Observation of a Middle Spotted Woodpecker <i>Dendrocoptes medius</i> with aberrant, brown-coloured plumage-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Observation of a Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius with aberrant, brown-coloured plumage

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:1 Volume:32 Page:231-237
ISSN:2061-9588
Container-title:Ornis Hungarica
language:en
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Author:

Gorman Gerard¹

Affiliation:

1. 1 Independent Picidae Researcher, Hungarian Woodpecker Group (HVSZ), MME/Birdlife Hungary , 1121, Budapest, Költő utca 21 ., Hungary

Abstract

Abstract Birds with atypical colours in their plumage are not uncommon however, the potential causes of such aberrations have not been widely examined. Aberrant brownish-rufous phaeomelanin is one type of plumage colour that has been recorded in numerous bird species, including those which essentially contain only eumelanin (black) pigments, including several European woodpeckers. A Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius with aberrant phaeomelanised plumage observed in the Bükk Hills, Hungary, is detailed here and an evaluation of the possible nature of this form of plumage discussed.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/orhu-2024-0017

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