The Pied Flycatcher

✍ Scribed by Arne Lundberg; Rauno V. Alatalo; Tomas PÄrt

• Publisher: Poyser
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 280
• Series: Poyser Monographs
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Pied Flycatcher is one of Europe’s best-studied species. The first detailed work on it was begun in the 1930s by German ornithologists, but it was Lars von Haartman’s Finnish study that both established long-term research on the species and founded many of the central themes of modern ornithology. Soon after, in the late 1940s, Bruce Campbell set up an intensive project in southwest England, which also still runs to this day. Many other eminent ornithologists followed and in 1979 Arne Lundberg and Rauno Alatalo started their own work in Sweden, Finland and latterly the north of England.
A Palaearctic migrant, the Pied Flycatcher is notable for its very variable male plumage and complex territorial and polygynous breeding system. They take readily to nest boxes and have provided excellent opportunities for the study of a wide range of biological problems. This broad review of the species provides not only a detailed biology of this fascinating little bird, but a commentary on many of the most interesting problems in bird behaviour and ecology.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
1 The Pied Flycatcher: Background
2 Taxonomy and Distribution
3 Migration, Moult, and Age and Sex Determination
4 Nesting, Habitat, and Breeding Densities
5 Foraging Techniques and Diet
6 Breeding Time and Clutch Size
7 Egg-Laying, Incubation and Caring for Young
8 Longevity, Age at First Breeding, and Dispersal
9 Song
10 Male Plumage Colour and its Variation
11 Pair Formation and Female Choice
12 Mating Systems
13 Hybridization
14 Breeding in Natural Cavities
Appendices
1. Morphology of the Collared Flycatcher and Four Subspecies of the Pied Flycatcher
2. Diet of the Pied Flycatcher
3. Breeding Data for the Pied Flycatcher
4. Return Rates in Different Parts of Europe
5. Plumage Colour of Pied Flycatcher Males
6. Polyterritorial Bird Species in Europe
7. Polyterritoriality Distances
8. Frequency of Polygyny
9. List of Latin Names
References
Index
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