Phylogenetic relationships of the Papuan Swiftlet Aerodramus papuensis and implications for the evolution of avian echolocation


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J. JORDAN PRICE, 1 * KEVIN P. JOHNSON, 2 SARAH E. BUSH 3 † & DALE H. CLAYTON 3 1 Department of Biology, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686, USA 2 Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820, USA 3 Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Purple Martin, Swallows and Swifts of North America

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Chimney Swift – small cigar-shaped body – flies fast and high over urban areas or low over lakes and rivers. Brown body. Twittering call.

In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.
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BREEDING OBSERVATIONS OF CAVE SWALLOWS (HIRUNDO FULVA)


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AT TWO CUBAN SITES Salvador Peris1 & A. Llanes2 1Department of Animal Biology-Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, 37071 Salamanca, Spain. 2Institute of Ecology and Systematic. Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba. Key words: Hirundo fulva, breeding, eggs, nest, Cuba.
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Experimental manipulation of tail length in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) affects their future reproductive success


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Previous studies have shown no significant effect of experimental tail length manipulation in female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) at the beginning of a breeding season on reproductive success or behavior during that breeding season.
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