Incorrect use of the Humphrey-Parkes molt and plumage terminology for buntings of the genus Passerina
Article Abstract:
Three separate studies by Rohwer, Thompson and Young have identified previously unknown molts and plumages of the Indigo Bunting, the Painted Bunting and the Lazuli Bunting, respectively. All claimed to follow the system of nomenclature for molts and plumages proposed by Humphrey and Parkes, but in fact did not do so. Since the three authors are interested in the adaptive functions of the resulting bunting plumages, it is better that they apply terms to the molts and plumages that connect them with the critical life-history events.
Publication Name: The Condor
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0010-5422
Year: 1992
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Unusual patterns of incomplete primary molt in Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses
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Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses display a peculiar, bidirectional, unfinished molt structure of primary feathers, which develop varyingly for different age groups and sexes. Some of the peculiarities in the development of primaries and secondaries include the molting pattern of juvenile birds, wherein the birds solely replace three or four extreme primaries.
Publication Name: The Condor
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0010-5422
Year: 1995
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