Multiple Nest-Tending Behavior in an Adult Female White Ibis

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2007-03-01

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Herring, Garth
Gawlik, Dale E.

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Waterbirds

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https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/95507

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A non-breeding adult female White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) was observed tending multiple nests during the 2006 wading bird breeding season in the Florida Everglades. This is the first known case of adult multiple nest-attending breeding behavior documented for the Ciconiiformes order.

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Herring, G. and D. E. Gawlik. 2007. Multiple nest-tending behavior in an adult female White Ibis. Waterbirds 30:150-151.

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