- Title
- Primary wing-moult and site fidelity in South African mousebirds (Coliidae)
- Creator
- Craig, Adrian J F K, Bonnevie, Bo T, Hulley, Patrick E, Underhill, George D
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/449474
- Identifier
- vital:74824
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2014.931310
- Description
- Based on large samples of birds mist-netted in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape, moult of the primary remiges in both Speckled Mousebirds Colius striatus and Red-faced Mousebirds Urocolius indicus occurred throughout the year with no regional or seasonal patterns evident. The same picture emerged for the White-backed Mousebird Colius colius in the Western Cape. This aseasonality of wing-moult for all three species in South Africa was further supported by the full data set of moult records available in the Safring database. We were thus unable to use the Underhill–Zucchini model to estimate the moult parameters for these species, but an extended moult period seems likely. Recapture data for the Eastern Cape strongly suggest that Speckled Mousebirds are resident or revisit sites frequently, whereas this is not the case for Red-faced Mousebirds.
- Format
- 5 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ostrich, Craig, A.J., Bonnevie, B.T., Hulley, P.E. and Underhill, G.D., 2014. Primary wing-moult and site fidelity in South African mousebirds (Coliidae). Ostrich, 85(2), pp.171-175, Ostrich volume 85 number 2 171 175 2014 1727-947X
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