The Pied Flycatcher
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The Pied Flycatcher

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The Pied Flycatcher

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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.

Illustrated by Tomas Part.

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Publisher
T & AD Poyser
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781408137802
eBook ISBN
9781408137796
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Zoology
Index
Biological Sciences
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright page
  3. Contents
  4. List of photographs
  5. List of figures
  6. List of tables
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 01 - The Pied Flycatcher: Background
  9. Chapter 02 - Taxonomy and Distribution
  10. Chapter 03 - Migration, Moult, and Age and Sex Determination
  11. Chapter 04 - Nesting, Habitat and Breeding Densities
  12. Chapter 05 - Foraging Techniques and Diet
  13. Chapter 06 - Breeding Time and Clutch Size
  14. Chapter 07 - Egg-Laying, Incubation and Caring for Young
  15. Chapter 08 - Longevity, Age at First Breeding, and Dispersal
  16. Chapter 09 - Song
  17. Chapter 10 - Male Plumage Colour and its Variation
  18. Chapter 11 - Pair Formation and Female Choice
  19. Chapter 12 - Mating Systems
  20. Chapter 13 - Hybridization
  21. Chapter 14 - Breeding in Natural Cavities
  22. Appendix 01 - Morphology of the collared flycatcher and four subspecies of The Pied Flycatcher
  23. Appendix 02 - Diet of The Pied Flycatcher
  24. Appendix 03 - Breeding data for The Pied Flycatcher
  25. Appendix 04 - Return rates in different parts of europe
  26. Appendix 05 - Plumage colour of pied flycatcher males
  27. Appendix 06 - Polyterritorial bird species in europe
  28. Appendix 07 - Polyterritoriality distances
  29. Appendix 08 - Frequency of polygyny
  30. Appendix 09 - List of latin names
  31. References