Positional Behavior of Introduced Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in an Urban Landscape.

ABSTRACT: Positional behaviors have been broadly quantified across the Order Primates, and in several other mammalian lineages, to contextualize adaptations to, and evolution within, an arboreal environment. Outside of Mammalia, however, such data are yet to be reported. In this study, we present the first quantitative report of positional behavior within Aves, presenting 11,246 observations of scan sampling data from a colony of Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) from Brooklyn, New York City. Each scan recorded locomotor and postural behavior and information about weather condition, temperature, and substrate properties (e.g., type, size, orientation). A distinction was also recorded between natural and artificial substrates. Parrots exhibited a strong preference for small and terminal bra

SUBMITTER: Granatosky MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature