Volume 48, No. 2
Volumes > 38 (2010-->)
- Volume 52, No. 2, 2024
- Volume 52, No. 1, 2024
- Volume 51, No. 2, 2023
- Volume 51, No. 1, 2023
- Volume 50, No. 2, 2022
- Volume 50, No. 1, 2022
- Volume 49, No. 2, 2021
- Volume 49, No. 1, 2021
- Volume 48, No. 2, 2020
- Volume 48, No. 1, 2020
- Volume 47, No. 2, 2019
- Volume 47, No. 1, 2019
- Volume 46, No. 2, 2018
- Volume 46, No. 1, 2018
- Volume 45, No. 2, 2017
- Volume 45, No. 1, 2017
- Volume 44, No. 2, 2016
- Volume 44, No. 1, 2016
- Volume 43, No. 2, 2015
- Volume 43, No. 1, 2015
- Volume 42, No. 2, 2014
- Volume 42, No. 1, 2014
- Volume 41, No. 2, 2013
- Volume 41, No. 1, 2013
- Volume 41, Special Issue, 2013
- Volume 40, No. 2, 2012
- Volume 40, No. 1, 2012
- Volume 39, No. 2, 2011
- Volume 39, No. 1, 2011
- Volume 38, No. 2, 2010
- Volume 38, No. 1, 2010
Volumes 28-37 (2000-09)
- Volume 37, No. 3, 2009
- Volume 37, No. 2, 2009
- Volume 37, No. 1, 2009
- Volume 36, No. 2, 2008
- Volume 36, No. 1, 2008
- Volume 35, No. 2, 2007
- Volume 35, No. 1, 2007
- Volume 34, No. 2, 2006
- Volume 34, No. 1, 2006
- Volume 33, No. 2, 2005
- Volume 33, No. 1, 2005
- Volume 32, No. 2, 2004
- Volume 32, No. 1, 2004
- Volume 31, No. 2, 2003
- Volume 31, No. 1, 2003
- Volume 30, No. 2, 2002
- Volume 30, No. 1, 2002
- Volume 29, No. 2, 2001
- Volume 29, No. 1, 2001
- Volume 28, No. 2, 2000
- Volume 28, No. 1, 2000
Volumes 18-27 (1990-99)
- Volume 27, No. 1 & 2, 1999
- Volume 26, No. 1 & 2, 1998
- Volume 24, No. 1 & 2, 1996
- Volume 25, No. 1 & 2, 1997
- Volume 23, No. 2, 1995
- Volume 23, No. 1, 1995
- Volume 22, No. 2, 1994
- Volume 22, No. 1, 1994
- Volume 21, No. 1 & 2, 1993
- Volume 20, No. 1 & 2, 1992
- Volume 19, No. 1, 1991
- Volume 18, No. 1 & 2, 1990
Volumes 5-17 (1978-89) a.k.a 'Cormorant'
- Volume 17, No. 1 & 2, 1989
- Volume 16, No. 1, 1988
- Volume 16, No. 2, 1988
- Volume 15, No. 1 & 2, 1987
- Volume 14, No. 1 & 2, 1987
- Volume 13, No. 2, 1986
- Volume 13, No. 1, 1986
- Volume 12, No. 2, 1985
- Volume 12, No. 1, 1985
- Volume 11, No. 1 & 2, 1984
- Volume 10, No. 2, 1983
- Volume 10, No. 1, 1983
- Volume 9, No. 2, 1982
- Volume 9, No. 1, 1982
- Volume 8, No. 2, 1981
- Volume 8, No. 1, 1981
- Volume 7, 1980
- Volume 5, 1978
Search by author or title:
Time-lapse imagery of Peruvian Boobies Sula variegata reveals nest abandonment caused by tick hyperinfestation
Citation
BURGA-DOMÍNGUEZ, C., GONZALES-DELCARPIO, D.D. & ZAVALAGA, C.B. 2020. Time-lapse imagery of Peruvian Boobies Sula variegata reveals nest abandonment caused by tick hyperinfestation.
Marine Ornithology 48: 303
- 311
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.48.2.1385
Received 20 February 2020, accepted 27 July 2020
Date Published: 2020/10/15
Date Online: 2020/10/14
Key words: Peruvian Booby, ectoparasites, tick, time-lapse camera, Sula variegata, Ornithodoros amblus, nest desertion
Abstract
Severe tick infestation in seabird colonies causes discomfort in reproductive adults, offspring mortality, and nest abandonment. This study, used time-lapse cameras to examine the relationship between Ornithodoros amblus tick infestation and Peruvian Booby Sula variegata nest abandonment in four locations along the Peruvian coast between August 2016 and November 2018. The percent occurrence of discomfort in nesting birds (preening and standing on the nest) recorded by the cameras was used as an indicator of tick infestation. The tick density inside and outside the abandoned colonies was also evaluated. In five of the six colonies, complete nest abandonment occurred over an interval of two to three weeks. The percent occurrence of discomfort behavior was exponentially related to the percentage of nest abandonment, indicating that reproductive failure was related to tick hyperinfestation. This conclusion was reinforced by the fact that in a colony where no discomfort behaviors were recorded, there was no nest abandonment (53% of successful nests, n = 17). The tick density was higher inside (mean ± SD: 105.41 ± 92.8 ticks/500 mL of guano) than outside (43.08 ± 39.8 ticks/500 mL of guano) of the recently abandoned colonies, confirming that nest desertion was caused by tick hyperinfestation. The results of this study reveal that the use of time-lapse cameras in booby colonies is feasible not only for the determination of reproductive success but also for the identification of causes of nest abandonment.
References
APAZA, M. & FIGARI, A. 1999. Mortandad de aves marinas durante “El Niño 97-98” en el litoral Sur de San Juan de Marcona, Ica- Perú. In: TARAZONA, J. & CATILLO, E. (Eds.) El Niño 1997-98 y su Impacto sobre los ecosistemas Marinos Terrestres. Lima, Perú: Revista Peruana de Biología Volumen Extraordinario.
ARDILES, D. 2019. Efecto del tamaño de la nidada en el esfuerzo de forrajeo del piquero peruano (Sula variegata) en la Isla Guañape Norte. Tesis de pregrado. Lima, Perú: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
BARBRAUD, C., BERTRAND, A. & BOUCHÓN, M. ET AL. 2018. Density dependence, prey accessibility and prey depletion by fisheries drive Peruvian seabird population dynamics. Ecography 41: 1092-1102. doi:10.1111/ecog.02485
BERTRAND, S., JOO, R., SMET C.A., TREMBLAY, Y., BARBRAUD, C. & WEIMERSKIRCH, H. 2012. Local depletion by a fishery can affect seabird foraging. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 1168-1177. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02190.x
BLACK, C., RAYA REY, A., & HART, T. 2017. Peeking into the bleak midwinter: Investigating nonbreeding strategies of Gentoo Penguins using a camera network. The Auk 134: 520-529. doi:10.1642/AUK-16-69.1
CLIFFORD, C.M, HOOGSTRAAL, H., RADOVSKY, F.J., STILLER, D. & KEIRANS, J.E. 1980. Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) amblus (Acarina, Ixodoidea: Argasidae): identity, marine bird and human hosts, virus infections and distribution in Peru. The Journal of Parasitology 66: 312-323. doi:10.2307/3280825
CRAWFORD, R.J.M., & JAHNCKE, J. 1999. Comparison of trends in abundance of guano-producing seabirds in Peru and southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science 21: 145-156. doi:10.2989/025776199784126006
CRAWFORD, R.J.M., SHELTON, P.A., COOPER, J. & BROOKE, R.K. 1983. Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape gannet Morus capensis. South African Journal of Marine Science 1: 153-174. doi:10.2989/025776183784447458
CUSHMAN, G.T. 2005. The most valuable birds in the world: International conservation science and the revival of Peru's guano industry, 1909-1965. Environmental History 10: 477-509. doi:10.1093/envhis/10.3.477
DIETRICH, M., GÓMEZ-DÍAZ, E. & MCCOY, K.D. 2011. Worldwide distribution and diversity of seabird ticks: Implications for the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11: 453-470. doi:10.1089/vbz.2010.0009
DIETRICH, M., LEBARBENCHON, C., JAEGER, A. ET AL. 2014. Rickettsia spp. in Seabird Ticks from Western Indian Ocean Islands, 2011-2012. Emerging Infectious Diseases 20: 838-842. doi:10.3201/eid2005.131088
DUFFY, D.C. 1983a. Environmental uncertainty and commercial fishing: Effects on Peruvian guano birds. Biological Conservation 26: 227-238. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(83)90075-7
DUFFY, D.C. 1983b. The ecology of tick parasitism on densely nesting Peruvian seabirds. Ecological Society of America 64: 110-119. doi:10.2307/1937334
DUFFY, D.C., HAYS, C. & PLENGE, M. 1984. The conservation status of Peruvian seabirds. In: CROXALL, J.P., EVANS, P.G.H. & SCHREIBER, R.W. (Eds.) Status and Conservation of the World's Seabirds. Cambridge, UK: ICBP Technical Publication.
DUFFY, D.C. & CAMPOS DE DUFFY, M.J. 1986. Tick parasitism at nesting colonies of Blue-footed Boobies in Peru and Galapagos. The Condor 88: 242-244. doi:10.2307/1368921
DUFFY, D.C. & SIEGFRIED, W.R. 1987. Historical variations in food consumption by breeding seabirds of the Humboldt and Benguela upwelling regions. In: CROXALL, J.P. (Eds.) Seabirds: feeding ecology and role in marine Ecosystems. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
EGGERT, L.M.F. & JODICE, P.G.R. 2008. Growth of brown pelican nestlings exposed to sublethal levels of soft tick infestation. The Condor 110: 134-142. doi:10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.134
FEARE, C.J. 1976. Desertion and abnormal development in a colony of sooty terns Sterna fuscata infested by virus-infected ticks. Ibis 118: 112-115. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1976.tb02015.x
FRAINER, A., MCKIE, B.G., AMUNDSEN, P.A., KNUDSEN, R. & LAFFERTY, K. 2018. Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 33: 260-268. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2018.01.011
GARCÍA-GODOS, I. & GOYA, E. 2000. Dieta de las aves guaneras en la costa peruana durante noviembre 1999: Informe Progresivo. Informe N°115 Instituto del Mar del Perú. Callao, Perú: Subdirección de Investigaciones en Aves Marinas, DIRP, DGIRH, IMARPE.
GAUTHIER-CLERC, M., CLERQUIN, Y. & HANDRICH, Y. 1998. Hyperinfestation by ticks Ixodes uriae: a possible cause of death in adult king penguins, a long-lived seabird. Colonial Waterbirds 21: 229-233.
GOYA, E. 2000. Abundancia de aves guaneras y su relación con la pesquería de anchoveta peruana de 1953 a 1999. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú 19: 125-131.
GOYA, E., ROMERO, C., VILLAGRA, D., MEZA, M.A. & VEGA, D. 2016. Aves Marinas en el Perú. Vol. 2. - Serie de divulgación científica. Callao, Perú: Instituto del Mar del Perú.
HOOGSTRAAL, H., WASSEF, H.Y., HAYS, C. & KEIRNANS, J.E. 1985. Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) Spheniscus n. sp. [Acarina: Ixodoidea: Argasidae: Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis group], a tick parasite of the Humboldt penguin in Peru. The Journal of Parasitology 71: 635-644.
HUFFELDT, N.P. & MERKEL, F.R. 2013. Remote time-lapse photography as a monitoring tool for colonial breeding seabirds: A case study using thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Waterbirds 36: 330-341. doi:10.1675/063.036.0310
IANNACONE, J. & DALE, W. 1997. Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) amblus (Acarina: Ixodoidea: Argasidae): garrapata parásita del guanay en el Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 40: 21-26.
IANNACONE, J. & AYALA, L. 2004. Censo de Ornithodoros amblus Chamberlin (Acarina:Argasidae) en la isla Mazorca, Lima, Perú. Parasitología latinoamericana 59: 56-60.
JAHNCKE, J. 1998. Las poblaciones de aves guaneras y sus relaciones con la abundancia de anchoveta y la ocurrencia de eventos El Niño en el mar peruano. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú 17: 1-13.
JORDÁN, R. & FUENTES H. 1966. Las poblaciones de aves guaneras y su situación actual: Informe. Informe N°10 Instituto del Mar del Perú. Callao, Perú: Instituto del Mar del Perú.
KHALIL, G.M. & HOOGSTRAAL, H. 1981. The life cycle of Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) amblus (Acari:Ixoidea:Argasidae) in the laboratory. Journal of Medical Entomology 18: 134-139.
KING, K.A., BLANKINSHIP, D.R., PAUL, R.T. & RICE, R.C.A. 1977. Ticks as a factor in the 1975 nesting failure of Texas Brown Pelicans. The Wilson Bulletin 89: 157-158.
LAVALLE, J.A. 1923. La destrucción de las garrapatas en las islas guaneras por sus enemigos naturales. Memorias de la Compañía Administradora del Guano 14: 165-170.
MAJLUF, P., BABCOCK, E.A., RIVEROS, J.C., SCHREIBER, M.A. & ALDERETE, W. 2002. Catch and bycatch of sea birds and marine mammals in the small-scale fishery of Punta San Juan, Peru. Conservation Biology 16: 1333-1343. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00564.x
MERKEL, F.R., JOHANSEN, K.L. & KRISTENSEN, A. 2016. Use of time-lapse photography and digital image analysis to estimate breeding success of a cliff-nesting seabird. Journal of Field Ornithology 87: 84-95. doi:10.1111/jofo.12143
MOSS, S.R., PETERSEN, Æ. & NUTTALL, P.A. 1986. Tick-borne viruses in Icelandic seabird colonies. Acta Naturalia Islandica 32:1-19.
MURPHY, R. 1925. Los invertebrados terrestres de las islas guaneras del Perú. Boletín Compañía Administradora del Guano 1: 475-490.
MURPHY, R.C. 1936. Oceanic Birds of South America. Vol. 2. New York, USA: The MacMillan Company.
MUZAFFAR, S.B. & JONES, I.L. 2007. Activity periods and questing behavior of the seabird tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) on Gull Island, Newfoundland: The role of puffin chicks. The Journal of Parasitology 93: 258-264. doi:10.1645/GE-877R1.1
NAVA, S., VENZAL, J.M., GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA, D., MARTINS, T.F. & GUGLIELMONE, A.A. 2017. Chapter 3—Genera and Species of Argasidae. In: NAVA, S., VENZAL, J.M., GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA, D., MARTINS, T.F. & GUGLIELMONE, A.A. (Eds.) Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance. New York, USA: Academic Press.
NELSON, J.B. 1978. The Sulidae: Gannets and Boobies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
PASSUNI, G., BARBRAUD, C., CHAIGNEAU, A. ET AL. 2016. Seasonality in marine ecosystems: Peruvian seabirds, anchovy, and oceanographic conditions. Ecology 97: 182-193. doi:10.1890/14-1134.1
PASSUNI, G., BARBRAUD, C., CHAIGNEAU, A. ET AL. 2018. Long-term changes in the breeding seasonality of Peruvian seabirds and regime shifts in the Northern Humboldt Current System. Marine Ecology Progress Series 597: 231-242. doi:10.3354/meps12590
PÉREZ, J., & JAHNCKE, J. 1998. Saurios como predadores de ectoparásitos de aves guaneras. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú 17: 81-86.
PERKINS, A.J., HANCOCK, M.H., BUTCHER, N. & SUMMERS, R.W. 2005. Use of time-lapse video cameras to determine causes of nest failure of Slavonian Grebes Podiceps auritus. Bird Study 52: 159-165. doi:10.1080/00063650509461386
RAMOS, A. & DRUMMOND, H. 2017. Tick infestation of chicks in a seabird colony varies with local breeding synchrony, local nest density and habitat structure. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 472-478. doi:10.1111/jav.01107
REIF, V. & TORNBERG, R. 2006. Using time-lapse digital video recording for a nesting study of birds of prey. European Journal of Wildlife Research 52: 251-258. doi:10.1007/s10344-006-0039-1
STUCCHI, M. & FIGUEROA, J. 2006. La avifauna de las islas Lobos de Afuera y algunos alcances sobre su biodiversidad: reporte. Reporte de investigación N°2 Asociación Ucumari. Lima, Perú: Asociación Ucumari.
TOVAR, H. & CABRERA, D. 1985. Las aves guaneras y el Fenómeno El Niño. In: ARNTZ, W., LANDA, A., & TARAZONA, J. (Eds.) Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú (Volumen extraordinario): “El Niño” Su impacto en la fauna marina. Callao, Perú: Instituto del Mar del Perú.
TOVAR, H. & CABRERA, D. 2005. Conservación y Manejo de Aves Guaneras. Lima, Perú: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina.
VOGT, W. 1939. Las lagartijas y las aves guaneras. Boletín de la Compañía Administradora del Guano 15: 346-348.
VOGT, W. 1942. Informe sobre las aves guaneras por el ornitólogo americano Señor William Vogt. Boletín de la Compañía Administradora del Guano 18: 3-132.
WANLESS, S., BARTON, T.R. & HARRIS, M.P. 1997. Blood hematocrit measurements of 4 species of North Atlantic seabirds in relation to levels of infestation by the tick Ixodes uriae. Colonial Waterbirds 20: 540-544. doi:10.2307/1521606