Article
Incidence of Breeding by Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons in Juvenal Plumage
Colonial Waterbirds
(1995)
Abstract
A breeding population of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (Nyctanassa violacea) located along the lower Chesapeake Bay was monitored between 1986 and 1993. Juvenal-plumaged birds accounted for <1% of 1,140 nesting attempts where plumage type was determined for both parents. All juvenal-plumaged birds were paired to birds in adult plumage. On average, nesting success was lower but within 95% confidence limits of the population as a whole.
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Publication Date
1995
Citation Information
Bryan Watts. "Incidence of Breeding by Yellow-Crowned Night-Herons in Juvenal Plumage" Colonial Waterbirds Vol. 18 Iss. 2 (1995) p. 222 - 223 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bryan-watts/251/