
%0 Journal Article
%A Zwart, M.H. 
%T Breeding and behaviour of Pilotbirds
%J Emu
%D 1973/08/01
%V 73
%N 3
%P 124-128
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MU973124
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MU973124 
%X Three pairs of Pilotbirds were studied in Sherbrooke Forest, Vic., from 1968 10 1971. Territories were well defined, 10,000 10 15,000 m&#178;. Females alone build the nest, which is lined with feathers usually after the eggs are laid and is often near a log and usually less. than 1 m from the ground. Eggs are probably usually laid at intervals of two days. Clutch is normally two eggs, occasionally one. The incubation is 20&#8211;22 days and the nestling period 14&#8211;17 days, perhaps longer in earlier than in later broods, of which there may be three in the season. Total breeding success in seventeen nests was 61 percent. Fan-tailed Cuckoos parasitised nests unsuccessfully. Calls and behaviour are described. 
