Ruff Female Mimics

["Dean Cutten" <>]

AusBirders,

I recently came across a short paper from Biology Letters that described a 
female-sized and -plumaged male Ruff that enabled it to copulate with 
females on the Ruff's lek-breeding sites. This rare female-like morph 
(called 'faeders') may represent the third alternative mating strategy in 
this species.

The paper can be downloaded at 
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1618908


Dean Cutten

Victor Harbor,  SA
Australia 

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