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Table 1 Nests of Spectacled Parrotbill in Lianhuashan Nature Reserve, Gansu Province, China

From: The breeding biology of endemic Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillatus) in Lianhuashan National Nature Reserve, Gansu Province, China

Nest ID

Date found

Status when found

Date of first egg

Clutch size

Nestlings

Fledglings

Nest fate

1

25 May 2013

Incubation

18 May 2013b

5

5

5

Success

2

18 April 2014

Egg laying

18 April 2014a

5

4

4

Success

3

24 April 2014

Incubation

18 April 2014b

5

 

0

Eggs destroyed

4

28 April 2014

Nest complete

1 May 2014a

5

3

0

Nestlings preyed

5

27 May 2014

Nest complete

30 May 2014a

3

 

0

Eggs destroyed

6

16 May 2014

Nestling period

30 April 2014b

4

4

0

Nestlings preyed

7

5 June 2014

Nestling period

17 May 2014b

3

3

3

Success

8

19 April 2015

Nest complete

11 April 2015a

4

 

0

Abandoned

9

19 April 2015

Early construction

23 April 2015a

2

 

0

Abandonedc

10

8 May 2015

Egg laying

5 May 2015b

5

5

5

Success

11

4 May 2015

Incubation

13 April 2015b

4

 

0

Eggs destroyed

12

14 May 2015

Nestling period

23 April 2015b

5

5

5

Success

13

29 July 2015

Nestling fledging

28 June 2015b

   

Success

14

13 June 2015

Incubation

27 May 2015b

5

   

15

13 April 2015

Nest empty

     

16

27 April 2015

Nest empty

     
  1. aEstimated laying date of first egg
  2. bThe observed laying date of first egg
  3. cNest No. 9 was abandoned due to frequent visit, and was excluded in the calculation of clutch size