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| Subject: | Do Male Godwits Develop Black Bills in Breeding Plumage? |
| From: | Dennis Paulson <> |
| Date: | Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:41:52 -0800 |
Laurie, research I did for my shorebird book indicated to me that
breeding Bar-tailed Godwits have the least pink on their bill of any
of the godwit species, and they can have just about an entirely black
bill in breeding season. Eastern Asian (Australian) ones seem to
average less pink than European ones, so more likely to be all black.
Regards, Dennis My tentative conclusion is that it is a male bar-tailed godwit, and I would like to know if there are many records of black-billed godwits around?Regards, Laurie. -- Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-879-3798 Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-879-3352 University of Puget Sound e-mail 1500 N. Warner, #1088 Tacoma, WA 98416-1088 http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html Birding-Aus is on the Web at www.shc.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/birding/index.html To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe birding-aus" (no quotes, no Subject line) to |
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