The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior - References |
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WAGTAILS
AND PIPITS Family Motacillidae Chapter authors: Alex Badyaev and Paul Hendricks [Author’s note: the references on biology of Motacilla lugens and M. ocularis (all Japanese references) and east-Siberian ones are the most relevant to North American wagtail biology.] Bent, A. C. 1950. Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos, and their allies. United States National Museum Bulletin 197. Bell, C. P. 1996. Seasonality and time allocation as causes of leap-frog migration in the Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava. Journal of Avian Biology 27:334-342. Broom, D. M., W. J. A. Dick, C. E. Johnson, D. I. Sales, and A. Zahavi. 1976. Pied wagtail roosting and feeding behaviour. Bird Study 23:267-279. Cuadrado, M. 1994. Flycatching behaviour in some passerines during the late breeding season at Ammarnäs, Swedish Lapland. Ornis Svecica 4:25-30. Czikeli, H. 1985. Biochemical genetics in the yellow wagtail complex: Conservative avian protein evolution confirmed by isoelectric focusing. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 12:171-178. Davies, N. B. 1977. Prey selection and social behaviour in wagtails (Aves: Motacillidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 46:37-57. Davies, N. B., AND A. I. Houston. 1981. Owners and satellites: the economics of territory defence in the Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba. Journal of Animal Ecology 50:157-180. Davies, N. B., AND A. I. Houston. 1983. Time allocation between territories and flocks and owner-satellite conflict in foraging Pied Wagtails, Motacilla alba. Journal of Animal Ecology 52:621-634. Gavrilov, V. V. 1991. Time and energy budget of a pair of White Wagtails (Motacilla alba) during prenesting period. Ornitologia 25:62-68. Gavrilov, V. V. 1991. The equation of growth of White Wagtail nestlings near northernmost area of distribution. Ornitologia 25:183-185. Hall, B. P. 1961. The taxonomy and identification of pipits (genus Anthus). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 7:243-289. Hendricks, P. 1987. Habitat use by nesting Water Pipits (Anthus spinoletta): a test of the snowfield hypothesis. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:313-320. Hendricks, P. 1987. Foraging patterns of Water Pipits (Anthus spinoletta) with nestlings. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65:1522-1529. Higuchi, H., and T. Hirano. 1981. Breeding records and breeding habitats of the White Wagtail Motacilla alba in Tochigi Prefecture. Tori 29:121-128. Higuchi, H., and T. Hirano. 1983. Comparative ecology of White and Japanese wagtails, Motacilla alba and M. grandis, in winter. Tori 32:1-11. Higuchi, H., and T. Hirano. 1989. Breeding season, courtship behaviour, and territoriality of White and Japanese wagtails Motacilla alba and M. grandis. Ibis 131:578-588. Higuchi, T., and H. Hirano. 1986. Dominance hierarchy among wagtail and pipit species living along streams. Japan. Journal of Ornithology 35:79-80. Howell, S. N. G. 1990. Identification of White and Black-backed wagtails in alternate plumage. Western Birds 21:41-49. Källander, H. 1992. Commensal feeding associations between Yellow Wagtails Motacilla flava and cattle. Ibis 135:97-100. Kessel, B. 1989. Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. University of Alaska Press. Fairbanks, AK. King, B.1981. The field identification of North American pipits. American Birds 35:778-788. Knox, A. 1988. Taxonomy of the Rock/Water Pipit superspecies Anthus petrosus, spinoletta and rubescens. British Birds 81:206-211. Leinonen, M. 1973. On the breeding biology of the White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) in central Finland. Ornis Fennica 50:53-82. Mason, C. F., and F. Lyczynski. 1980. Breeding biology of the Pied and Yellow wagtails. Bird Study 27:1-10. Miller, J. H., and M. T. Green. 1987. Distribution, status, and origin of Water Pipits breeding in California. Condor 89:788-797. Morlan, J. 1981. Status and identification of forms of White Wagtails in western North America. Continental Birdlife 2:37-50. Nazarenko, A. A. 1968. On the character of interrelations of two forms of Pied Wagtails in south Ussuriland. Problemi evolutsii 1:195-201. Phillips, A. R. 1991. The known birds of North and Middle America. Part II. Privately published. Denver, CO. Rezanov, A. G. 1981. Feeding behavior and modes of feeding in the White Wagtail Motacilla alba (Passeriformes, Motacillidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 60:548-556. Robbins, M. B. 1998. Display behavior of male Sprague’s Pipits. Wilson Bulletin 110:435-438. Serra, L. 1992. Ageing criteria and moult conditions in the Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava, during spring migration. Rivista Italiana Ornitologia 62:22-28. Simms, E. 1992. British larks, pipits and wagtails. Harper Collins, London. Sutter, G. C. 1997. Nest-site selection and nest-entrance orientation in Sprague’s Pipit. Wilson Bulletin 109:462-469. Sutton, G. M., and D. F. Parmelee. 1954. Survival problems of the Water-Pipit in Baffin Island. Arctic 7:81-92. Verbeek, N. A. M. 1970. Breeding ecology of the Water Pipit. Auk 87:425-451. Wagner, G. F. 1991. Black-backed Wagtail nests on Attu Island, Alaska. American Birds 45:53-55. Watanabe, M. and N. Maruyama. 1977. Wintering ecology of White Wagtail Motacilla alba lugens in the middle stream of Tama River. Miscellaneous Report of the Yamashina Inst. Ornithol. 9:20-43. Wood, B. 1978. Changes in numbers of over-wintering Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava and their food supplies in a West African savanna. Ibis 121:228-231. Wood, B. 1982. The trans-Saharan spring migration of Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava). Journal of Zoology 197:267-283. Wood, B. 1992. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava migration from west Africa to Europe: pointers towards a conservation strategy for migrants on passage. Ibis 134, suppl. 1:66-76. Yakovleva, G. A., T. A. Rimkevich, and G. A. Noskov. 1987. Comparative characteristics of post-embriotic development of post-juvenile molt of White Wagtails (Motacilla alba L.) from early and late broods. Vestnik Leningr. University 2:12-20. Zahavi, A. 1971. The social behaviour of the White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba wintering in Israel. Ibis 113:203-211. Zink, R. M., S. Rohwer, A. V. Andreev, and D. L. Dittman. 1995. Trans-Beringia comparisons of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in birds. Condor 97:639-649. |
