Classical polyandry found in the three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

Pechacek, Peter (author)

Michalek, Klaus G. (author)

Winkler, Hans (author)

Blomqvist, Donald, 1954 (author): Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Zoologiska institutionen, ekologisk zoologi,Department of Zoology, Animal Ecology

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2006-01-01
2006
English.
In: Journal of Ornithology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0021-8375 .- 2193-7192 .- 2193-7206. ; 147:1, s. 112-114

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Abstract Subject headings

We report two cases of simultaneous, social polyandry in the three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus found in Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany during an 11-year study. The first case was between two neighbouring pairs in 2003. A female incubated both of her clutches during a period of at least 8 days. The second case was in 2004 between a widowed male and a female of a neighbouring pair. This time, a female divided parental care between her two clutches during a period of at least 27 days. We hypothesise that social polyandry in the three-toed woodpecker may be linked to the parental quality of the first male.

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