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A spectrophotometric study of plumage color in the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata), the most abundant South American Columbiforme
(Public Library of Science, 2016-05)
For birds, plumage color perception is critical in social interactions such as courtship, in both monochromatic and dichromatic species. In the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata), perhaps the most abundant South American ...
Court cleaning behavior of the white-bearded manakin (manacus manacus) and a test of the anti-predation hypothesis
(Wilson Ornithological Soc, 2014-03-01)
The cleaning of display courts is used by several forest lekking birds to possibly serve as an anti-predation strategy against terrestrial predators. Using a pit viper replica in the leaf litter 10-20 cm from the court ...
Court cleaning behavior of the White-Bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus) and a test of the anti-predation hypothesis
(2014-01-01)
The cleaning of display courts is used by several forest lekking birds to possibly serve as an anti-predation strategy against terrestrial predators. Using a pit viper replica in the leaf litter 10-20 cm from the court ...
A Spectrophotometric Study of Plumage Color in the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata), the Most Abundant South American Columbiforme
(Public Library of Science, 2016-05)
For birds, plumage color perception is critical in social interactions such as courtship, in both monochromatic and dichromatic species. In the Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata), perhaps the most abundant South American ...
Court cleaning behavior of the white-bearded manakin (manacus manacus) and a test of the anti-predation hypothesis
(Wilson Ornithological Soc, 2014)
Court cleaning behavior of the white-bearded manakin (manacus manacus) and a test of the anti-predation hypothesis
(Wilson Ornithological Soc, 2014)
Plumage variability and taxonomy of the Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil (Aves: Passeriformes: Emberizidae)
(MAGNOLIA PRESS, 2011)
The species Sporophila bouvreuil comprises four subspecies: S. b. bouvreuil, S. b. pileata, S. b. saturata and S. b. crypta. The males of each subspecies differ in plumage whereas the females and juveniles are very similar ...
A case of partial leucism in the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) (Temminck, 1827), from Buenos Aires province, Argentina
(Sociedade Brasileira de Ornitologia, 2014-09)
The diverse colorations of a birds’ plumage are due to either structural colors or pigments that are synthesized in specialized cells or incorporated through the diet. However, plumage color aberrations can occur; several ...
First record of chromatic aberrations in the Cream-backed Woodpecker (Campephilus leucopogon, Picidae)Primer registro de aberraciones cromáticas en el Carpintero Negro de Dorso Blanco (Campephilus leucopogon, Picidae)
(Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2015-12)
According to van Grouw (2013), leucism and progressive graying are types of plumage aberrations defined as the partial or total lack of melanin in feathers and skin, which may result in an all-white plumage or all-white ...