PARROT NESTING IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU: SEASONAL PATTERNS AND KEYSTONE TREES

By D. Brightsmith. 2005

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Abstract Parrots that inhabit tropical lowland forests are difficult to study, are poorly known, and little information is available on their nesting habits, making analysis of community-wide nesting patterns difficult. I present nesting records for 15 species of psittacids that co-occur in southeastern Peru. The psittacid breeding season in this area lasted from June to April, with smaller species nesting earlier than larger species. Why smaller species bred earlier is uncertain, though it may be related to interspecific competition for nest sites or variations in food availability. This study identified two keystone plant resources used by nesting parrots: Dipteryx micrantha (Fabaceae) and Mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae). Local threats to these plant species are discussed.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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• Supply of tree-holes limits nest density of cavity-nesting birds in primary and logged subtropical Atlantic forest (2010, background): “Although tropical moist forests are proposed to harbor abundant tree cavities (Boyle et al., 2008; Brightsmith, 2005a), the density of active nests increased in our study when we added medium-sized nest boxes to the midstory, suggesting that populations of some cavity-nesting birds may be nest-site…”
• Linking fungi, trees, and hole-using birds in a Neotropical tree-cavity network: Pathways of cavity production and implications for conservation (2012, background): “Toward this objective, Brightsmith (2005) highlighted emergent Dipteryx micrantha trees as key providers of cavities for macaws in the Peruvian Amazon and Politi et al. (2009) showed that three tree species (Calycophyllum multiflorum, Blepharocalyx gigantea, and Podocarpus parlatorei) were…”