Artificial nesting success and nest building behavior of common myna, Acridotheres tristis using paper/plastic

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1 Pakistan Forest Institute Peshawar, Peshawar City, Pakistan

2 Department of Zoology, University of Sindh Jamshoro, Sindh Pakistan

10.22124/cjes.2022.6097

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the nesting success and nest building behavior of myna, Acridotheres tristis, using paper/plastic Myna in artificial nest. The boxes were placed at different sites, including University Town, Rahat Abad and Qadir Abad in Peshawar City, Pakistan. The artificial nests were designed 56 × 22 cm and 21 × 16 cm in dimension with respective opening of 8 cm and 7 cm. Total number of artificial nests were 55, therein, number of successful next recorded 42 and unsuccessful 13. Artificial nests were installed in breeding season of common myna. Total nesting success was 85.71 in March-April; 68.18 in May-June and 78.94 in July-August 2022. Nest losses were recorded during six months (March to August). Total success rate (%) was 76.36% and the mean (± SD) number of plastic collected as nesting material per day was 18.8 ± 3.12.

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Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
Volume 20, Issue 5
Special Issue: Economical Aspects of Environmental Studies
December 2022
Pages 1159-1162

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