DAILY ACTIVITY OF SARDINIAN WARBLER （撒丁岛人莺的日常活动）.pdf

Ardeola 54(2), 2007, 335-338 DAILY ACTIVITY OF SARDINIAN WARBLER SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA IN THE BREEDING SEASON ACTIVIDAD DIARIA DE LA CURRUCA CABECINEGRA SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA DURANTE EL PERIODO REPRODUCTOR Josep M. BAS * 1, Pere PONS* and Crisanto GÓMEZ* In contrast to many other European pas- 1999 breeding period (mid-April to early Au- serines (Cramp, 1985), the daily activity pat- gust). The study plot was located in the Mont- tern of Mediterranean birds is little known. Ac- grí massif (Catalonia, NE Spain, 42º05’ N; tivity is controlled by both exogenous and 03º11’ E) at 70 - 120 m above sea level. This endogenous factors (Dawson et al., 2001; Hahn is a limestone region with a Mediterranean et al., 1997). Among the endogenous factors, climate with a dense sclerophyllous shrub- parental tasks during the reproductive period land is dominated by Quercus coccifera, Ros- can cause pronounced changes in activity pat- marinus officinalis and Cistus albidus. terns. The activity of the male Sardinian war- Seven Sardinian warbler males (one unpaired bler Sylvia melanocephala was studied. This (A) and six paired males) were captured with species is distributed widely among Mediter- mist-nets and marked with miniature transmit- ranean-type habitats (Hagemeijer and Blair, ters (weight 0.9 - 1.0 g; Wildlife Materials Inc, 1997).The adults are mainly sedentary, although Carbondale) for 8 days. The tags were glued to some are migratory (Shirihai et al., 2001). They the shortened back feathers with cyanocrilate have a monogamous mating system and both glue (Kenward, 1987). Marked individuals were sexes share incubation as well as brooding radio-tracked simultaneously with a TRX-48S and feeding the young (Cramp, 1985). The dai- receive