For those confused (please tell me if you disagree):
‘Juvenal’ is an American term, avoided in most
British and Australian publications. In North America, it refers to a
plumage stage, and appears to owe its widespread use to an article in the North
American journal Bird-Banding in 1946 by a Howard Wood, ‘Names of
age groups of young birds’. A suggested difference between ‘juvenal’
and ‘juvenile’ is occasionally asserted eg: ‘ ... a juvenile
is a young bird that is out of the nest and able to care for itself but has not
completed its post-juvenal moult’ [ Audubon Soc Encycl of N Am
Birds, quoting Wood]; ‘As the young bird – now called a
juvenile – approaches independence, it exchanges parts of its juvenal
feathers for new plumage.’ [Gill]. On the other hand, the
Landsborough Thomson dictionary says: ‘JUVENAL; JUVENILE :
term of which the first spelling is usual in America, the second in Britain ...’
From: Philip Veerman
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Sent: Monday, 9 March 2009 3:47 PM
To: 'F & H Allsopp'
Cc:
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Dove Id please
Does it need another vote? Probably not. Anthony & Mark are
spot on but we don’t need me to tell them that. The only thing I’d
add is that the juvenal of the Diamond Dove is also heavily barred. The beak
shape also shows it to be a very young bird.
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah ACT 2902
02 - 62314041
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From: Anthony Overs [
Sent: Sunday, 8 March 2009 4:12 PM
To: 'F & H Allsopp'
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Dove Id please
This bird is a juvenile
Peaceful Dove, and a brand new one by the looks
Cheers
Anthony
From: F &
H Allsopp [
Sent: Sunday, 8 March 2009 3:07 PM
To: COG
Subject: [canberrabirds] Dove Id please
Saw this dove at Newline this
morning. It was about the size of a peacful dove but the overall
appearance didn't seem right. The markings on the wings were very
obvious, as was white down the sides of the tail.
