A Unique Ornament Display in Female Northern Cardinals

Jodie M. Jawor; Randall Breitwisch

doi:10.1676/03-034

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Jodie M. Jawor,^*,** Randall Breitwisch^***

^*Dept. of Biology, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
^**Corresponding author; jjawor@indiana.edu
^***Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-2320, USA

Abstract

Females of many species of birds possess either a reduced version of male ornaments or conspicuous but hidden ornaments. No female specific ornament display has been described previously in a species with reduced or hidden female ornaments. We describe such a display in Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). The display consists of a perched female rotating her wings open to expose the red, carotenoid-pigmented underwing coverts, which are indicative of individual quality in this species.

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Jodie M. Jawor and Randall Breitwisch "A Unique Ornament Display in Female Northern Cardinals," The Wilson Bulletin 115(4), 464-467, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1676/03-034

Received: 19 March 2003; Accepted: 1 September 2003; Published: 1 December 2003

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