L Lezana, R Miranda, F Campos, and SJ Peris (2000)
Sex differentiation in the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor, Temminck 1820)
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 130(2):139-142.
Five biometric variables (weight, and beak, tarsus, wing and middle-toe lengths) and the shape of throat feathers were analysed in spotless starlings (Sturnus unicolor) from Northern Spain. Sexes were correctly differentiated in 97.4\% of the adults and 84.7\% of the juveniles using a combination of wing and middle-toe lengths. All the adult birds and 88.3\% of the juveniles were correctly sexed using only the shape of the throat feathers.
spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor; biometry; sex differentiation
- ISSN: 0777-6276
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