Resumo
Nests of the "Scaly-headed parrot" and "Illiger's macaw" - Pionus maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) and Ara maracana (Vieillot, 1816) - found at the Ecological Station in Gália, São Paulo with clutches in 26-VII-90 and 20-IX-90, both containing four white rounded and at one end slightly pointed eggs, measuring 33.4x30.0mm and 33.0x28.0mm each respectively, are being reported on. The incubation in the "Scaly-headed parrot" lasted for 26 days, the stay of the young in the nest cavity for about 50 days and only one adult was seen incubating, while in "Illiger's or Blue-winged macaw" both parents used to stay in the nest.
P. maximiliani; A maracana; nests; clutches; habits
P. maximiliani; A maracana; nests; clutches; habits
A nidificação de Pionus maximiliani (Kuhl) e Ara maracana (Vieillot) em gália São Paulo, Brasil (Aves, Psittacidae)
Nesting of Pionus maximiliani (Kuhl) and Ara maracana (Vieillot) in gália, São Paulo, Brazil
Cory T. de Carvalho; José Carvalho
Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 26, 18780-000 Manduri, São Paulo, Brasil
ABSTRACT
Nests of the "Scaly-headed parrot" and "Illiger's macaw" - Pionus maximiliani (Kuhl, 1820) and Ara maracana (Vieillot, 1816) - found at the Ecological Station in Gália, São Paulo with clutches in 26-VII-90 and 20-IX-90, both containing four white rounded and at one end slightly pointed eggs, measuring 33.4x30.0mm and 33.0x28.0mm each respectively, are being reported on. The incubation in the "Scaly-headed parrot" lasted for 26 days, the stay of the young in the nest cavity for about 50 days and only one adult was seen incubating, while in "Illiger's or Blue-winged macaw" both parents used to stay in the nest.
Key words: P. maximiliani, A maracana, nests, clutches, habits
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Recebido em 22.III.1993; aceito em 04.X.1993.
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Datas de Publicação
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Publicação nesta coleção
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Data do Fascículo
1992
Histórico
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Aceito
04 Out 1993 -
Recebido
22 Mar 1993
