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Nesting Chronology, Density and Habitat Use of Black-Chinned Hummingbirds along the Colorado River, Arizona (Cronología de anidamiento, densidad y utilización de habitat por parte de Archilochus alexandri a lo largo del Río Colorado, Arizona)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) nests (n = 119) were located by means of systematic searches of two different riparian habitats along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona, from April through July 1982-1987. Most nests (94%) were located in the introduced riparian shrub tamar...
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Published in: | Journal of field ornithology 1992-10, Vol.63 (4), p.393-400 |
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Summary: | Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) nests (n = 119) were located by means of systematic searches of two different riparian habitats along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona, from April through July 1982-1987. Most nests (94%) were located in the introduced riparian shrub tamarisk (Tamarix ramosissima). Active nests were present from 22 March through 10 July, with ≥80% of all nests active during the peak of nesting in May. Black-chinned Hummingbird nests were located only in tamarisk-dominated habitats, where nesting density ranged from 0 to 3.5 active nests/ha, and no nests were found in native habitats dominated by honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). Nests were found only in riparian habitat patches that were ≥0.5 ha in size, exhibited ≥69% vegetative cover and had a mean canopy height of ≥1.4 m. Maintenance of this Black-chinned Hummingbird population depends on the continued existence of tamarisk-dominated habitat with these minimal patch-size characteristics. /// De abril a julio de 1982 a 1987, se localizaron nidos del zumbador Archilochus alexandri, a tráves de una búsqueda sistemática, en dos habitats riparios diferentes, a lo largo del Río Colorado, en el Gran Cañón de Arizona. La gran mayoría de los nidos (94%) fueron localizados en el arbusto introducido Tamarix ramosissima. Se encontraron nidos activos desde el 22 de marzo hasta el 10 de julio, con ≥ del 80% de los nidos durante el pico de la época reproductiva en mayo. Los nidos del zumbador, fueron encontrados únicamente en habitat dominados por el arbusto exótico, en donde la densidad de nidos varió de 0 a 3.5 nidos activos/ha. No se encontraron nidos del ave, en habitats dominados por vegetación nativa como Prosopsis glandulosa. Los nidos fueron encontrados solo en parches de habitat ripario cuyo tamaño era ≥ a 0.5 ha, con una cobertura de vegetación ≥ a 69% y que tenían una altura promedio del docel a 1.4 m. El mantener a esta población de zumbadores dependerá de la continua existencia de habitat dominado por Tamarix ramosissima y parches con las características mínimas previamente mencionadas. |
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ISSN: | 0273-8570 1557-9263 |