Ageing and Moult Variations in Mistletoebirds
| Posted: |
02/10/2021 |
| Author(s): |
John Liddy |
Three age classes of Mistletoebirds
Dicaeum hirundinaceum are defined and data
are presented which allow most Mistletoebirds to be separated by plumage characteristics
into one of these age classes. Most (30 of 44 = 68%) male Mistletoebirds shed the tertial
flight feathers and the greater median and lesser coverts of the wing during post-juvenile
moult. The remaining birds showed a variety of moult patterns.
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