Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”, San Lorenzo 1949, CP2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Candelaria Cordini
Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales, Ministerio de Ambiente y Cambio Climático de la provincia de Santa Fe, Montevideo 970, CP2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Campo Experimental Villarino, C.C. 14, S2125ZAA Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina
Marcelo Romano
Centro de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Ambiente (ECOSUR), Pje. Sunchales 329, CP2000, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Germán Saigo
Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Dr. Ángel Gallardo”, San Lorenzo 1949, CP2000 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, 3000 Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina
Marcelo Janik
Estancia Don Pablo, Goya, CP3450, Corrientes, Argentina
Ignacio Barberis
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Campo Experimental Villarino, C.C. 14, S2125ZAA Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina | IICAR (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario), UNR-CONICET
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In Argentina, the Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys) and the Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) are common but scarcely studied species. To characterize the seasonal distribution of nesting, the number of eggs per nests, and the eggs of these duck species, nest boxes were surveyed during six reproductive seasons in several wetlands from southwestern Corrientes province. From all these surveys, 389 nesting events were recorded for C. leucophrys and 979 nesting events for D. autumnalis. The nesting peak for C. leucophrys occurred in October-November, whereas the peak for D. autumnalis was in January-February. The clutch size was smaller for C. leucophrys than for D. autumnalis (median: 10 and 14 eggs, respectively). The inside of the nest boxes occupied by C. leucophrys were covered with down, whereas D. autumnalis did not add any extra material to cover it. Eleven females of C. leucophrys were recaptured along various reproductive seasons, at the same wetlands, and even at the same nests that they had been banded. Recaptured females of D. autumnalis did not return to the same nest box. The eggs of C. leucophrys were smaller than those of D. autumnalis (length: 46.19 ± 1.79 mm vs. 50.76 ± 1.95 mm; width: 34.04 ± 1.14 mm vs. 37.65 ± 1.19 mm; weight: 27.68 ± 2.89 g vs. 38.65 ± 3.73 g, respectively). These results highlight the utility of nest boxes to increase our knowledge about the reproductive biology of duck species that nest in cavities.
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