Prebasic molt of the northern oriole
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 57 (7) , 1473-1478
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-191
Abstract
The details of the prebasic molt of 110 actively molting northern orioles (Icterus galbula) were studied from 1976 to 1978 on the Delta Beach Ridge, Manitoba. This molt occurs on the breeding ground after the young have become independent but before the fall migration. The prebasic molt of adult males results in a plumage only slightly duller than that of the breeding season. Adult males begin molting a few days after the females, but 2nd-year males start at the same time as the females.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- THE MOULT OF THE BULLFINCH PYRRHULA PYRRHULAIbis, 1966
- THE SEQUENCE OF PLUMAGES AND MOULTS OF THE PASSERINE BIRDS OF NEW YORKAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1900