Comportamiento, identificación y relación con la floración de cañas del Espiguero Negro (Tiaris fuliginosa) en Misiones, Argentina

Juan I. Areta; Alejandro Bodrati

doi:10.56178/eh.v23i2.735

Articles Published 01 December 2008 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v23i2.735

Behaviour, identification and relationship with bamboos of the Sooty Grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa) in Misiones, Argentina

bamboo Chusquea distribution Guadua identification Merostachys Sooty Grassquit Setaria Tiaris fuliginosa

Juan I. Areta CICyTTP-CONICET. Materi y España, 3105 Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina | Grupo FALCO. Calle 117 N° 1725 e/67 y 68, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Proyecto Selva de Pino Paraná, Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología, CEBBAD, Universidad Maimónides. Valentín Virasoro 732, C1405BDB Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandro Bodrati Grupo FALCO. Calle 117 N° 1725 e/67 y 68, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Proyecto Selva de Pino Paraná, Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Antropología, CEBBAD, Universidad Maimónides. Valentín Virasoro 732, C1405BDB Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

We report numerous sightings of the Sooty Grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa) at four localities in the Interior Atlantic Forest of Misiones, Argentina: Parque Provincial Caá-Yarí, Puerto Iguazú, Parque Nacional Iguazú, and three sites at Península Andresito. We recorded grassquits feeding on seeds of cola de zorro (Setaria sp.), and on two bamboo species: takuarusu (Guadua chacoensis) and takuarembo (Chusquea ramosissima). We describe the habitats in which our sightings took place, foraging behaviour, vocalizations and some aspects of breeding. We also provide data on plumage and other external features of the Sooty Grassquit that allow for a safe discrimination from other similar seed-eating birds in the Atlantic Forest. The patchy geographic distribution pattern of the Sooty Grassquit, its nomadism, its presence in Argentina close to the end of the seeding of takuapi (Merostachys claussenii) and in seeding Takuarembo stands, and its abundance during the seeding of takuarusu suggest that long term survival of this species might be more dependent upon bamboo seeding than has been previously suspected.

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Juan I. Areta , Alejandro Bodrati (2008). Behaviour, identification and relationship with bamboos of the Sooty Grassquit (Tiaris fuliginosa) in Misiones, Argentina. El Hornero, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2008), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v23i2.735

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[1] ARETA JI (2007) Finding a secretive bamboo specialistin Argentina’s Atlantic Forest: the White-beardedAntshrike Biatas nigropectus. Neotropical Birding2:76–79

[2] ARETA JI, BODRATI A Y COCKLE K (2009) Specializationon Guadua bamboo seeds by three bird species inthe Atlantic Forest of Argentina. Biotropica 41:66–73

[3] BATES JM (1997) Distribution and geographical varia-tion in three South American grassquits (Emberiz-inae, Tiaris). Ornithological Monographs 48:91–110

[4] BODRATI A Y ARETA JI (2006) La Mosqueta Pecho Pardo(Hemitriccus obsoletus) en la Argentina y comenta-rios sobre su hábitat y distribución. OrnitologíaNeotropical 17:597–600

[5] BODRATI A Y COCKLE K (2006) Habitat, distribution,and conservation of Atlantic Forest birds in Argen-tina: notes on nine rare or threatened species.Ornitología Neotropical 17:243–258

[6] BORNSCHEIN MR Y REINERT BL (1996) Novos registrosde Tiaris fuliginosa (Emberizidae) no Paraguai e nosul do Brasil. Ararajuba 4:105–106

[7] BURT J (2008) Syrinx-PC. A Windows program for spec-tral analysis, editing, and playback of acoustic signals(URL: http://www.syrinxpc.com)

[8] CORNELL LABOF ORNITHOLOGY (2008) Raven. Interac-tive sound analysis software. Bioacoustics ResearchProgram, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca (URL:http://www.birds.cornell.edu/raven/)

[9] DUTRA J (1938) Les bambusées de Rio Grande du Sud.RevistaSudamericana de Botánica 5:145–152

[10] FFRENCH R (1991) A guide to the birds of Trinidad andTobago. Segunda edición. Cornell University Press,Ithaca

[11] JACKSON HD (1972) The status of the Pied Mannikin,Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye) in Rhodesia andits association with the bamboo Oxytenantheraabyssinica. Rhodesia Science News 6:342–348

[12] JANZEN D (1976) Why bamboos take so long to flower?Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 7:347–391

[13] JUDZIEWICZ EJ, CLARK LG, LONDOÑO X Y STERN MJ(1999) American Bamboos. SmithsonianInstitutionPress, Washington DC

[14] KRATTER AW (1997) Bamboo specialization by Ama-zonian birds. Biotropica 29:100–110

[15] LEBBIN DJ (2006) Notes on birds consuming Guaduabamboo seeds. Ornitología Neotropical 17:609–612

[16] LENTINO M Y RESTALL R (2003) A new species ofAmaurospiza Blue Seedeater from Venezuela. Auk120:600–606

[17] LIJTMAER D, SHARPE NMM, TUBARO PL Y LOUGHEEDSC (2004) Molecular phylogenetics and diversifica-tion of the genus Sporophila (Aves: Passeriformes).Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:562–579

[18] MARCONDES-MACHADO LO (1974) Dados prelimina-res sobre o ninho de Tiaris fuliginosa (Aves, Emberiz-idae), em cativeiro. Ciência e Cultura 26:338–339

[19] MARCONDES-MACHADO LO (1994) Biologia e compor-tamento de Tiaris fuliginosa fuliginosa (Wied, 1831)em cativeiro (Passeriformes, Emberizidae). Iheringia,Série Zoologia 77:15–23

[20] MAZAR BARNETT J Y HERRERA J (1996) Primer registrode Tiaris fuliginosa (Wied, 1830) para la Argentina.Hornero 14:73–74

[21] NEUDORF DL Y BLANCHFIELD PJ (1994) The Slate-col-ored Seedeater (Sporophila schistacea): a bamboo spe-cialist? Ornitología Neotropical 5:129–132

[22] OLMOS F (1996) Satiation or deception?: mast-seed-ing Chusquea bamboos, birds and rats in the Atlan-tic Forest. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 56:391–401

[23] PARODI LR (1936) Las bambúseas indígenas en laMesopotamia argentina. Revista Argentina de Agro-nomía 3:229–244

[24] PARODI LR (1955) La floración de la tacuara brava(“Guadua trinii”). Revista Argentina de Agronomía22:134–136

[25] RESTALL R, RODNER C Y LENTINO M (2006) Birds of north-ern South America. Christopher Helm, Londres

[26] RIDGELY R Y TUDOR G (1989) The birds of South America.Volume 1. The oscine passerines. University of TexasPress, Austin

[27] ROBSON C (2004) A field guide to the birds of Thailand.Asia Books, Bangkok

[28] SICK H (1997) Ornitologia brasileira. Nova FronteiraEditora, Río de Janeiro

[29] STUTCHBURY BJM, MARTIN PM Y MORTON ES (1996)Nesting behavior of the Slate-colored Seedeater(Sporophila schistacea) in Panamá. Ornitología Neotro-pical 7:63–65

[30] VASCONCELOS MF, VASCONCELOS AP, VIANA PL, PALÚL Y SILVA JF (2005) Observações sobre aves granívo-ras (Columbidae e Emberizidae) associadas àfrutificação de taquaras (Poaceae, Bambusoideae)na porção meridional da Cadeia do Espinhaço,Minas Gerais, Brasil. Lundiana 6:75–77