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Nesting of the Chinese Bush Warbler (Tribura tacsanowskia, Sylviidae, Passeriforms) in the Amur Region

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A nest of the Chinese bush warbler (Tribura tacsanowskia) has been found and monitored in the Amur region for the first time. This is a poorly studied species distributed in southeastern Siberia, the Russian Far East, and the adjoining areas of Mongolia and China. Only seven nests of this species were found earlier, all of them in the Trans-Baikal Territory. Descriptions of those findings are given, including the habitat, location and structure of nests, egg clutch and downy chick, and behavior of adult birds at their nest. The time contributions of the male and female spent in percent in the nest, as well as to chick feeding and the ejection of chicks’ litter pellets have been calculated for the first time. The main parameters of nesting life have been revealed: daytime and nocturnal activity cycles of adult birds in the nest and daily graphs of nestling feeding hours. Observations of adult activity at the nesting site in the period of feeding the chicks in the nest and after their release from the nest are presented. Some other details of Chinese bush warbler behavior and nesting are presented.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was carried out thanks to the participation of N.A. Formozov, who drew attention to the Chinese bush warblers at the beginning of our joint field work. Later, Formozov actively helped with discussions and consultations. All-round support was rendered by the director of Muravyevskii Park S.M. Smirenskii. Surveys with the professional camcorder were made by I.V. Ishchenko, and S.A. Kolchin provided the photo-trap. Significant help in the search of the literature was provided by V.V. Grichik, as well as A.A. Nazarenko, I.V. Fefelov, P.V. Kvartal’nov, N.A. Bulakhova, and Yu.A. Red’kin. The peculiarities of egg coloring and nest construction were discussed with G.N. Bachurin, V.V. Grichik, and N.N. Balatskii. Assistance in translation from the German language was provided by E.L. Bauer and V.I. Kapitonov; the translation from the French was made by L.A. Bystrova. P.V. Kvartal’nov and N.A. Bulakhova made critical remarks about the article. P.V. Budilov and E.A. Erofeeva helped with processing the figures.

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Kapitonova, L.V. Nesting of the Chinese Bush Warbler (Tribura tacsanowskia, Sylviidae, Passeriforms) in the Amur Region. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 45, 1000–1014 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359018090078

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