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  • Incubation behaviour and care of a nestling by a pair of Black Fantails Rhipidura atra

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    Donaghey, Richard
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    Donaghey, Richard H.
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    2017
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    The Black Fantail Rhipidura atra, endemic to the lower montane forests of New Guinea, builds a typical fantail nest. Observations of a nest placed high up in an understorey tree in the Arfak Mountains in Indonesian New Guinea revealed that the male and female of a pair mostly alternated incubation bouts and contributed almost equally to incubation, care of the nestling and nest-defence. Incubation constancy was ~80%. Observations of Black Fantails mobbing potential nest-predators are described.The Black Fantail Rhipidura atra, endemic to the lower montane forests of New Guinea, builds a typical fantail nest. Observations of a nest placed high up in an understorey tree in the Arfak Mountains in Indonesian New Guinea revealed that the male and female of a pair mostly alternated incubation bouts and contributed almost equally to incubation, care of the nestling and nest-defence. Incubation constancy was ~80%. Observations of Black Fantails mobbing potential nest-predators are described.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Field Ornithology
    Volume
    34
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.20938/afo34056058
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    © The Author(s) 2017. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the author(s).
    Subject
    Behavioural Ecology
    Zoology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/370503
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