Nest Site Competition (IMAGE)

American Ornithological Society Publications Office

Nest Site Competition

Caption

A) This image shows Forty-spotted Pardalotes in aerial combat on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. (B) Striated Pardalote defending a recently usurped Forty-spotted Pardalote nest cavity. (C) Forty-spotted Pardalote eggs punctured and removed from a cavity by Striated Pardalotes.

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A. Schulte, M. Brown, E. Edworthy.

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