Extensive variation in feather ornaments of Whiskered Auklets in the Aleutian Islands reflects age, sex, condition, and geography
Both sexes of Whiskered Auklets (Aethia pygmaea) display the most elaborate feather ornaments of any seabird: a slender black forehead crest, and 3 bilaterally symmetrical pairs of white facial plumes (superorbital, suborbital, and auricular). We studied patterns of ornament variation in 796 banded...
Published in: | Ornithology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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American Ornithological Society
2022
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab082 |