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CARDINALS AND ALLIES

Family Cardinalidae

Chapter author: Christopher W. Thompson

Anderson, B.W., and R.J. Daugherty. 1974. Characteristics and reproductive biology of grosbeaks (Pheuticus) in the hybrid zone in South Dakota. Wilson Bulletin 86:1-11.

Anderson, M.E., and R.N. Conner. 1985. Northern Cardinal song in three forest habitats in eastern Texas. Wilson Bulletin 97:436-449.

Baker, M.C. 1991. Response of male Indigo and Lazuli buntings and their hybrids to song playback in allopatric and sympatric populations. Behaviour 119:225-242.

Baker, M.C., and A.E.M. Baker. 1988. Vocal and visual stimuli enabling copulation behavior in female buntings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23:105-108.

Baker, M.C., and A.E.M. Baker. 1990. Reproductive behavior of female buntings: Isolating mechanisms in a hybridizing pair of species. Evolution 44:332-338.

Baker, M.C., and J.T. Boylan. 1995. A catalog of song syllables of Indigo and Lazuli buntings. Condor 97:1028-1040.

Beddall, B.G. 1963. Range expansion of the cardinal and other birds in the northeastern states. Wilson Bulletin 75:140-158.

Belcher, J.W., and W.L. Thompson. 1969. Territorial defense and individual song recognition in the Indigo Bunting. Jack-Pine Warbler 47:76-83.

Blake, C.H. 1969. Notes on the Indigo Bunting. Bird-banding 40:133-139.

Bradley, H.L. 1948. A life history study of the Indigo Bunting. Jack-Pine Warbler 26:103-113.

Carey, M. An analysis of factors governing pair-bonding period and the onset of laying in Indigo Buntings. Journal of Field Ornithology 53:240-248.

Carey, M., and V. Nolan, Jr. 1979. Population dynamics of Indigo Buntings and the evolution of avian polygyny. Evolution 33:1180-1192.

Conner, R.N., M.E. Anderson, and J.G. Dickson. 1986. Relationships among territory size, habitat, song, and nesting success of Northern Cardinals. Auk 103:23-31.

Dawson, W.R. 1958. Relation of oxygen consumption and evaporative water loss to temperature in the Cardinal. Physiological Zoology 31:37-48.

Dittus, W.P., and R.E. Lemon. 1969. Effects of song tutoring and acoustic isolation on the song repertoires of cardinalids. Animal Behaviour 17:523-533.

Dittus, W.P., and R.E. Lemon. 1970. Auditory feedback in the singing of cardinals. Ibis 112:544-548.

Dow, D.D. 1969. Habitat utilization by cardinals in central and peripheral breeding populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 47:409-417.

Dow, D.D. 1969. Home range and habitat of the cardinal in peripheral and central populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 47:103-114.

Dow, D.D., and D.M. Scott. 1971. Dispersal and range expansion by the cardinal: An analysis of banding records. Canadian Journal of Zoology 49:185-198.

Eckerle, K.P., and R. Breitwisch. 1997. Reproductive success of the Northern Cardinal, a large host of Brown-headed Cowbirds. Condor 99:169-178.

Emlen, S.T. 1967. Migratory orientation in the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Part 1. Evidence for use of celestial cues. Auk 84:309-342.

Emlen, S.T. 1967. Migratory orientation in the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Part 2. Mechanism of celestial orientation. Auk 84:130-171.

Emlen, S.T. 1969. Bird migration: influence of physiological state upon celestial orientation. Science 165:716-718.

Emlen, S.T. 1970. Celestial rotation: its importance in the development of migratory orientation. Science 170:1198-1201.

Emlen, S.T. 1971. Geographic variation in Indigo Bunting song (Passerina cyanea). Animal Behaviour 19:407-408.

Emlen, S.T. 1971. The role of song in individual recognition in the Indigo Bunting. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 28:241-246.

Emlen, S.T. 1972. An experimental analysis of the parameters of bird song eliciting species recognition. Behaviour 41:130-171.

Emlen, S.T., J.D. Rising, and W.L. Thompson. 1975. A behavioral and morphological study of sympatry in the Indigo and Lazuli buntings of the Great Plains. Wilson Bulletin 87:145-179.

Emlen, S.T., W. Wiltschko, N.J. Demong, R. Wiltschko, and S. Bergman. 1976. Magnetic direction finding: Evidence for its use in migratory Indigo Buntings. Science 193:505-508.

Evans, D.L., and E.K. Bartels. 1983. Dickcissel (Spiza americana). Pages 311-318 in Impacts of coal surface mining on 25 migratory bird species of high federal interest (J.S. Armbruster, Ed.). FWS/OBS-83/35.

Filliater, T.S., and R. Breitwisch. 1997. Nesting provisioning by the extremely dichromatic Northern Cardinal. Wilson Bulletin 109:145-153.

Filliater, T.S., R. Breitwisch, and P.M. Nealen. 1994. Predation on cardinal nests: Does choice of a nest site matter? Condor 96:761-768.

Finck, E.J. 1984. Male Dickcissel behavior in primary and secondary habitats. Wilson Bulletin 96:672-680.

Fisk, E.J. 1974. Wintering populations of Painted Buntings in southern Florida. Bird-banding 45:353-359.

Fretwell, S. 1986. Distribution and abundance of the Dickcissel. Current Ornithology 4:211-242.

Gould, P.J. Territorial relationships between Cardinals and Pyrrhuloxias. Condor 63:246-256.

Gross, A.O. 1956. The recent reappearance of the Dickcissel (Spiza americana) in eastern North America. Auk 73:66-70.

Harmeson, J.P. 1974. Breeding ecology of the Dickcissel. Auk 91:348-359.

Hatch, S.A. 1983. Nestling growth relationships of Brown-headed Cowbirds and Dickcissels. Wilson Bulletin 95:669-671.

Hellack, J.J. 1976. Phenetic variation in the avian subfamily Cardinalinae. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 57:1-22.

Hellack, J.J., and G.D. Schnell. 1977. Phenetic analysis of the subfamily Cardinalinae using external and skeletal characters. Wilson Bulletin 89:130-148.

Hill, G.E. 1988. Age, plumage brightness, territory quality, and reproductive success in the Black-headed Grosbeak. Condor 90:379-388.

Hill, G.E. 1988. The function of delayed plumage maturation in male Black-headed Grosbeaks. Auk 105:1-10.

Hill, G.E. 1989. Late spring arrival and dull nuptial plumage: aggression avoidance by yearling males? Animal Behaviour 37:665-673.

Hinds, D.S., and W.A. Calder. 1973. Temperature regulation of the Pyrrhuloxia and the Arizona Cardinal. Physiological Zoology 46:55-71.

Hughes, J.P., R.J. Robel, K.E. Kemp, and J.L. Zimmerman. 1999. Effects of habitat on Dickcissel abundance and nest success in Conservation Reserve Program fields in Kansas. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:523-529.

Johnston, D.W. 1965. Ecology of the Indigo Bunting in Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28:199-211.

Johnston, D.W. 1967. The identification of autumnal Indigo Buntings. Bird-banding 38:211-214.

Johnston, D.W. 1970. Age and sex distribution in Indigo Buntings. Bird-banding 41:113-118.

Johnston, D.W., and A.C. Downer. 1968. Migratory features of the Indigo Bunting in Jamaica and Florida. Bird-banding 39:277-293.

Klicka, J., A.J. Fry, R.M. Zink, and C.W. Thompson. 2001. A cytochrome b perspective on Passerina bunting relationships. Auk 118:611-623.

Kroodsma, R.L. 1974. Species-recognition behavior of territorial male Rose-breasted and Black-headed Grosbeaks (Pheucticus). Auk 91:55-64.

Kroodsma, R.L. 1974. Hybridization in grosbeaks (Pheucticus) in North Dakota. Wilson Bulletin 86:230-236.

Kroodsma, R.L. 1975. Hybridization in buntings (Passerina) in North Dakota and eastern Montana. Auk 92:66-80.

Lanyon, S.M., and C.F. Thompson. 1984. Visual displays and their context in the Painted Bunting. Wilson Bulletin 96:396-407.

Lanyon, S.M., and C.F. Thompson. 1986. Site fidelity and habitat quality as determinants of settlement pattern in male Painted Buntings. Condor 88:206-210.

Lemon, R.E. 1965. The song repertoires of cardinals (Richmondena cardinalis) at London, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43:559-569.

Lemon, R.E. 1966. Geographic variation in the song of cardinals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 44:413-428.

Lemon, R.E. 1967. The response of cardinals to songs of different dialects. Animal Behaviour 15:538-545.

Lemon, R.E. 1968. The displays and call notes of cardinals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 46:141-151.

Lemon, R.E. 1968. The relation between organization and function of song in cardinals. Behaviour 32:158-178.

Lemon, R.E. 1974. Song dialects, song matching and species recognition by Cardinals, Richmondena cardinalis. Ibis 116:545-548.

Lemon, R.E. 1975. How birds develop song dialects. Condor 77:385-406.

Lemon, R.E. 1975. Repetitions and pattern switches in songs of Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 38:294-303.

Lemon, R.E., and C. Chatfield. 1971. Organization of song in cardinals. Animal Behaviour 19:1-17.

Lemon, R.E., and C. Chatfield. 1973. Organization of song of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Animal Behaviour 21:28-44.

Lemon, R.E., and A. Herzog. 1969. The vocal behavior of cardinals and pyrrhuloxias in Texas. Condor 71:1-15.

Lemon, R.E., and D.M. Scott. 1966. On the development of song in young cardinals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 44:191-197.

Linville, S.U., and R. Breitwisch. 1997. Carotenoid availability and plumage coloration in a wild population of Northern Cardinals. Auk 114:796-800.

Linville, S.U., R. Breitwisch, and A.J. Schilling. 1998. Plumage brightness as an indicator of parental care in male and female Northern Cardinals. Animal Behaviour 55:119-127.

Long, C.A., C.F. Long, J. knops, and D.H. Matulionis. 1965. Reproduction in the Dickcissel. Wilson Bulletin 77:251-256.

Margoliash, D., C. Staicer, and S.A. Inoue. 1991. Stereotyped and plastic song in adult Indigo Buntings, Passerina cyanea. Animal Behaviour 42:367-388.

McElroy, D.B., and G. Ritchison. 1996. Effect of mate removal on singing behavior and movement patterns in female Northern Cardinals. Wilson Bulletin 108:550-555.

Meanley, B. 1963. Nesting ecology and habits of the Dickcissel on the Arkansas Grand Prairie. Wilson Bulletin 75:280.

Nealen, P.M., and R. Breitwisch. 1997. Northern Cardinal sexes defend nests equally. Wilson Bulletin 109:269-278.

Parkes, K.C. 1997. The Northern Cardinals of the Caribbean slope of Mexico, with description of an additional subspecies from Yucatan. Pages 129-138 in The Era of Alan R. Phillips: A Festschrift (R.W. Dickerman, Ed.), Horizon Communications, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Parmelee, D.F. 1959. The breeding behavior of the Painted Bunting in southern Oklahoma. Bird-banding 30:1-18.

Parmelee, D.F. 1964. Survival in the Painted Bunting. Living Bird 3:5-7.

Payne, R.B. 1981. Song learning and social interaction in Indigo Buntings. Animal Behaviour 29:688-697.

Payne, R.B. 1982. Ecological consequences of song matching: breeding success and intraspecific song mimicry in Indigo Buntings. Ecology 63:401-411.

Payne, R.B. 1983. The social context of song mimicry: song-matching dialects in Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea). Animal Behaviour 31:788-805.

Payne, R.B. 1989. Indigo Bunting. Pages 153-172 in Lifetime reproductive success in birds (I. Newton, Ed.), Academic Press, London.

Payne, R.B. 1991. Natal dispersal and population structure in a migratory songbird, the Indigo Bunting. Evolution 45:49-62.

Payne, R.B., and L.L. Payne. 1989. Heritability estimates and behaviour observations: extra-pair matings in Indigo Buntings. Animal Behaviour 38:457-467.

Payne, R.B., and L.L. Payne. 1990. Survival estimates of Indigo Buntings: comparison of banding recoveries and local observations. Condor 92:938-946.

Payne, R.B., and L.L. Payne. 1993. Breeding dispersal in Indigo Buntings: Circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure. Condor 95:1-24.

Payne, R.B., and D.F. Westneat. 1988. A genetic and behavioral analysis of mate choice and song neighborhoods in Indigo Buntings. Evolution 42:935-947.

Payne, R.B., L.L. Payne, and S.M. Doehlert. 1987. Song, mate choice and the question of kin recognition in a migratory songbird. Animal Behaviour 35:35-47.

Payne, R.B., L.L. Payne, and S.M. Doehlert. 1988. Biological and cultural success of song memes in Indigo Buntings. Ecology 69:104-117.

Payne, R.B., W.L. Thompson, K.L. Fiala, and L.L. Sweany. 1981. Local song traditions in Indigo Buntings: Cultural transmission of behavior patterns across generations. Behaviour 77:199-221.

Quay, W.B. 1987. Physical characteristics and arrival times of Indigo Buntings in eastern Missouri. North American Bird Bander 12:2-7.

Rice, J.O., and W.L. Thompson. 1968. Song development in the Indigo Bunting. Animal Behaviour 16:462-469.

Ritchison, G. 1983. Response of Black-headed Grosbeaks to songs of conspecifics. Wilson Bulletin 95:132-138.

Ritchison, G. 1983. The function of singing in female Black-headed Grosbeaks (Pheucticus melanocephalus): Family-group maintenance. Auk 100:105-116.

Ritchison, G. 1983. Breeding biology of the Black-headed Grosbeak in northern Utah. Western Birds 14:159-167.

Ritchison, G. 1986. The singing behavior of female Northern Cardinals. Condor 88:156-159.

Ritchison, G. 1988. Song repertoires and the singing behavior of male Northern Cardinals. Wilson Bulletin 100:583-603.

Ritchison, G., P.H. Klatt, and D.F. Westneat. 1994. Mate-guarding and extra-pair paternity in Northern Cardinal. Condor 96:1055-1063.

Rohwer, S. 1986. A previously unknown plumage of first-year Indigo Buntings and theories for delayed plumage maturation. Auk 103:281-292.

Schartz, R.L., and J.L. Zimmerman. 1971. The time and energy budget of the male Dickcissel (Spiza americana). Condor 73:65-76.

Scott, D.M., R.E. Lemon, and J.A. Darley. 1987. Relaying interval after nest failure in Gray Catbirds and Northern Cardinals. Wilson Bulletin 99:708-712.

Shiovitz, K.A. 1975. The process of species-specific song recognition in the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) and its relationship to the organization of avian acoustical behaviour. Behaviour 55:128-179.

Shiovitz, K.A., and W.L. Thompson. 1970. Geographic variation in song composition of the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Animal Behaviour 18:151-158.

Sibley, C.G., and L.L. Short, Jr. 1959. Hybridization in the buntings (Passerina) of the Great Plains. Auk 76:443-463.

Storer, R.W., and D.A. Zimmerman. 1959. Variation in the Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) with special reference to the Mexican population. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 609:1-13.

Storer, R.W. 1951. Variation in the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), with special reference to wintering populations. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 532:1-12.

Tamplin, J.W., J.W. Demastes, and J.V. Remsen, Jr. 1993. Biochemical and morphometric relationships among some members of the Cardinalidae. Wilson Bulletin 105:93-113.

Taylor, W.K., B.H. Anderson, and H.M. Stevenson. 1989. Breeding range extension of the Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, and Blue Grosbeak in Florida with new records for Seminole County. Florida Field Naturalist 17:1-10.

Thompson, C.W. 1991. The sequence of molts and plumages of Painted Buntings and implications for theories of delayed plumage maturation. Condor 93:209-235.

Thompson, C.W. 1991. Is the Painted Bunting actually two species? Problems determining species limits between allopatric populations. Condor 93:987-1000.

Thompson, C. W., and M. Leu. 1994. Determining homology of molts and plumages to address evolutionary questions: a rejoinder regarding emberizid finches. Condor 96:769-782.

Thompson, C.W, and M. Leu. 1995. Molts and plumages of Orange-breasted Buntings: Implications for theories of male and female delayed plumage maturation. Auk 112:1-19.

Thompson, W.L. 1968. The songs of five species of Passerina. Behaviour 31:261-287.

Thompson, W.L. 1969. Song recognition by territorial male buntings (Passerina). Animal Behaviour 17:658-663.

Thompson, W.L. 1970. Song variation in a population of Indigo Buntings. Auk 87:58-71.

Thompson, W.L. 1972. Singing behavior of the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 31:39-59.

Thompson, W.L. 1976. Vocalizations of the Lazuli Bunting. Condor 78:195-207.

Thompson, W.L., and J.O. Rice. 1970. Calls of the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 27:35-46.

Todd, W.E.C. 1923. A review of the genus Cyanocompsa. Auk 40:58-69.

West, D.A. 1962. Hybridization in grosbeaks (Pheucticus) of the Great Plains. Auk 79:399-424.

Westneat, D.F. 1987. Extra-pair copulations in a predominantly monogamous bird: Observations of behavior. Animal Behaviour 35:865-876.

Westneat, D.F. 1987. Extra-pair fertilizations in a predominantly monogamous bird: Genetic evidence. Animal Behaviour 35:877-886.

Westneat, D.F. 1988. Male parental care and extra-pair copulations in the Indigo Bunting. Auk 105:149-160.

Westneat, D.F. 1988. The relationship among polygyny, male parental care, and female breeding success in the Indigo Bunting. Auk 105:372-374.

Westneat, D.F. 1989. Intensity of nest defense in Indigo Buntings increases with stage and not number of visits. Auk 106:747-749.

Westneat, D.F. 1990. Genetic parentage in the Indigo Bunting: A study using DNA fingerprinting. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27:67-76.

Weston, H.G. 1947. Breeding behavior of the Black-headed Grosbeak. Condor 49:54-73.

Wiltschko, W., R. Wiltschko, S.T. Emlen, and N.J. Demong. 1980. Nocturnal activity and orientation behavior during spring migration and early summer in the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. Journal of Comparative Physiology 137:47-49.

Wolfenbarger, L.L. 1999. Red coloration of male Northern Cardinals correlates with mate quality and territory quality. Behavioral Ecology 10:80-90.

Yamaguchi, A. 1998. A sexually dimorphic learned birdsong in the Northern Cardinal. Condor 100:504-511.

Yamaguchi, A. 1998. Can a sexually dimorphic learned birdsong be used for male-female recognition? Behaviour 135:833-844.

Young, B.E. 1991. Annual molts and interruption of the fall migration for molting in Lazuli Buntings. Condor 93:236-250.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1966. Effects of extended tropical photoperiod and temperature on the Dickcissel 68:377-387.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1966. Polygyny in the Dickcissel. Auk 83:534-546.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1971. The territory and its density dependent effect in Spiza americana. Auk 88:591-612.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1982. Nesting success of Dickcissels (Spiza americana) in preferred and less preferred habitats. Auk 99:292-298.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1983. Cowbird parasitism of Dickcissels in different habitats and at different nest densities. Wilson Bulletin 95:7-22.

Zimmerman, J.L. 1984. Nest predation and its relationship to habitat and nest density in Dickcissels. Condor 86:68-72.