Marked population increase in Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps in response to cowbird control

作者：Krabbe Niels^*; Juina Mery; Sornoza Aldo Fernando

来源：Journal of Ornithology, 2011, 152(2): 219-222.

DOI：10.1007/s10336-010-0567-z

• Ecuador
• Atlapetes pallidiceps
• Critically endangered
• Population status
• Cowbird control

The Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps is an emberizine finch that is confined to south-central Ecuador and critically endangered owing to cowbird parasitism and habitat loss. We report a marked increase in numbers of brush-finches after seven years of cowbird control, confirming that brood parasitism had been an important limiting factor, and that shooting with firearms can be an effective method of controlling local cowbird parasitism.

• 出版日期2011-4