Variation in Primary Molt in the Least Auklet

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Alexander L. Bond, Nikolai B. Konyukhov, Ian L. Jones
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2013
• Subjects: Anadyr; Anadyr’; Kiska; Kiska Island; Anadyr'; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; Sea ice; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2013.110062

Along with breeding and migration, molt is one of the most energetically expensive components of a bird's annual cycle. Auklets (tribe Aethiini) are apparently unique among the Alcidae in that flight-feather molt and breeding overlap. We compared the degree of overlap of primary molt with breed...