Characterization of an Orange Variant of the Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) on La Désirade, Guadeloupe, French West Indies

To discriminate between an endogenous and an exogenous origin of variant color in bananaquits, Hudon et al characterized the pigments in feathers of both common yellow and variant orange individuals. It is predicted that, if the color change were endogenous, the pigments would be identical to pigmen...

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Published in:The Auk 1996-07, Vol.113 (3), p.715-718
Main Authors: Hudon, Jocelyn, Ouellet, Henri, Édouard Bénito-Espinal, Brush, Alan H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy & physiology
Aves
Biological and medical sciences
Bird banding
Birds
Carotenoids
Color
Color change
Colors
Feathers
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Male animals
Ornithology
Pigments
Plumage
Short Communications and Commentaries
Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution
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Summary:To discriminate between an endogenous and an exogenous origin of variant color in bananaquits, Hudon et al characterized the pigments in feathers of both common yellow and variant orange individuals. It is predicted that, if the color change were endogenous, the pigments would be identical to pigments commonly observed in birds.
ISSN:0004-8038
1938-4254
2732-4613
DOI:10.2307/4089003