Social Interactions between Adult and Juvenile Striped Cuckoos (<i>Tapera naevia</i>)

Mark, Melissa M.; Gamez-Rugama, Nelson A.

doi:10.1676/1559-4491-127.1.127

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“…This peak of vocal activity after the breeding period might be related to the observations made by Mark and Margez-Raguma (2015), who found that juveniles were often associated with adult conspecifics after the breeding period and that adult Striped Cuckoos engaged in sem-fim but not wee-series duets after the breeding period. Such contact might be relevant to the development of social communication and sexual preferences in young cuckoos (Mark & Gamez-Rugama 2015). At the daily scale, both song types showed a bimodal pattern, with the first peak of vocal activity after sunrise and the second peak at sunset, which is in agreement with the typical diel pattern described for most bird species, including cuckoos (Huang et al 2017, Deng et al 2019, Yoo et al 2020.…”

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“…We found a second peak of sem‐fim but not wee‐series singing activity in December. This peak of vocal activity after the breeding period might be related to the observations made by Mark and Margez‐Raguma (2015), who found that juveniles were often associated with adult conspecifics after the breeding period and that adult Striped Cuckoos engaged in sem‐fim but not wee‐series duets after the breeding period. Such contact might be relevant to the development of social communication and sexual preferences in young cuckoos (Mark & Gamez‐Rugama 2015).…”

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confidence: 65%

“…2019, Lowther 2020). Territorial and solitary individuals form temporary pairs for a few weeks of the year during the breeding period (Mark & Gamez‐Rugama 2015). The Striped Cuckoo is shy and elusive, with high vocal activity (Smith & Smith 2000).…”

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“…The Striped Cuckoo is a common inhabitant of open land with scattered trees and thickets from southern Mexico to northern Argentina (Fiorini et al 2019, Lowther 2020. Territorial and solitary individuals form temporary pairs for a few weeks of the year during the breeding period (Mark & Gamez-Rugama 2015). The Striped Cuckoo is shy and elusive, with high vocal activity (Smith & Smith 2000).…”

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Diel and seasonal variation of Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia) vocalizations revealed using automated signal recognition

Pérez‐Granados

Schuchmann

2022

Ibis

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Studying seasonal changes in the vocal activity of birds may shed light on the function of avian vocalizations and the phenology of life history events. Our current knowledge regarding the seasonality of the vocal behaviour of tropical birds in general, and avian brood parasites in particular, is very limited. Here, we employed passive acoustic monitoring with automated signal recognition to monitor the vocal behaviour of the Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia over a complete annual cycle in the Brazilian Pantanal. We evaluated whether the pattern of vocal activity differed between the two main vocalizations of the species (sem-fim and wee-series songs) and whether vocal activity varied with time of day and season. The diel pattern of vocal activity for both vocalization types showed a bimodal pattern, with the first peak of vocal activity in the few hours after sunrise and the second peak before sunset, in agreement with prior studies in other cuckoos. The sem-fim song was also produced during the night, while the wee-series song was produced only during the day. Both vocalization types showed clear seasonality and were produced between mid-June and mid-February. Seasonal changes in vocal activity suggest that the Striped Cuckoo breeds during the dry season and leaves the study area during the flooding period. The seasonal pattern of the wee-series song showed strong seasonality, with 90% of these calls detected in September and October, whereas the sem-fim song showed weaker seasonality, with 80% of the calls detected during the July-October period. Our study indicates that automated signal recognition might be a reliable tool for monitoring cuckoos. Further research could evaluate whether the different seasonal patterns of the sem-fim and wee-series songs of the Striped Cuckoo are related to different functions.

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Diel and seasonal variation of Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia) vocalizations revealed using automated signal recognition

Pérez‐Granados

Schuchmann

2022

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“…Defence of exclusive home ranges by female parasites, for example, might favour monogamous mating by males if the costs of travelling across territories and searching for additional mates are sufficiently high. Genetic and radiotracking studies support this prediction in Horsfield's bronze-cuckoos (Chalcites basalis [33]) and striped cuckoos (Tapera naevia, M. Mark unpublished data in [51]), in which females defend exclusive breeding territories and mate monogamously. Males in these species may be monogamous or sequentially monogamous, staying with a female for the duration of her reproductive bout.…”

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Monogamy without parental care? Social and genetic mating systems of avian brood parasites

Feeney

Riehl

2019

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Classic evolutionary theory predicts that monogamy should be intimately linked with parental care. It has long been assumed, therefore, that avian brood parasites—which lay their eggs in the nests of ‘host’ species and provide little, if any, parental care—should be overwhelmingly promiscuous. However, recent studies have revealed that the social mating systems of brood parasites are surprisingly diverse, encompassing lek polygyny, monogamy, polygamy and promiscuity. What ecological or phylogenetic factors explain this variation, and why are some brood parasites apparently monogamous? Here we review the social and genetic mating systems of all 75 brood parasitic species for which data are available and evaluate several hypotheses that may help explain these patterns. We find that social monogamy is widespread, often co-occurring with territoriality and cooperative behaviour by the mated pair. Comparative studies, though preliminary, suggest that in some species, monogamy is associated with low host density and polygamy with higher host density. Interestingly, molecular data show that genetic and social mating systems can be entirely decoupled: genetic monogamy can occur in parasitic species that lack behavioural pair-bonds, possibly as a by-product of territoriality; conversely, social monogamy has been reported in parasites that are genetically polygamous. This synthesis suggests that social and genetic monogamy may result from very different selective pressures, and that male–female cooperative behaviours, population density and territoriality may all interact to favour the evolution of monogamous mating in brood parasites. Given that detailed descriptive data of social, and especially genetic, mating systems are still lacking for the majority of brood parasitic species, definitive tests of these hypotheses await future work. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The coevolutionary biology of brood parasitism: from mechanism to pattern’.

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