Wings of tropical finches: interspecific differences in shape are consistent with levels of mobility, but moult and feather fault patterns are more complex - Franklin, Donald C.; Legge, Sarah; Skroblin, Anja; Heathcote, Joanne; Maute, Kimberly; Schaefer, Douglas J.; Garnett, Stephen T. (Emu, 2017)
Keywords: Australia; birds; ecological differentiation; Erythrura gouldiae; Feather fault; feathers; flight; Gouldian Finch; interspecific variation; life history; migratory behavior; molting; moult strategy; Neochmia phaeton; nomadic bird; Poephila; sedentary species; Taeniopygia; tropical savannah; wing shape; wings; Australia