A bird that changes colour without moulting: how the wîskicâhk (Canada Jay, Perisoreus canadensis) tricked the taxonomists
Avian and mammalian colours are thought to be constant in life and in museum specimens, but several early 20th-century taxonomists singled out the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)) as having unstable feather pigments and warned against using old museum specimens for taxonomic purpo...
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Published in | Canadian journal of zoology Vol. 99; no. 3; pp. 183 - 195 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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NRC Research Press
01.03.2021
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