Cleptoparasitismo intra e interespecifico en una colonia mixta de Gaviotines Real (Sterna maxima) y Gaviotín Pico Amarillo (S. eurygnatha)

Flavio Quintana; Pablo Yorio

doi:10.56178/eh.v14i4.975

Short Communications Published 01 November 1997 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i4.975

Inter- and intra-specific kleptoparasitism at a mixed-species colony of Royal (Sterna maxima) and Cayenne terns (S. eurygnatha)

Patagonia seabirds mixed colonies kleptoparasitism terns

Flavio Quintana Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Boulevard. Brown s/n (9120), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina | Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY 10460, USA

Pablo Yorio Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET), Boulevard. Brown s/n (9120), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina | Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY 10460, USA

Abstract

Within seabirds, terns are frequently affected by foodrobbing. We document the occurrence of kleptoparasitism at a mixed-species colony of Royal (Sterna maxima) and Cayenne (S. eurygnatha) terns at Punta León, Chubut. In two seasons we observed both inter- and intra-specific food robbing by adult terns. The amount of food lost to pirates was relatively low, only 2% of prey brought back by the terns (n = 1127). Intraspecific food robbing was higher than interspecific kleptoparasitism in the Royal Tern and similar in the Cayenne Tern. The percentage of food lost to pirates in the colony (2.1%,n = 921) was similar than in groups of tern chicks at the beach (2.4%, n = 206). Kleptoparasitism between terns at Punta León appears to be of little importance with respect to its effects on both tern populations.

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Flavio Quintana, Pablo Yorio (1997). Inter- and intra-specific kleptoparasitism at a mixed-species colony of Royal (Sterna maxima) and Cayenne terns (S. eurygnatha). El Hornero, Vol. 14 No. 4 (1997), 256-259. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v14i4.975

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[1] ANSINGH,F.H.;H.J.KOELERS;P.A.VANDERWERF&K.H.Voous.1960.Thebreedingofthecayenneoryellow-billedsandwichteminCuracaoin1958.Ar-dea48:51·65.

[2] BROCKMAN,H.J.&C.J.BARNARD.1979.Kleptoparasi-tisminbirds.Anim.Behav.27:487-514.

[3] BURGER,J.&M.GOCHFELD.1991.TheCommonTem:itsbreedingbiologyandsocialbehavior.ColumbiaUniversityPress,NY,USA.

[4] DUNN,E.K.1973.RobbingbehaviourofRoseatetems.Auk90:641-651.

[5] FORSSGREN,K.1981.KleptoparasiticbehaviouroftheArticSkua,Stercorariusparasiticus,andtheLes-serBlack-baekedGull,Larusfuscus,withtheCas-pianTem,Hydropognecaspia.Mem.SocoFaunaFloraFenn.57:5.

[6] FUCHS,E.1977.KleptoparasitismofSandwichtemsSter-nasandvicencisbyBlaek-headedgullsLarusridi-bundus.Ibis119:183-190.

[7] FURNESS,R.W.1987.Kleptoparasitisminseabirds.En:Seabirds:feedingecologyandroleinmarineeeosystems.Croxall,J.P.(ed.).CambridgeUniversityPress.Pp.17-100.

[8] HAYS,H.1970.CommontemspiratingfishonGreatGullIsland.WilsonBul!.82:99-100.

[9] HOPKINS,C.D.&H.W.WILEY.1972.Foodparasitismandcompetitionintwoterns.Auk89:583-594.

[10] HULSMAN,K.1976.Therobbingbehaviouroftemsandgulls.Emu76:143-149

[11] LANGHAM,N.P.E.1974.ComparativcbrecdingbiologyoftheSandwichtemoAuk91:255-277.

[12] NETTLESHIP,D.N.1972.BreedingsuccessoftheCom-monPuffin,Fraterculaarctica,ondifferenthabitatsalGreatIsland,Ncwfoundland.Ecol.Monogr.42.

[13] ORO,D.1996.InterspecifickleptoparasitisminAudouin'sGullLarusaudouiniiattheEbroDelta,northeastSpain:a behaviouralresponsetolowfoodavailabi-lity.Ibis138:218-221.

[14] WITTENBERGER,J.F.&G.L.HUNT.1985.Theadaptativesignificanceofcolonialityinbirds.En:AvianBiolo-gy,Vo!.VIII.Farner,0.5.;J.R.King,y K.C.Parker(eds.).AcademicPress,NewYork.Pp.1-77.

[15] YORIO,P.;F.QUINTANA;C.CAMPAGNAyG.HARRIS.1994.Diversidad,abundanciay dinámicaespacio-tempo-raldelacoloniamixtadeavesmarinasenPuntaLeón,Patagonia.OrnitologlaNeotropical5:69-77