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Plumage refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage vary between species and subspecies and c...
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The increase in coloration from the non-breeding to the breeding season resulted in the colourful nuptial plumage of male linnets when its main function may ...
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In white-winged fairy-wrens, Malurus leucopterus, mainland males develop a striking blue nuptial plumage whereas those on nearby islands develop black nuptial plumage.
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I have noted the number of replaced prinmries in 17 males in first nuptial plumage. This phmmge is easily identified bv other characters given by Dwight. He does not go beyond saying that 5 or 6 prim/ries are replaced.
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Photostimulation of male Willow Ptarmigan resulted in a rapid molt from the white winter plumage to the pigmented plumage of the breeding bird. In castrated ptarmigan the breeding plumage was omitted, resulting in a slow molt from white to pigmented summer (post-nuptial) plumage. ... When compared with control birds, ... In the female,
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Environmental-induced acquisition of nuptial plumage expression: a role of denaturation of feather carotenoproteins? Google Scholar ... Carotenoids; Carduelis cannabina; Feathers; High-performance liquid chromatography; Keratin;
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each plumage, that is, juvenal and first winter. I have noted the number of replaced primaries in 17 males in first nuptial plumage. This plumage is easily ...
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Male red-backed fairy-wrens Malurus melanocephalus exhibit 3 behaviorally distinct types in their first breeding season: breed in bright nuptial plumage, breed in dull plumage, or remain as an unpaired auxiliary (helper) with dull plumage.
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