Vol. 18 No. 2 (2003), Short Communications
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2003)

Notes on the chick-rearing behavior of the Striped Woodpecker (Picoides lignarius) in the temperate rainforest of southern Chile

Short Communications
Published 01-12-2003
Ricardo A. Figueroa Rojas
Estudios para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vida Silvestre Consultores. Blanco Encalada 350, Chillán, Chile
E. Soraya Corales Stappung
Estudios para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vida Silvestre Consultores. Blanco Encalada 350, Chillán, Chile
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Keywords

chick rearing
feeding
Picoides lignarius
Southern temperate rainforest
Striped Woodpecker

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Figueroa Rojas, Ricardo A., and E. Soraya Corales Stappung. 2003. “Notes on the Chick-Rearing Behavior of the Striped Woodpecker (Picoides Lignarius) in the Temperate Rainforest of Southern Chile”. El Hornero 18 (2): 119-22. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v18i2.851.
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Abstract

During the summer of 1995, for three days we studied the chick-rearing behaviour of a Striped Woodpecker (Picoides lignarius) pair in the temperate rainforest of southern Chile. The pair nested in a Luma apiculata stump in a riparian forest strip. The female made a higher contribution to the feeding of chicks (78% of all prey deliveries) than the male (22%). This trend was constant during all three days. The female was always successful at feeding nestlings, while the male failed in 57% of their attempts. The mean time interval between prey deliveries was 798 s. The prey delivered were exclusively insects, both larvae and imagoes. The most frequent insect preys given to chicks were beetles, with larvae and imagoes in similar proportion.

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