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Table 2 Clutch size and duration of incubation and nestling periods

From: Breeding strategies of open-cup-nesting birds in sub-Antarctic forests of Navarino Island, Chile

 

Clutch size

Incubation (days)

Nestling (days)

P. patagonicus

3.5 ± 0.3 (11)

13.4 ± 1.0 (5)

15.5 ± 0.9 (5)

A. parulus

3.0 ± 0.2 (7)

15.5 ± 2.5 (2)

16.1 ± 0.4 (4)

T. falcklandii a

3.2 ± 0.2 (5)

16.5 ± 0.5 (2)

E. albiceps

2.2 ± 0.1 (18)

14.5 ± 0.9 (3)

16.1 ± 0.4 (6)

Z. capensis

3.0 ± 0.1 (23)

11.3 ± 0.3 (2)

12.3 ± 0.2 (6)

  1. Data are expressed as means ±1 SE with sample size in parenthesis. aWe were not able to determine the exact incubation period because all the nests found were either in the incubation or nestling period