Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Biogeography and life history of Turnix suscitator Gmelin, 1789

1991; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1439-0469.1991.tb01633.x

1439-0469

J. Matthias Starck,

Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary ResearchVolume 29, Issue 3 p. 213-237 Biogeography and life history of Turnix suscitator Gmelin, 1789 Small adult body size as a consequence of selection for rapid growth J.M. Starck, Corresponding Author J.M. StarckAuthor's address: Dr. rer. nat. J. Matthias Starck, Zoologisches Institut – Spezielle Zoologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, W-7400 Tübingen, FRGSearch for more papers by this author J.M. Starck, Corresponding Author J.M. StarckAuthor's address: Dr. rer. nat. J. Matthias Starck, Zoologisches Institut – Spezielle Zoologie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, W-7400 Tübingen, FRGSearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1991 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.1991.tb01633.xCitations: 15AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract Turnicidae are a small palaeotropical avian family which shows some interesting features uncommon for birds. They are extremely small birds, with a short incubation, have nidifugous young which have to be fed for 10 days and grow very rapidly. Turnicidae display a reversed sexual dimorphism and generally are supposed to mate in a polyandric mating system. – Systematic, biogeographic and life history data from the literature and museum collections of Turnix suscitator are reviewed. A complete list of Turnix suscitator subspecies is given. New, statistically reliable data on reversed sexual size dimorphism are presented. The breeding of Turnix suscitator suscitator in captivity is described and extensive, statistically reliable data on egg size, clutch size, incubation time and postnatal growth rate are presented. Based on this information, the growth data are fitted to a Gompertz growth curve and the dynamics of postnatal growth are analysed. From allometric considerations of the relation between egg size and body size as well as postnatal growth rate and body size it is proposed, that Turnix has been selected for a rapid development, so that its minuteness is only a by-product of developmental constraints. Zusammenfassung Turniciden (Laufhühnchen) sind eine kleine paläotropische Vogelfamilie, deren Biologie einige interessante und ungewöhnliche Elemente zeigt. Es sind sehr kleine Vögel, mit einer extrem kurzen Inkubationsdauer; sie haben nestflüchtende Küken, die aber nach dem Schlupf 10 Tage lang gefüttert werden müssen und sehr schnell heranwachsen. Laufhühnchen besitzen einen ausgeprägten umgekehrten Sexualdimorphismus und wahrscheinlich ein polyandrisches Paarungssystem. In dieser Arbeit sind alle verfügbaren Daten zur Systematik, Biogeographie und Biologie des Bindenlaufhühnchens (Turnix suscitator) zusammengestellt. Neue, statistisch zuverlässige Daten über den umgekehrten Sexualdimorphismus werden vorgestellt. Brut und Jungenaufzucht werden an Gefangenschaftszuchten beschrieben, und statistisch aussagefähige Daten über Eigewicht, Gelegegröße, Inkubationsdauer und postnatales Wachstum werden vorgestellt. Anhand dieser Daten wird die postnatale Wachstumsdynamik der Küken analysiert und die Wachstumskurve als Gompertz-Kurve beschrieben. Physiologische und morphologische Limitationen der Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit werden diskutiert, und anhand allometrischer Berechnungen wird die Hypothese vorgestellt, daß die hohe postnatale Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit von Turnix suscitator adaptiv ist. Die geringe Körpergröße der Adulttiere wird als ***"evolutives Beiprodukt" der Selektion auf schnelles postnatales Wachstum beschrieben. References Baker, E. C. S., 1920: Description of Turnix javanica leggei. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 153, 7– 11. Baker, E. C. S. 1928: Review on Turnix suscitator. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 48, 55– 63. Blasius, W., 1888:Ornis 4, 317. Blyth, E., 1849: Cat. Bds. Mus. As. Soc. 1849 (1952), p. 256. Chasen, F. N., 1938: The birds of Billiton Island. Treubia 16 (2), 205– 238. Chasen, F. N. 1941: The birds of the Netherlands Indian Mt. Leuser Expedition 1937 to North Sumatra. Treubia 18 (suppl. Sept. 1941), 1– 210. Cracraft, J., 1981: Toward a phylogenetic classification of the recent birds of the world. Auk 98, 681– 714. Deignan, H. G., 1946: J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 36, 390. Elzanowski, A., 1985: The evolution of parental care in birds with reference to fossil birds. Acta XVIII Congr. Intern. Ornithol., Moscow 1982, 1, 178– 183. Eyton, T. C., Description of Hemipodius atrogularis. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1839 (7), 107. Gmelin, J. F., 1789: Systema Naturae I. p. 763, pl. 2. Guillemard, F. H. H., 1885: Report on the collections of birds made during the voyage of the yacht "Marchesa". Part III. On the collection of birds from the island of Sumbawa. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1885 (33), 501– 511. Handford, P.; Mares, M. A., 1985: The mating systems of ratites and tinamous: an evolutionary perspective. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 25, 77– 104. Hauth, L., 1890: Züchtung des Schwarzkehligen Laufhühnchens (Turnix pugnax Temm.). Gefiederte Welt 19, 357– 359; 367–380; 389–390; 397–401. Hauth, L. 1892: Züchtung des Laufhühnchens mit rostroter Kehle (Turnix lepurana Smith). Gefiederte Welt 21, 397– 399, 417–419, 427–429. Hauth, L. 1894a: Vom rotkehligen Laufhühnchen (Turnix lepurana Smith). Gefiederte Welt 23, 49– 50. Hauth, L. 1894b: Noch einmal vom Schwarzkehligen Laufhühnchen (Turnix nigricollis Gml.). Gefiederte Welt 23, 57– 58, 65–67. Heinroth, O., 1922: Die Beziehung zwischen Vogelgewicht, Eigewicht, Gelegegewicht und Brutdauer. J. Orn. 70, 172– 285. Hilfiker, F., 1983: Sozialsystem und geschlechtsbezogener Verhaltensdimorphismus des Rotnackenlaufhühnchens (Turnix tanki). Unpubl. Thesis, Univ. Zürich. Hodgson, B. H., 1834: Bengal. Sport. Mag. p. 346. Hoesch, W., 1959: Zur Biologie des südafrikanischen Laufhühnchens Turnix sylvatica lepurana. J. Orn. 100, 341– 349. Hoesch, W. 1960: Zum Brutverhalten des Laufhühnchens Turnix sylvatica lepurana. J. Orn. 101, 265– 275. Hoogerwerf, A., 1962: Some ornithological notes on the smaller islands around Java. Ardea 50, 180– 206. Houde, P. W., 1988: Palaeognathous birds from the early tertiary of the northern Hemisphere. Cambridge Mass.: Publ. Nuttall Ornithol. Club No. 22. Jehl, J. R.; Murray, B. G., 1986: The evolution of normal and reversed sexual size dimorphism in shorebirds and other birds. In: Current Ornithology. Vol. 3. Ed. by R. F. Johnston. New York, London: Plenum Press. 1– 86. Jenni, D. A., 1974: The evolution of polyandry in birds. Amer. Zool. 14, 129– 144. Konarzewski, M., 1988: A model of growth in altricial birds based on changes in water content of the tissues. Ornis Scand. 19, 290– 296. Konarzewski, M. On the optimal growth of alimentary tract in avian postembryonic development. J. Zool., London, (in press). Lack, D., 1968: Ecological adaptations for breeding in birds. Methuen & Co. Ltd. (reprinted 1972 by Chapman and Hall Ltd., London). Langheinz, C., 1891: Zur näheren Kenntnis der Laufhühnchen. Gefiederte Welt 20, 453– 455. Langheinz, C. 1892: Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis des schwarzkehligen Laufhühnchens (Turnix nigricollis Gmel.). Gefiederte Welt 21, 63– 64; 73–75; 85–86; 329–330; 399. Lendon, A., 1938: The breeding in captivity of the little Bustard-Quail (Turnix velox). Avicult. Mag., Ser. 5, 3, 78– 79. Lowe, P. R., 1926: More notes on the Quadrate as a factor in the avian classification. Ibis, 1926 (2), 152– 189. Mathews, G. M.; Iredale, 1921: Manual of the birds of Australia. Vol. 1. (Cit. from Lowe 1926). Mayr, E., 1967: Artbegriff und Evolution. Hamburg u. Berlin: Paul Parey. Mayr, E. 1975: Grundlagen der zoologischen Systematik. Hamburg u. Berlin: Paul Parey. Mayr, E.; Amadon, D., 1951: A classification of recent birds. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1494, 1– 42. Meise, W., 1963: Verhalten der Straußartigen Vögel und Monophylie der Ratitae. Proc. 13. Intern. Ornithol. Congr. p. 115– 125. Meise, W. 1941: Über die Vogelwelt von Noesa Penida bei Bali nach einer Sammlung von Baron Viktor von Plessen. J. Orn. 89, 345– 377. Mörs, F. E. O., 1915: On the breeding of the Kurrichane Button Quail (Turnix lepurana) in captivity. J. S.-Afr. Orn. Union 10, 19– 22. Morley, R. J.; Flenley, J. R., 1987: Late cainozoic vegetational and environmental changes in the Malay archipelago. In: Biogeographical evolution of the Malay archipelago. Ed. by T. C. Whitmore. Oxford Monographs on Biogeography 4, 50– 59. Mueller, H. C., 1986: The evolution of reversed sexual dimorphism in owls: an empirical analysis of possible selective factors. Wilson Bull. 93 (3), 387– 406. Nice, M. M., 1962: Development of behavior in precocial birds. Trans. Linn. Soc. New York 8, 1– 211. North, A. J., 1891: Note upon the nidification of Turnix melanotus. Rec. Austral. Mus. 1, 195. O'Connor, R. J., 1984: The growth and development of birds. Chichester, New York: J. Wiley & Sons. Orians, G. H., 1969: On the evolution of mating systems in birds and mammals. Amer. Nat. 103 (934), 589– 603. Oring, L. W., 1982: Avian mating systems. In: Avian Biology. Vol. VI. Ed. by D. S. Farner, J. R. King, K. C. Parkes. New York, London: Academic Press. pp. 1– 92. Oring, L. W. 1986: Avian Polyandry. In: Current Ornithology. Vol. 3. Ed. by R. F. Johnston. New York, London: Plenum Press. pp. 309– 351. Parker, W. K., 1866: On the osteology of gallinaceous birds and tinamous. Trans. Zool. Soc. London 5, 149– 250. Pendleton, R. C., 1947: Field observations on the Spotted Button-Quail on Guadalcanal. Auk 64, 417– 421. Peters, J. L., 1934: Check-list of the birds of the world. Vol. II. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. (Reprinted 1963). Phillips, A. R., 1947: The Button Quails and tree Sparrows of the Riu Kiu Islands. Auk 64, 126– 127. Raethel, H.-S., 1988: Die Hühnervögel der Welt. Melsungen: Neumann-Neudamm. Rahn, H.; Paganelli, C. V.; Ar, A., 1975: Relation of avian egg weight to body weight. Auk 92, 750– 765. Rahn, H.; Sotherland, P. R.; Paganelli, C. V., 1985: Interrelationship between egg mass and adult body mass and metabolism among passerine birds. J. Orn. 126, 263– 271. Rensch, B., 1928: Grenzfälle von Rasse und Art. J. Orn. 76, 222– 231. Rensch, B. 1931: Die Vogelwelt von Lombok, Sumbawa und Flores. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 17 (4), 451– 637. Reynolds, J. D., 1987: Mating system and nesting biology of the Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus: what constrains polyandry. Ibis 129, 225– 242. Ricklefs, R. E., 1967: A graphical method of fitting equations to growth curves. Ecology 48 (6), 978– 983. Ricklefs, R. E. 1968: Patterns of growth in birds. Ibis 110, 419– 451. Ricklefs, R. E. 1973: Patterns of growth in birds: II. Growth rate and mode of development. Ibis 115, 177– 201. Ricklefs, R. E. 1979: Adaptation, constrain and compromise in avian postnatal development. Biol. Rev. 45, 269– 290. Ricklefs, R. E. 1983: Avian postnatal development. In: Avian Biology. Vol. VII. Ed. by D. S. Farner, J. R. King, K. C. Parkes. New York, London: Academic Press. pp. 1– 83. Robinson, H. C.; Baker, E. C. S., 1928: Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 48, p. 60. Schoen wetter, M., 1961: Handbuch der Oologie. Vol. 1, Lief. 5. Berlin: Akademie Verlag. Seth-Smith, D., 1903: On the breeding in captivity of Turnix tanki, with some notes on the habits of the species. Avicult. Mag. 2 (1), 317– 324. Sibley, Ch. G.; Ahlquist, J. E.; Monroe, B. L., 1988: A classification of the living birds of the world based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies. Auk 105, 409– 423. Sich, H. L., 1927: The breeding of the Lepurana Bustard-Quail (Turnix lepurana). Avicult. Mag. 4 (5), 264– 266. Silver, R.; Andrews, H.; Ball, G. F., 1985: Parental care in an ecological perspective: a quantitative analysis of avian subfamilies. Amer. Zool. 35, 823– 840. Skutch, A. F., 1976: Parent bird and their young. The Corrie Herring Hooks series, No. 2. Austin, London: University of Texas Press. Snyder, N. F. R.; Wiley, J. W., 1976: Sexual size dimorphism in hawks and owls of North America. Ornithol. Monographs 20, 1– 96. Sutter, E., 1954: Über die Mauser einiger Laufhühnchen und die Rassen von Turnix maculosa und sylvatica im indo-australischen Gebiet. Verh. naturforsch. Ges. Basel 65, 85– 139. Stresemann, E., 1939: Die Vögel von Celebes. Teil I und II. J. Orn. 87, 301– 425. Stresemann, E. 1941: Die Vögel von Celebes. Teil III. J. Orn. 89, 1– 102. Starck, J. M., 1989a: Middle ear structures in birds. Ann. Soc. Roy. zool. Belg. V119 (suppl. 1), 45– 46. Starck, J. M. 1989b: Zeitmuster der Ontogenesen nestflüchender und nesthockender Vögel. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 114, 1– 320. Swinhoe, R., 1841: Proc. Zool. Soc., London, p. 401. Swinhoe, R. 1865: Ibis, p. 543. Sykes, W. H., 1932: Colonel W. H. Sykes on the genus Hemipodius. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc., London, 1832 (2), 149– 155. Temmink, C. J., 1815: Pig. et Gall 3, 634; 757. Tweeddale, A., Marquis of, 1877a: Contributions to the ornithology of the Phillipines. No. II. On the collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett in the Island of Zebu. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1877, 755– 769. Tweeddale, A., Marquis of 1877b: Contribution to the ornithology of the Phillipines. No. I. On the collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett in the Island of Luzon. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1877, 46, 686– 703. Verheijen, J. A. J., 1964: Breeding season in the island of Flores, Indonesia. Ardea 52, 194– 201. Voos, K. H., 1950: The breeding seasons of birds in Indonesia. Ibis 92, 279– 287. Wallace, A. R., 1865: Description of new birds from the Malay Archipelago. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1865, 474– 481. White, C. M. N.; Bruce, M. D., 1986: The birds of Wallacea. B. O. U. Check-list No. 7. Brit. Ornithol. Union, London. Wolters, H. E., 19751982: Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg u. Berlin: Paul Parey. Citing Literature Volume29, Issue3September 1991Pages 213-237 ReferencesRelatedInformation