White-Shouldered Starling Nest Box Preferences in Tropical Hainan, China

79.7 MB of data from a study on nest site selection by white-shouldered starlings (Sturnia sinensis) in Tanniu Town, Hainan Island, China. The research used artificial nest boxes to examine preferences for smaller entrances to avoid nest usurpation by larger bird species. The dataset, authored by Yuran Liu and last updated in May 2026, includes TIFF, MP4, DOCX, and XLSX files.

Use Cases

• Modeling nest box selection preferences based on entrance size and bird physical characteristics.
• Analyzing interspecific competition dynamics among secondary cavity-nesting bird species.
• Studying the impact of environmental factors like climate and land use on avian nesting behavior.

Strengths

• Includes detailed climatic data for the study site: average annual temperature of 23.9°C and annual precipitation ranging from 1,529.8 to 1,948.6 mm.
• Provides specific biometric data for four bird species, including body length and mass ranges.
• Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yuran Liu.

Collection Method

Field study using artificial nest boxes in a tropical marine climate region.

Time Range

Study period not explicitly stated; data last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 03:17:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tanniu Town, Wenchang City, Tropical Hainan Island, south China.