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9SS Bioone Complete 9SS BioOne complete Description of First Basic Plumage of Three Muscicapid Species Found in the Southeastern Sub-Himalayan Foothills, with Notes on Their Taxonomy and Ecology Authors: Renner, Swen C., Conservation Ecology Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, USA, and Rappole, John H., Conservation Ecology Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, USA Source: Ornithological Monographs No. 70 Published By: American Ornithological Society URL: https://doi.org/10.1525/om.2011.70.1.142 BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Complete website, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/terms-of-use. Usage of BioOne Complete content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Downloaded From: https://bioone.org/ebooks on 1/14/2019 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use Access provided by University of New Mexico Ornithological Monographs Volume (2011), No. 70, 142-152 © The American Ornithologists' Union, 2011. Printed in USA. CHAPTER 7 DESCRIPTION OF FIRST BASIC PLUMAGE OF THREE MUSCICAPID SPECIES FOUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SUB-HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS, WITH NOTES ON THEIR TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY Sw e n C. R e n n e r 1 2/3 a n d Jo h n H. R a p p o l e 1 ^-Conservation Ecology Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, USA; and institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany Abstract.—Many species in Southeast Asia are hardly known in many aspects (biology, ecology, distribution, plumage characteristics), especially in the southeastern sub-Himalayan Mountains in the border region of Myanmar, China, northeast India, and Tibet. During a September 2005 survey of Naung Mung, Putao District, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar, we obtained specimens of three species evidently in first basic plumage, for which this plumage type was new, hardly known, or significantly different from that seen in specimens in collections or descriptions in the literature. After thorough examination, we identified these specimens as immature members of the following muscicapid species: White-tailed Robin (Myiomela leucura), including both a light and darker plum­ age type; Large Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis magnirostris); and Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata). We discuss some taxonomic and biological implications of our findings. Key words: Burma, Cyornis magnirostris, Ficedula strophiata, first basic plumage, immature, India, Myanmar, Myiomela leucura, Southeast Asia, taxonomy. Descripción del Primer Plumaje Básico de Tres especies de Muscicapidae del Piedemonte Sub-Himalayo del Sudeste, con Notas sobre su Taxonomía y Ecología Resumen.—Muchas especies del sudeste de Asia son muy poco conocidas en muchos aspectos (biología, ecología, distribución, características del plumaje), especialmente en la parte sudeste de las montañas sub-Himalayas cerca de las fronteras entre Birmania (Myanmar), China, el noreste de India y el Tibet. Durante un muestreo realizado en septiembre de 2005 en Naung Mung, en el distrito de Putao, estado de Kachin, norte de Birmania, obtuvimos especimenes de tres espe­ cies que se encontraban evidentemente en su primer plumaje básico, para las cuales ese tipo de plumaje era nuevo, poco conocido o significativamente diferente del conocido por especímenes de colecciones o por descripciones encontradas en la literatura. Después de un examen exhaus­ tivo, identificamos a estos especímenes como miembro inmaduros de las siguientes especies de Muscicapidae: Myiomela leucura, incluyendo tanto un plumaje claro como uno más oscuro, Cyornis magnirostris y Ficedula strophiata. Discutimos algunas implicaciones taxonómicas y biológicas de nuestros hallazgos. The Hkakabo Razi National Park and its sur­ et al. 1999, Rappole et al. 2005, Renner et al. 2007). roundings in northern Kachin State, Myanmar Among the first and, for a long time, the only ones (the former Burma), is one of the most remote and were Lord Cranbrook, R. Kaulback, F. Kingdon- inaccessible regions in the world; few biologists Ward, B. C. Smythies, and G. Forrest, while they have had the chance to sample there (Rabinowitz were collecting samples of plants, birds, and 3E-mail: [email protected] Ornithological Monographs, Number 70, pages 142-152. ISBN: 978-0-943610-86-3. © 2011 by The American Ornithologists' Union. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions website, http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintInfo.asp. DOI: 10.1525/om.2011.70.1.142. 142 Downloaded From: https://bioone.org/ebooks on 1/14/2019 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use Access provided by University of New Mexico IMMATURE PLUMAGE DESCRIPTIONS FOR BIRDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 143 mammals for the Vernay-Cutting expedition and just recently left the nest, most likely molting (Kingdon-Ward 1921, 1930, 1949; Stanford and into their first prebasic plumage for the winter. Ticehurst 1935a, b, 1938a, b, c, d, 1939a, b; Tice- We spent most of our time mist netting in the hurst 1939; Stanford and Mayr 1940, 1941a, b, vicinity of the township capital of Naung Mung, c, d; Chapters 2 and 6, present volume). All these and at Nam Ti Rest House and Maza. We had a collections were made mainly during the dryer non­ total of 25 mist nets, all 12 x 2.6 m and of differ­ breeding season (Chapters 2 and 6, present volume), ent mesh sizes (20 at 30 mm, 3 at 26 mm, and 2 when travel in the region is more feasible. at 61 mm). Nets were set at five localities around After a long period of war, revolution, and the town of Naung Mung, one at the Rest Houses political turmoil during which travel to the re­ in Maza, and at two localities near Nam Ti Rest gion was restricted, Western and Myanmar or­ House. On most days, nets were opened (first nithologists had the chance to visit the almost net) at 0630 hours and closed at 1630 hours (clos­ untouched primary forests of the Naung Mung ing first net). Individuals of species with samples area (Rappole et al. 2005, 2008; Renner et al. 2007, of more than five specimens in our reference col­ 2008; Chapter 2, present volume). During five lection (National Museum of Natural History intensive sampling trips to the region by our [NMNH], Smithsonian Institution) were released, party, a new species was discovered (Rappole et except for those species for which we had ques­ al. 2005), and further undetermined taxa wait to tions concerning their taxonomy or some other be analyzed (compare Renner et al. 2008, 2009). aspect of their biology. Specimens were saved as Here, we describe first basic plumage character­ study skins, whole bodies preserved in formalin, istics of three muscicapid species on the basis of skeletons, and tissue samples. A photo was taken specimens collected during the postbreeding sea­ of at least every captured species, but most times son (wet season), all of which are new or different from all captures. from specimens in collections or descriptions in All exported specimens were analyzed in com­ the literature. We analyze the systematic status of parison with specimens representing neighboring these three species—the White-tailed Robin (My- regions of India, China, Tibet, and Myanmar, in iomela leucura), including both a light and darker an attempt to determine the ornitho-geographic plumage type; the Large Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis relationships of the southeastern Himalayan magnirostris); and the Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher and sub-Himalayan region of extreme northern (Ficedula strophiata)—and add notes on their ecol­ Myanmar (cf. Chapter 8, present volume). ogy and biology. We took several measurements from the speci­ mens and compared the morphometrics with Methods those from museum collections (for details and acronyms, see Acknowledgments). With a digital We visited Naung Mung (for synonymies and caliper, we measured the bill length from tip to localities, see Chapter 6, present volume) and the operculum, bill width at operculum, wing length Hkakabo Razi National Park in February-March (unflattened) from tip to bow, tarsus, and inner­ 2001, February 2004, September 2005, March 2006, and outermost rectrix to the nearest of 0.5 mm and July 2006 (results of the latter visit are de­ (Table 1). Because we have only a small sample scribed in more detail in Chapter 5 of the pres­ size for Cyornis magnirostris, any statistical test is ent volume) to survey the bird community. All not permitted here. For morphometric compari­ individuals captured were examined for obvious son between localities of Ficedula strophiata we plumage differences from descriptions in field had enough samples from different
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