Abstract:Capsule: Breeding Chilean Swallows Tachycineta leucopyga in Argentina use visual and acoustic signals in response to potential threats from a predator, but these did not vary with brood age. Aims: To study anti-predator behavioural responses in breeding Chilean Swallows from North Patagonia, Argentina, by using a nest-box experiment. Methods: At days eight and 14 after the first nestlings hatched, Chilean Swallow breeding adults were exposed to a stuffed decoys of either a natural local predator, the Austral P… Show more
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