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Determination of the sex and age of starlings in Canterbury, New Zealand

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1973

  • Author(s)

    J.D. Coleman

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    20, 4

  • Pagination

    324-329

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

    https://doi.org/10.63172/448294vsjqcs

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Determination of the sex and age of starlings in Canterbury, New Zealand

Notornis, 20 (4), 324-329

J.D. Coleman (1973)

Article Type: Paper

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The reliability of sexing and ageing starlings in Canterbury from plumage characters was examined. Males were sexed without error and females almost so (98.7%). Birds in adult plumage were classified as first year or older, and all of known age fell into the correct group.