos Institute of Technology and Development, Lactec. Department of Environmental Resources. Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Abstract

We report on a record of Rufous-Breasted Leaftosser (Sclerurus scansor) nesting in a tree cavity, an unprecedented finding within the Sclerurinae. An active nest was found in the state of Paraná on 31st October 2017, and was inspected on several other occasions until May 2020. In the first survey, two adults were found incubating two white eggs; on November 23rd two nestlings were found in the nest. Later, the nest was found unoccupied, but individuals were found in the vicinity of the tree, and we inferred that they included at least one of the fledglings. Our observation suggests that this species exhibits a previously unknown level of reproductive flexibility. This nest was found in a peri-urban forest remnant and may be the result of local adaptations to several environmental disturbances, such as habitat fragmentation, pressure from exotic predators, low availability of suitable sites for burrow excavation, among others.

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Marina Ferraz Sampaio, Pedro Henrique Kotovicz, Marcelo Alejandro Villegas Vallejos (2022). First record of a Rufous-breasted Leaftosser (Sclerurus scansor) nesting in a tree cavity. El Hornero, Vol. 37 No. 1 (2022), 79-83. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v37i1.363

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[1] aleixo a (1999) Effects of selective logging on a bird community in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Condor 10:537–548

[2] altaMirano ta, ibarra jt, Martin K y bonacic c (2017) The conservation value of tree decay processes as a key driver structuring tree cavity nest webs in South American temperate rainforests. Biodiversity Conservation 26:2453–2472

[3] caMPos-silva jvc (2013) Roost of Leaftossers (genus Sclerurus) in the Brazilian amazon: hints of the low density in fragmented environments. Revista Brasi-leira de Ornitologia 21:129-132 collias ne y collias EC (2014) Nest building and bird be-havior. Princeton University Press, Princeton

[4] dela Peña Mr (1987) Nidos y huevos de aves argentinas. Author’s edition, Santa Fe

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[6] els vP y whitney bM (2011)Arboreal roosting as a possible explanation for tail stiffnes in the genus Sclerurus. Ornitologia Neotropical22:477-479

[7] ForstMeier w (2001) Individual reproductive strate-gies in the dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus): female and male perspectives. Doctoral dissertation, Bayerischen Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, München

[8] ForstMeier w y weiss i (2002) Effects of nest predation in the Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus on suc-cess of the dusky warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus bree-ding. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 81:1367–1370

[9] FraGa r y narosKy t (1985) Nidificación de las aves argen-tinas (Formicariidae a Cinclidae). Asociación Ornito-lógica del Plata, Buenos Aires

[10] GhalaMbor cK, Peluc si y Martin te (2013) Plasticity of parental care under the risk of predation: how much should parents reduce care? Biology Letters9:20130154

[11] GoercK jM (1997) Patterns of rarity in the birds of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Conservation Biology11:112–118

[12] Guzzi a, branco Msd y donatelli rj (2016) Cranial os-teology of the genus Sclerurus (Passeriformes: Fur-nariidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 64:1155–1170

[13] hansell M (2000) Bird nests and construction behaviour. Volume 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridgejesus s y MiKich sb (2009) Registro de nidificação de Dendrocolaptes platyrostris (Dendrocolaptidae) em forro de edificação semi rural. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 17:79–81

[14] loMbardi vt, Faetti rG, neto sa, vasconcelos MF y Gus-soni coa (2010) Notas sobre a nidificação de aves brasileiras raras e/ou pouco conhecidas. Cotinga32:131–136

[15] Machado tldss, loMbardi vt, de Meireles rc, teixeirajPG, solar rrdc y loPes le (2017) Breeding biology of the threatened Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera(Aves: Scleruridae), a Neotropical grassland specia-list. Journal of Natural History 51:2551–2563

[16] MaMede s, benites M y alho cjr (2017) Ciência cidadã e sua contribuição na proteção e conservação da biodiversidade na reserva da biosfera do Panta-nal. Revista Brasileira de Educação Ambiental (RevBEA)12:53–164Marini Ma, loPes le, Fernandes aM y sebaio F (2002) Descrição de um ninho de Lepidocolaptes fuscus(Dendrocolaptidae) do nordeste de Minas Gerais, com dados sobre sua dieta e pterilose dos ninhegos. Ararajuba 10:95–98

[17] Martin te y brisKie jv (2009) Predation on dependent offspring: a review of the consequences for mean expression and phenotypic plasticity in avian life history traits. Annals of the New York Academy of Scien-ces 1168:201–217

[18] narosKy s, FraGa r ydela Peña Mr (1983) Nesting of Ar-gentine birds (Dendrocolaptidae and Furnariidae). Aso-ciación Ornitológica del Plata, Buenos Aires

[19] ohlson ji, irestedt M, ericson PG y Fjeldså j (2013) Phylogeny and classification of the New World su-boscines (Aves, Passeriformes). Zootaxa 3613:1–35

[20] ojeda vs (2016) Tree-cavity nesting in Buff-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes fuscus) populations from nor-thwestern Argentine Patagonia. Ornitología Neotro-pical 27:35–46

[21] PiGliucci M (2001) Phenotypic plasticity: beyond nature and nurture. JHU Press, BaltimorereMsen jv (2003) Family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds). Pp. 162-357 en: del hoyo j, elliott a y christie da (eds.) Handbook of the birds of the world. Volumen 8.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona

[22] ribon r, siMon je y Mattos Gt (2003) Bird extinctions in Atlantic Forest fragments of the Viçosa Region, southeastern Brazil. Conservation Biology 17:1827–1839

[23] sicK H (1997) Ornitologia brasileira.Editora Nova Fron-teira, Rio de Janeirosilvertown J (2009) A new dawn for citizen science. Trends in ecology & evolution 24:467–471

[24] sKutch aF y ecKelberry dr (1969) Life Histories of Central American Birds: Families Cotingidae, Pipridae, Formica-riidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, and Picidae. Vo-lumen III. Cooper Ornithological Society, California

[25] willis eo y oniKi y (2002) Birds of Santa Teresa, Espí-rito Santo, Brazil: do humans add or subtract spe-cies? Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42:193–264

[26] zysKowsKi K y PruM ro (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of the nest architecture of Neotropical ovenbirds (Furnariidae). Auk 116:891–911