Age-related plumage differences of Dunlins along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway

• Published in: Journal of Field Ornithology
• Main Authors: Choi, Chiyeung, Hua, Ning, Persson, Christer, Chiang, Chungyu, Ma, Zhijun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Adult buff coverts; Age determination; Calidris alpina; Dunlin; East Asian-Australasian Flyway; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Buff; Alaska
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:405969

For some populations of Dunlins (Calidris alpina), determining the age of individuals on the nonbreeding grounds can be difficult. This difficulty arises in part because some populations undergo their primary molt during the boreal summer, leaving adult and first-year Dunlins with similar amounts of...