| Titre : | Biometrics and sex identification of the Rose-Coloured Starling Sturnus roseus |
| Auteurs : | Marco Zenatello, Auteur ; Janos Botond Kiss, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Ringing & Migration (22(Part 3) JUN 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | 163-166 |
| Résumé : | Biometric and plumage data on breeding Rose-coloured Starlings Sturnus roseus showed that the species is partially sexually dimorphic in size and plumage colour. Both sexes develop a brood patch, although it is most frequently found in females. Although males are generally more intensely coloured than females, there is much age-related overlap in colouration which makes sexing difficult. A discriminant equation based on wing and tarsus lengths was produced to provide an additional tool for sex classification. |



