Six-egg clutches of the Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus

Authors
Dinsmore, SJ Knopf, FL
Citation
Sj. Dinsmore et Fl. Knopf, Six-egg clutches of the Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus, CAN FIELD-N, 113(3), 1999, pp. 516-517
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
516 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(199907/09)113:3<516:SCOTMP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Three six-egg clutches of the Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) represe nt the largest clutch size ever reported for this declining Great Plains sh orebird. Clutch size in this species is normally three eggs, and six-egg cl utches probably represent the laying of a second clutch in the nest by the same female.