A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor)
Abstract In May 2021, we opportunistically observed one Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an adult incubating Japanese tit (Parus minor) and depredating nine tit eggs at a nest box where a woodpecker had greatly enlarged the entrance. After the predation event, the Japanese tits abandoned...
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| author | Dake Yin Xudong Li Romain Lorrilliere Zheng Han Keqin Zhang Jiangping Yu Mingju E Haitao Wang |
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| description | Abstract In May 2021, we opportunistically observed one Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an adult incubating Japanese tit (Parus minor) and depredating nine tit eggs at a nest box where a woodpecker had greatly enlarged the entrance. After the predation event, the Japanese tits abandoned the nest. We recommend that when using artificial nest boxes to protect hole‐nesting birds, the appropriate entrance size should be proportional to the body size of the target species. This observation gives us a better understanding of the potential predators of secondary hole‐nesting birds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-244fb2182135414a98dad8afb5c11f902023-03-29T14:14:47ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582023-03-01133n/an/a10.1002/ece3.9931A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor)Dake Yin0Xudong Li1Romain Lorrilliere2Zheng Han3Keqin Zhang4Jiangping Yu5Mingju E6Haitao Wang7School of Life Sciences Changchun Normal University Changchun ChinaJilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun ChinaCentre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO, UMR 7204), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Sorbonne Université Paris FranceJilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun ChinaSchool of Zoological Science Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University Jilin ChinaJilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun ChinaSchool of Life Sciences Changchun Normal University Changchun ChinaJilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun ChinaAbstract In May 2021, we opportunistically observed one Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an adult incubating Japanese tit (Parus minor) and depredating nine tit eggs at a nest box where a woodpecker had greatly enlarged the entrance. After the predation event, the Japanese tits abandoned the nest. We recommend that when using artificial nest boxes to protect hole‐nesting birds, the appropriate entrance size should be proportional to the body size of the target species. This observation gives us a better understanding of the potential predators of secondary hole‐nesting birds.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9931hole sizenest predationsecondary hole‐nesting birdsvideo monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Dake Yin Xudong Li Romain Lorrilliere Zheng Han Keqin Zhang Jiangping Yu Mingju E Haitao Wang A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) Ecology and Evolution hole size nest predation secondary hole‐nesting birds video monitoring |
| title | A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| title_full | A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| title_fullStr | A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| title_short | A case report of an Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the Japanese tit (Parus minor) |
| title_sort | case report of an eurasian jay garrulus glandarius attacking an incubating adult and depredating the eggs of the japanese tit parus minor |
| topic | hole size nest predation secondary hole‐nesting birds video monitoring |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9931 |
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