Sex determination of straw-headed bulbul offspring was carried out from 27 offspring’s plucked feather samples in a captive breeding program. Using direct PCR, this study provided more evidences that are reliable as source DNA for non-invasive and effective molecular sexing. The also revealed the sex ratio slightly inclined towards males, but there no significant difference value 0.5.

Songbirds are important models for the study of social behaviour and communication. To complement the recent genome sequencing of the domesticated zebra finch, we sequenced the brain transcriptome of a closely related songbird species, the violet-eared waxbill (Uraeginthus granatina). Both the zebra finch and violet-eared waxbill are members of the family Estrildidae, but differ markedly in the...

Ruby-throated Bulbul Rubigula dispar, currently Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List owing to trade pressure, is considered monotypic across its range three Sundaic islands in Indonesia: Sumatra, Java and Bali. However, examination of photographs museum specimen labels measurement 37 Sumatran 50 Javan specimens indicate that birds from Sumatra differ those (type locality) Bali exhibiting a variably ...

Four new species of feather mites belonging to three different genera of the family Pteronyssidae are described from passerine birds of South Africa: Pteroherpus africanus sp. n. from the garden bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines) (Pycnonotidae), Pteroherpus cysticolae sp. n. from the wing-snapped cisticola Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub (Sylviidae), Pteronyssoides promeropis sp. n. from the ...

The seasonally determined demographic structure of two semi-arid rodents, both agricultural pest species (the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini) in Chile and the multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) in Tanzania), is analysed using capture-mark-recapture (CMR) statistical models and measures for elasticity (the relative change in the growth rate due to a relative unit change in the paramet...

Anderson, T.W., M.A. Tiffany and S.H. Hurlbert. 2007. Stratification, sulfide, worms, and decline of the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) at the Salton Sea, California. Lake Reserv. Manage. 23:500–517. Over the last half century the Salton Sea has been an important migratory stopover site for the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis). However, in recent years there have been sporadic mass mortal...

Ammannia auriculata Willd. (eared redstem) has become one of the most troublesome weeds in paddy rice China. Resistance to bensulfuron-methyl (BSM) spread extensively this species. Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted determine how eared redstem biotype density affect competition against rice. In greenhouse experiment, five treatments tested: a BSM-susceptible at low (58 plants m−2, ...

ABsrnAcr.-Rafinesque's big-eared bats (Cc1)'llOrhinus mjinesquit) use bridges as day roosts in parts of their range, but information on bridge use across their range is lacking. From May to Aug. 2002 we surveyed 1129 bridges (12.5%) within all 46 counties of South Carolina to determine use and selection of bridges as day roosts by big-eared bats and to document their distribution across the sta...

Traffic noise reduces foraging time and effort in greater mouse-eared bats, presumably by masking rustling sounds made by moving arthropods. Anthropogenic noise is becoming a major concern in conservation biology.