Erratum to: Caribbean Flamingo resting behavior and the influence of weather variables

Abstract

The original publication unfortunately relayed incorrect demographic information stating that the flock under investigation consisted of 7 male and 10 female flamingos, which was consistent with the records provided by the Philadelphia Zoo at the time. The authors have recently learned from the veterinarians at the Philadelphia Zoo that they have now officially reclassified as male one of the flamingos that was previously identified as female. Owing to its body size and some observed behaviors being more consistent with those of a male flamingo, concerns arose about the accuracy of the original karyotyping that had been conducted in 2000, and in January of 2012, they repeated the karyotyping with the definitive result that the bird in question is a male and not a female as it had originally been identified. Thus, the reported N of 17 was actually comprised of 8 males and 9 females. While this change in no way alters or jeopardizes the primary findings or conclusions of the report, secondary analyses and results pertaining to sex need to be corrected. The necessary changes are