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1 June 2013 Notes on Residency, Home Range, and Natural History of the ‘Vulnerable’ Cinereous Warbling-Finch, Poospiza cinerea
Lilian Mariana Costa, Marcos Rodrigues
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Abstract

Cinereous Warbling-Finch, Poospiza cinerea, is a poorly-known bird endemic to the Cerrado region and ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction. It has been suggested that this species may be nomadic because of its rarity and low density. We tested this suggestion throughout observations of two banded individuals in a ‘campos rupestres’ site at Serra do Cipó, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We also described some aspects of its natural history, including a preliminary estimation of the home range size. Estimated home ranges of the pair were 15.02 and 16.56 ha using two different methods. Home range comprises mainly rocky outcrops, with low-height vegetation, used for foraging on small arthropods. The pair showed year-round residency and long-term site fidelity for at least 3.5 years, thus contradicting the nomadism hypothesis.

2013 by the Wilson Ornithological Society
Lilian Mariana Costa and Marcos Rodrigues "Notes on Residency, Home Range, and Natural History of the ‘Vulnerable’ Cinereous Warbling-Finch, Poospiza cinerea," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125(2), 433-438, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1676/12-115.1
Received: 6 July 2012; Accepted: 1 September 2012; Published: 1 June 2013
KEYWORDS
foraging
grassland bird
Neotropical bird
nomadism
site fidelity
vocalization
year-round residency
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