Primer registro de nidificación del Picaflor Escamado (Heliomaster squamosus) en Argentina

Sebastián M. Santiago; Luisina A. Villalba; Ariel H. Motura; Guillermo Treboux; Valeria C. Olivella; Nínive Paes Cavalcante

doi:10.56178/na.vi68.1010

Articles Published 01 December 2023 https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi68.1010

First nesting record of Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) in Argentina

Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus)Trochilidae reproduction nidification

Sebastián M. Santiago Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luisina A. Villalba Los Nogales 525 (3101) Oro Verde, Entre Ríos, Argentina

Ariel H. Motura Los Nogales 525 (3101) Oro Verde, Entre Ríos, Argentina

Guillermo Treboux División Conservación y Planificación Parque Nacional El Palmar APN (3287) Ubajay, Entre Ríos, Argentina, RN 14 Km 198.5

Valeria C. Olivella Avellaneda 2047 (1865), San Vicente, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nínive Paes Cavalcante Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

The Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) is distributed in Brazil. In Argentina, there are three records of the species believed to be vagrant individuals, and none of these records mention aspects of their reproduction. Here, we report for the first time the nesting of the Stripe-breasted Starthroat (H. squamosus) in Argentina. We provide behavioral characteristics, nest details, and the discovery site, as well as photographic material of the reproductive event. The nest was found in a specimen of Eucalyptus sp. near the administration office of El Palmar National Park, Entre Rios, Argentina. In subsequent visits to the site in late 2022, we observed a female individual, which could apparently be the same one, carrying nesting material and in an incubating position in the nest. This is the southernmost record of nesting for the species in South America and the first for the country. Although interspecific reproduction can occur in Trochilidae, we do not rule out a possible expansion of the species' breeding range.

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Sebastián M. Santiago, Luisina A. Villalba, Ariel H. Motura, Guillermo Treboux, Valeria C. Olivella, Nínive Paes Cavalcante (2023). First nesting record of Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) in Argentina. Nuestras Aves, No. 68 (2023), 133-137. https://doi.org/10.56178/na.vi68.1010

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[5] CEBALLOS G & EXTERIOR TC. (2003). Ficha informa-tiva de los humedales Ramsar (FIR). Ramsar.org

[6] CONTRERAS J, AGNOLIN F, DAVIES Y, GODOY I, GIAC-CHINO A & RÍOS E. (2014). Atlas ornitogeográfico de la provincia de Formosa, República Argentina. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara

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[14] MATA JR ERIZE F & RUMBOLL M. (2006). Birds of South America: non-passerines: rheas to woodpeckers. Prin-ceton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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