Eastern Whipbird breeding system?

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Subject:	Eastern Whipbird breeding system?
From:	Andrew Taylor <>
Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:23:32 +1100

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:47:13PM +1000,  wrote:
> 2/ they raise young differently from the description in the NPI essay...?

A recent study,  http://publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO04001.htm , observed
the same thing - each parent cares exclusively for 1 fledgling.
Maybe this behaviour is not consistent across Whipbird range or maybe
its an abnormal context - such as 1 parent dead.

Also just published from the same researchers is an explanation for why
Whipbirds duet - essentially the female is warning other females to stay
away from their mate:
http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/182?etoc

Andrew
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