SUPPLEMENTARY HEAD MOLT IN CAPE WHITE-EYES - A CONSEQUENCE OF NECTAR FEEDING

Authors
CRAIG AJFK HULLEY PE
Citation
Ajfk. Craig et Pe. Hulley, SUPPLEMENTARY HEAD MOLT IN CAPE WHITE-EYES - A CONSEQUENCE OF NECTAR FEEDING, Journal of field ornithology, 67(3), 1996, pp. 358-359
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Journal of field ornithology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02738570
Volume
67
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
358 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-8570(1996)67:3<358:SHMICW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Cape White-eyes (Zosterops pallidus) frequently feed on nectar during early winter. This feeding can leave feathers on the forehead matted w ith nectar and pollen. At least some individuals then shed these feath ers, at a time when the annual complete molt has already been terminat ed. It is suggested that such localized replacement of fouled plumage may occur regularly both, in while-eyes and in other short-billed nect ar-feeders.