Skip to main content

Table 1 ANWC nests used in humidification experiment

From: Collection, curation and the use of humidification to restore nest shape in a research museum bird nest collection

Species ANWC registration number Nest type Nest materials
Melanocharis longicauda N00325 Dome Moss, plant fibre, fern hairs
Melidectes belfordi N00324 Cup Plant fibre, grass, stems, green moss, fern hairs
Microptilotis albonotata N00334 Cup Fine grasses, moss, animal hair, cobwebs, seed plumes
Microptilotis orientalis N00304 Cup Fine stems, cobwebs, moss, leaflets, seed down
Pachycephala soror N00290 Cup Rootlets, fine tendrils, ferns, leafy liverworts
Pycnopygius cinereus N00323 Cup Coarse grasses, leaves, cobweb, lichen, fine grass
Pycnopygius cinereus N00333 Cup Leaves, fibres, rootlets, fine grass stems
Rhipidura cockerelli N00303 Cup Fine grass, cobwebs
Symposiachrus axillaris N00357 Cup Fern stems, fine rootlets, green moss
Symposiachrus guttula N00315 Cup Green fern fibres, fern rootlets
Toxorhamphus poliopterus N00299 Cup Algae, cobwebs, cocoons, plant down
  1. All nests were collected in Papua New Guinea in the 1960s and 70s, and were compressed during storage until the time of the experiment
Back to article page

Avian Research

ISSN: 2053-7166